Saturn is a fascinating planet and very mysterious even though scientists have been studying it closely for hundreds of years.
Christiaan Huygens discovered the first known moon of Saturn in the year 1655 and named it Titan. Giovanni Domenico Cassini (later on the Cassini spacecraft would be named after him) discovered four more moons in the 1670s and 1680s: Iapetus (1671), Rhea (1672), Dione (1684), and Tethys (1684).
The next moon of Saturn wasn't discovered until over 100 years later—Mimas and Enceladus were found by William Herschel in 1789. The next two moons were found in 1848 (Hyperion) and 1898 (Phoebe).
Currently, astronomers believe that Saturn has a total of 61 moons. It's possible there are more—or less. Why less? Because of the 61 moons, 8 are considered provisional moons, meaning they haven't been totally confirmed as moons yet.
NASA's Saturn Moon page is very comprehensive and has data on every single moon (provisional or not!). You can find it here.
Here's a list of all of Saturn's moons. First up are the confirmed moons, and then the eight provisional moons:
1. Aegaeon2. Aegir
3. Albiorix
4. Anthe
5. Atlas
6. Bebhionn
7. Bergelmir
8. Bestla
9. Calypso
10. Daphnis
11. Dione
12. Enceladus
13. Epimetheus
14. Erriapus
15. Farbauti
16. Fenrir
17. Fornjot
18. Greip
19. Hati
20. Helene
21. Hyperion
22. Hyrrokkin
23. Iapetus
24. Ijiraq
25. Janus
26. Jarnsaxa
27. Kari
28. Kiviuq
29. Loge
30. Methone
31. Mimas
32. Mundilfari
33. Narvi
34. Paaliaq
35. Pallene
36. Pan
37. Pandora
38. Phoebe
39. Polydeuces
40. Prometheus
41. Rhea
42. Siarnaq
43. Skathi
44. Skoll
45. Surtur
46. Suttungr
47. Tarqeq
48. Tarvos
49. Telesto
50. Tethys
51. Thrymr
52. Titan
53. Ymir
PROVISIONAL MOONS
1. S/2004 S7
2. S/2004 S12
3. S/2004 S13
4. S/2004 S17
5. S/2006 S1
6. S/2006 S3
7. S/2007 S2
8. S/2007 S3
Monday, February 16, 2015
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