Little known facts about the Rhea Moon, Saturn

As Saturn's second largest moon, the Rhea Moon contains many interesting things not everyone knows.

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1. How to detect and name .Moon Rhea is one of Saturn's moon moons discovered by Italian astronomer Giovanni Cassini.He discovered it on December 23, 1672. And with a diameter of 1,528 km, Rhea was Saturn's second largest satellite moon, behind Titan.Rhea was named after the giant god Rhea in Greek Mythology, the mother of the gods.Rhea also has another name, Saturn V. (Image Source: Google).

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2. Reveal the operation cycle.Rhea orbits Saturn's orbital cycle to 527,068 km, with a centrifugal deviation falling to about 0.001.(Image source: Google).

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3. Characteristics of the Moon's surface .Rhea, Saturn is an icy moon that occupies a ratio of ¾ of the surface and the other half is mostly rock.The typical shape of the planet's surface is characterized by round dents, like snowballs, surrounded by ice, ice, and stones piled up.In addition, there are geological fractures on Rhea's surface, creating gorges deep up to several hundred meters.(Image source: Google).

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4. "Deadly" temperature .With such extreme geological conditions, the Rhea moon has a temperature that drops to as low as -174 degrees C. (Image Source: Google).

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5. Extreme atmosphere .Oxygen occupies a very low proportion of the planet's atmosphere, primarily formed from the irradiation and dispersion of gas molecules from Saturn.In addition, CO2 has been found, but scientists have not been able to determine the origin or way of CO2 in the Rhea atmosphere.(Image source: Google).