What is Dione (moon)?
[[File:Dione and Saturn.jpg|right|thumb|Dione in front of Saturn's rings.]] '''Dione''' is the fourth largest [[Satellite (natural)|moon]] of [[Saturn (planet)|Saturn]].<ref>{{citation|title=Dione explained|publisher=Imagine Publishing|page=68|issue=42|newspaper=How it Works|date=2012-12-27}}</ref> It has a diameter of 1,123 [[km]] (698 miles).<ref name=cox /> It was discovered in 1684 by [[Giovanni Domenico Cassini]].<ref name=cox>{{cite book|author1=Cox, Brian|author2=Cohen, Andrew|title=Wonders of the Solar System|date=2010|publisher=HarperCollins|page=94-95|isbn=9780007386901}}</ref> It is named after the [[titan (mythology)|titan]] [[Dione (mythology)|Dione]] in [[Greek mythology]]. The moon has many [[crater]]s and [[ice]] [[cliff]]s.<ref name=cox /> It is [[tidal locking|tidally locked]] with Saturn, meaning the same face of Dione always faces Saturn.<ref name=cox /> ==References== {{reflist}} {{Moons of Saturn}} {{sci-stub}} [[Category:Saturn's moons]]