Pan

moon of Saturn
Thing moon_of_saturn Q17705
Pan
NASA, Matúš Motlo · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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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': 'degree', 'amount': '+0.0001'}[16].
  • Pan's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'exagram', 'amount': '+4.95'}[17].
  • Pan's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'exagram', 'amount': '+5'}[18].
  • Pan's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'day', 'amount': '+0.575050718'}[19].
  • Pan's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'kilometre', '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]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 21w ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Different from → 4450 Pan
    Orbital eccentricity → {'amount': '+0.0000144'}
    Named after → —
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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