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PHOEBE , in See also:astronomy, the ninth See also:satellite of See also:Saturn in See also:order of See also:discovery, or the tenth and outermost now known in XXI . 15 the order of distance . It was discovered by W . H . See also:Pickering in 1899 by photographs of the stars surrounding Saturn . It is remarkable in that its See also:motion around the See also:planet is See also:retrograde . |
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