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Phoebe

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

in astronomy, the ninth satellite of Saturn in order of discovery, or the tenth and outermost now known in the order of distance. It was discovered by W. H. Pickering in 1899 by photographs of the stars surrounding Saturn. It is remarkable in that its motion around the planet is retrograde.

(See SATURN.)

Bibliography Information
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Phoebe'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​p/phoebe.html. 1910.