Pan size and scale context

Pan is Saturn's innermost named moon, orbiting inside the Encke Gap in the A ring. Its gravity helps keep the gap open, while ring particles swept onto its equator have built a broad ridge around its irregular body. Read its scale context, comparisons, and journey links on the canonical object page.

486958 ArrokothCold classical Kuiper belt object (contact binary)·34.5 km
PanShepherd moon·34.6 km
AtlasInner ring moon·40.8 km

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