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Atlas photographed by Cassini-Huygens.

Atlas is a small moon that orbits the planet Saturn. It was found by scientist Richard Terrile in 1980. He discovered it by looking at pictures taken by the Voyager 1 spacecraft.

This moon was named after Atlas, a powerful figure in Greek mythology. Atlas orbits very close to Saturn, just outside its bright A ring.


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Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Atlas (satélite) para niños

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