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Michael Swanwick: Minor Planets: Phoebe
Phoebe is the outermost satellite of Saturn. It is a dull and generic rock with a retrograde
orbit, low albedo, and a diameter of only 220 kilometers. Despite this, it is easily the
second most interesting moon in the Solar System.

The first most interesting moon in the Solar System is Mimas. Mimas, which also orbits
Saturn, is interesting because it is not a moon at all, despite its rocky, cratered exterior
and lack of internal activity. It is an alien exploration craft.

When human beings finally arrive in Saturn orbit, they will discover on the surface of
Mimas the mummified and space-suited remains of a being a full ten meters long. They
will refer to this being only as the Entity. He, she, or it will be found in an attitude of
extreme despair. That fact, and the seeming lack of any accompanying technology, will
be one of the enduring mysteries of the Age of Space. Unless, of course, somebody
thinks to perform a thorough and careful survey.

Phoebe is where the Entity lost his keys.