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Phoebe comparison table

Subject	is part of	is a kind of	is an instance of	has orbital period	has radiu	has discovery date	has definition	has discoverer
natural satellite		satellite					Body orbiting a planet. Since 1957 the term has also been applied to man-made (artificial) satellites; many astronomers make the distinction by calling natural satellites moons (and the Earth's natural satellite the Moon).
Phoebe	Saturn		natural satellite	550 days	100 km	1898	The outermost satellite of Saturn. Has retrograde orbit.	Pickering

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