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ShareSaturn 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:
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Deimos (moon) — Deimos is probably an asteroid that was perturbed by Jupiter into an orbit that allowed it to be captured by Mars, though this hypothesis is still in ... > read more
Phobos (moon) — Phobos is the larger and innermost of Mars' two moons, and is named after Phobos, son of Ares (Mars) from Greek Mythology. Phobos orbits closer to a ... > 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.
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