|Discovered by||Cassini Imaging Science Team| |Discovered on||30
May 2007| |Semi-major axis||197,700 km| |Orbital period||1.03650
d| (to Saturn's equator) |Is a moon of||Saturn| |Mean
diameter||≈ 2 km| |Rotation period||assumed synchronous| Anthe
is a very small moon of Saturn between the orbits of Mimas and
Enceladus. It is also known as Saturn XLIX and its designation
was S/2007 S 4. It is named after one of the Alkyonides; the
name means flowery. It was found by the Cassini Imaging Team in
images taken on May 30, 2007. Once the find was made, a search
of older Cassini images showed this small moon in observations
from as far back as June 2004. It was first announced on July
18, 2007.