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Saturn's Moons. Saturn is the sixth planet from the sun in our solar system. ... Saturn has a lot of moons (33 discovered as of August, 2004). There are 18 named moons and about a dozen others that have not been named yet. Titan is the biggest moon; this moon has a thick ... A shepherd satellite for Saturn's A-ring.
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Some of Saturn's moons are odd. A giant crater on Mimas makes it look like the "Death Star" from the Star Wars movies. Iapetus is quite dark on one side and very bright on the other. Hyperion is shaped like a garbage can.
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Moons of Saturn - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The moons of Saturn are numerous and diverse, ranging from tiny moonlets to the enormous Titan. Saturn has 61 moons with confirmed orbits, 53 of which have names, and most of which are quite small. ...
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Saturn - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second largest planet in the Solar System, after Jupiter. Saturn, along with Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune, is classified as a gas giant. Together, these...
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Moons - Orbital and Rotational Detail - Physical Data - Atmosphere - Interior - Magnetic Field - The Ring System - Origin of the Rings ... As Jupiter, Saturn's atmosphere contains layers of clouds that form at different altitudes. The lowest cloud layer is made up of water ice and extends some 10 km in height at...
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There are complex tidal resonances between some of Saturn's moons and the ring system: some of the moons, the so-called "shepherding satellites" (i.e. Atlas, Prometheus and Pandora) are clearly important in keeping the rings in place;
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Saturn and two of its moons, Tethys and Dione, were photographed by Voyager 1 at a distance of 13 million km (8 million mi). The shadows of Saturn's three bright rings are cast onto the cloud tops.
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In the case of Saturn's moons, these provisory names follow the format S/2005-S1, S/2005-S2 etc. The first "S" (before the slash) is for Saturn. The second "S" (after the dash) is for satellite. ... Home > About Saturn & Its Moons > Saturn's Moons...
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Planet has 31 known moons ... (CNN) -- The Cassini space probe has found evidence of geysers erupting from underground pools of liquid water on Saturn's moon Enceladus, scientists announced on Thursday.
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