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Enceladus

Pronunciation: /ɛnˈsɛlədəs/

Astronomy
Definition of Enceladus
  • a satellite of Saturn, the eighth closest to the planet and probably composed mainly of ice, discovered by W. Herschel in 1789 (diameter 500 km).

Origin:

named after a Greek mythological giant killed by Athene

Enceladus in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of Enceladus in the US English dictionary
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