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  2. As of June 8, 2023, Saturn has 146 moons in its orbit. The moons range in size from larger than the planet Mercury – the giant moon Titan – to as small as a sports arena. The small moon Enceladus has a global ocean under a thick, icy shell. Scientists have identified both moons as high-priority science destinations for future deep space ...

  3. The moons of Saturn are numerous and diverse, ranging from tiny moonlets only tens of meters across to the enormous Titan, which is larger than the planet Mercury. There are 146 moons with confirmed orbits, the most of any planet in the solar system.

    • Titan. Apart from being the second-largest moon in the Solar System, and the largest moon of Saturn, Titan is the only celestial object besides our planet, where stable bodies of surface liquid have been found.
    • Rhea. Rhea is the second-largest moon of Saturn after Titan, and overall the ninth-largest moon in the Solar System. It is bigger than the dwarf planets Makemake and Ceres.
    • Iapetus. Iapetus is the third largest moon of Saturn and the eleventh-largest moon in the Solar System. It is bigger than the dwarf planets Makemake and Ceres.
    • Dione. Dione is one of the largest inner moons of Saturn, and it was discovered in 1684 by Italian astronomer G.D. Cassini. Dione is the fifteenth largest moon in the Solar System, and it has a diameter of around 1,122 km / 697 mi and a radius of 561 km / 348 mi.
  4. The Voyager and Pioneer flybys of the 1970s and 1980s provided rough sketches of Saturn’s moons. But during its many years in Saturn orbit, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft discovered previously unknown moons, solved mysteries about known ones, studied their interactions with the rings and uncovered new mysteries – including the discovery on an ocean moon with […]

  5. Saturn has the most moons of any planet in the solar system, with more than 140 known as of 2023. Many of these are small satellites that orbit far from Saturn. The largest moons orbit close to the planet and were discovered telescopically before the 20th century.

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  6. In Depth. The Voyager and Pioneer flybys of the 1970s and 1980s provided rough sketches of Saturns moons. But during its many years in Saturn orbit, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft discovered previously unknown moons, solved mysteries about known ones, studied their interactions with the rings and uncovered new mysteries – including the ...

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