Dione
Wikipedia: Dione (moon) - Wikipedia
Discovered by Giovanni Cassini in 1684
Orbital size 377,400 km (approximately 235,000 miles)
Orbital eccentricity 2%
Orbital inclination 0 degrees
Orbital period 2.73691 days
Rotation period 2.73691 days (synchronous rotation, one side permanently facing Saturn)
Diameter 1120 km (about 700 miles)
Mass 1/5500 of Earth, 1/70 of Earth's Moon
Surface gravity 2% of Earth, 1/7 of Earth's Moon
Density 1.4 times density of water (Composition probably 2/3 ice, 1/3 rock)
Albedo (reflectivity) 70%
Surface temperature ca. -186 Celsius
Traps Helene at its leading Lagrangian point


Population: ca. 52000
First Manned Mission: *
First Permanent Colony: *

