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Is Dione a moon

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13y ago
Updated: 8/20/2019

The moon Dione is a moon of the planet Saturn, named for the Greek goddess, in some mythologies the mother of Aphrodite. Dione was one of four Saturnian moons discovered by Cassini in 1684.

The name is shared by the main belt asteroid 106 Dione.

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