Pan

Summary

Pan is a moon of Saturn^[1]. Pan ranks in the top 8% of moon_of_saturn entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,104 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Pan is credited with the discovery of Mark Robert Showalter^[3].
• Pan is credited with the discovery of Voyager 2^[4].
• Pan's instance of is recorded as moon of Saturn^[5].
• Pan's instance of is recorded as shepherd moon^[6].
• Pan's instance of is recorded as regular moon^[7].
• Pan is named after Pan^[8].
• Pan's Commons category is recorded as Pan (moon)^[9].
• Pan's parent astronomical body is recorded as Saturn^[10].
• Pan's provisional designation is recorded as S/1981 S 13^[11].
• Pan's time of discovery or invention is recorded as August 22, 1981^[12].
• Pan's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0000144'}^[13].
• Pan's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+19.4'}^[14].
• Pan's different from is recorded as 4450 Pan^[15].
• Pan's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+0.0001'}^[16].
• Pan's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q2655272', 'amount': '+4.95'}^[17].
• Pan's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q2655272', 'amount': '+5'}^[18].
• Pan's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+0.575050718'}^[19].
• Pan's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+133584'}^[20].
• Pan's connects with is recorded as Encke Gap^[21].
• Pan's albedo is recorded as {'amount': '+0.5'}^[22].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include moon of Saturn^[5], shepherd moon^[6], and regular moon^[7].

Origins

Pan is named after Pan^[8].

Why It Matters

Pan ranks in the top 8% of moon_of_saturn entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,104 views/month).^[2] Pan has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[23] Pan is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[24]