Share
Blog
Print
Email
BookmarkSaturn is currently known to have 56 moons, many of which were discovered very recently, and 3 additional un-confirmed, hypothetical moons.
However, a precise number of moons can never be given, as there is no objective dividing line between the anonymous orbiting fragments that form Saturn's ring system and the larger objects that have already been named as moons..
For more information about the topic Saturn's natural satellites, read the full article at Wikipedia.org, or see the following related articles:
Neptune's natural satellites — Neptune has 13 known moons. The largest by far is Triton, discovered by William Lassell just 17 days after the discovery of Neptune itself. It took a ... > read more
Uranus' natural satellites — Uranus has 27 known moons. The first two moons (Titania and Oberon) were discovered by William Herschel on March 13, 1787. Two more moons (Ariel and ... > read more
Saturn — Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun. It is a gas giant, the second-largest planet in the solar system after Jupiter. Saturn has a prominent ... > read more
Titan (moon) — Titan, or Saturn VI, is the largest moon of Saturn and the second largest moon in the solar system, after Jupiter's moon Ganymede. It is roughly 50% ... > read moreNote: This page refers to an article that is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the article Saturn's natural satellites at Wikipedia.org. See the Wikipedia copyright page for more details.
