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Pan  

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  • Pan is the innermost of the moons of Saturn. It was discovered on 16 July 1990 by Mark Showalter from old Voyager 2 data and is also known as Saturn XVIII. Walnut-shaped Pan lies within the Encke division (325 km, or 200 mi wide) of Saturn's A-ring and is a shepherd moon responsible for keeping the Encke division open. (Encyclopedia of Science, by David Darling, https://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/P/Pan.html)

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  • Saturn XVIII

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  • Pan

    francés

  • Saturne XVIII

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/MDL-VJ1C8VDX-9

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