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Published online 4 May 2005 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news050502-5
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Saturnian moon is a foreigner
Refugee Phoebe hails from the outskirts of the Solar System.
Saturn's small, lumpy moon Phoebe isn't native to its home planet, scientists have confirmed. Instead the lump of rock was captured by Saturn's gravity from rubble left after the formation of the Solar System.
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