In Greek mythology, Dione (pronounced "die-OH-nee") was often described as the daughter of Tethys and Oceanus, and resembled the earth goddess Gaia. In his epic poem, "The Iliad," the Greek poet ...

Dione was discovered in 1684 by astronomer Giovanni Cassini, after whom the Cassini spacecraft is named. The moon is named after the Greek goddess Dione, who the ancient Greek poet Homer described ...

To test the critical pitch-angle hypothesis, we analysed electron data obtained at the radial distance of Dione. As predicted, the data show trapped (peaked at 90°) pitch-angle distributions for ...