Life is hard for a little moon. Epimetheus, seen here with Saturn in the background, is lumpy and misshapen, thanks in part to its size and formation process. Epimetheus did […] ...

North on Epimetheus is up and rotated 5 degrees to the left. The image was taken in visible light with the Cassini spacecraft narrow-angle camera on Dec. 6, 2015.

Saturn's Epimetheus is ready for its close-up in an image showing how rough life can be for an unprotected moon out in space. NASA's Cassini probe snaps close-up of Saturn moon Epimetheus - CNET X ...

In December 2015 the Cassini spacecraft flew close to Saturn's weird, tiny moon Epimetheus for a look, the last close pass before the mission ends in 2017.

Epimetheus' orbit around Saturn is unique in the solar system. This small moon shares an orbit with another moon of Saturn, called Janus. One moon orbits 31 miles (50 km) closer to Saturn than the ...

For a closer view of Epimetheus see PIA06226. The image was taken in visible light with the narrow angle camera on June 30, 2005 from a distance of approximately 1.8 million kilometers ...

Although Epimetheus appears to be orbiting between the A and F rings in this image, it’s just an illusion! Epimetheus, which orbits Saturn well outside of the F ring’s orbit, […] ...