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Enceladus comparison table

Subject	is part of	is a kind of	is an instance of	has orbital period	has diameter	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).
Enceladus	Saturn		natural satellite	1.37 days	500 km	1789	Third satellite of Saturn	Herschel

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