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Daphnis (moon) : ウィキペディア英語版 | Daphnis (moon)
Daphnis ( ; (ギリシア語:Δάφνις)) is an inner satellite of Saturn. It is also known as ; its provisional designation was .〔(C.C. Porco, et al., IAUC 8524: ''S/2005 S 1'' ) May 6, 2005 (discovery)〕〔Martinez, C.; and Dyches, P.; (Cassini-Huygens: ''Cassini Finds New Saturn Moon That Makes Waves'' ) May 10, 2005〕 Daphnis is about 8 kilometres in diameter, and orbits the planet in the Keeler Gap within the A ring. == Naming == The moon was named in 2006 after Daphnis, a shepherd, pipes player, and pastoral poet in Greek mythology;〔( IAUC 8730: ''Saturn XXXV (Daphnis)'' ) (naming the moon)〕 he was descendant of the Titans, after whom the largest moons of Saturn are named. Both Daphnis and Pan, the only other known shepherd moon to orbit within Saturn's main rings, are named for mythological figures associated with shepherds.
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