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PHOEBE , in astronomy, the ninth satellite ofSee also: Saturn in See also: order of See also: discovery, or the tenth and outermost now known in XXI
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the order of distance
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It was discovered by W
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Pickering in 1899 by photographs of the stars surrounding Saturn
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It is remarkable in that its motion around the See also: planet is retrograde
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