|
Saturn's
Moons
Saturn
has 18 named moons. The planet also has a dozen other spotted satellites,
which have been given scientific names, but none of them has been proven
to be a real satellite.
| Name
--------------- |
Distance
(km)
-------------- |
Radius
(km)
---------- |
Mass
(kg)
----------- |
Discoverer
-------------- |
Date
------ |
| Pan |
134,000
|
10
|
?
|
Showalter |
1990
|
| Atlas |
138,000
|
14
|
?
|
Terrile |
1980
|
| Prometheus |
139,000
|
46
|
2.70e17
|
Collins |
1980
|
| Pandora |
142,000
|
46
|
2.20e17
|
Collins |
1980
|
| Epimetheus |
151,000
|
57
|
5.60e17
|
Walker |
1980
|
| Janus |
151,000
|
89
|
2.01e18
|
Dollfus |
1966
|
| Mimas |
186,000
|
196
|
3.80e19
|
Herschel |
1789
|
| Enceladus |
238,000
|
260
|
8.40e19
|
Herschel |
1789
|
| Tethys |
295,000
|
530
|
7.55e20
|
Cassini |
1684
|
| Telesto |
295,000
|
15
|
?
|
Reitsema |
1980
|
| Calypso |
295,000
|
13
|
?
|
Pascu |
1980
|
| Dione |
377,000
|
560
|
1.05e21
|
Cassini |
1684
|
| Helene |
377,000
|
16
|
?
|
Laques |
1980
|
| Rhea |
527,000
|
765
|
2.49e21
|
Cassini |
1672
|
| Titan |
1,222,000
|
2,575
|
1.35e23
|
Huygens |
1655
|
| Hyperion |
1,481,000
|
143
|
1.77e19
|
Bond |
1848
|
| Iapetus |
3,561,000
|
730
|
1.88e21
|
Cassini |
1671
|
| Phoebe |
12,952,000
|
110
|
4.00e18
|
Pickering |
1898
|
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