Aegaeon is a tiny moon of Saturn, only about half a kilometer across, found in images taken by the Cassini spacecraft in 2008. It orbits within a bright arc of material in Saturn's G ring, and is one of the small moons that are embedded in the faint rings and are thought to shed dust that feeds them. It was named after Aegaeon, one of the hundred-handed giants of Greek mythology, also known as Briareus. Its discovery added to the picture of how the rings and small moons of Saturn interact.
Before and after
- 21 June 2008Release of WALL-E
- 13 July 2008Founding of Union for the Mediterranean
- 3 August 2008Death of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
- from 7 August 2008 to 12 August 2008Russo-Georgian War
- 15 August 2008Discovery of Aegaeon
- 17 August 2008Michael Phelps wins eight gold medals in Beijing
- 18 August 2008Uzbin Valley ambush
- 28 August 2008Construction of Shanghai World Financial Center
- 2 September 2008Release of Google Chrome
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