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Saturn – sixth planet from the Sun and the second-largest in the Solar System, after Jupiter. It is a gas giant with an average radius about nine times that of Earth . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Although only one-eighth the average density of Earth, with its larger volume Saturn is just over 95 times more massive.
S/2004 S 24 is a natural satellite of Saturn, and the outermost known prograde satellite.Its discovery was announced by Scott S. Sheppard, David C. Jewitt, and Jan Kleyna on October 7, 2019 from observations taken between December 12, 2004 and March 22, 2007.
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Saturn's satellite system is very lopsided: one moon, Titan, comprises more than 96% of the mass in orbit around the planet. The six other planemo ( ellipsoidal ) moons constitute roughly 4% of the mass, and the remaining small moons, together with the rings, comprise only 0.04%.
S/2019 S 1 is a natural satellite of Saturn. Its discovery was announced by Edward Ashton, Brett J. Gladman, Jean-Marc Petit, and Mike Alexandersen on 16 November 2021 from Canada–France–Hawaii Telescope observations taken between 1 July 2019 and 14 June 2021. [1] Apparent path of S/2019 S 1 as seen from Earth during 2019–2021.
S/2004 S 43 is about 4 kilometers in diameter, and orbits Saturn at a distance of 18.918 Gm in 971.48 days, at an inclination of 172.0, orbits in retrograde direction and eccentricity of 0.390. [2] S/2004 S 43 belongs to the Norse group and was marked the 100th moon of Saturn by count at the time it was announced.
Arguably the most fascinating moon in the Solar System is the Saturn satellite Titan, which has the only known body with liquid seas and rivers (of methane) on its surface.
Prometheus / p r ə ˈ m iː θ iː ə s / is an inner satellite of Saturn. It was discovered on 24 October 1980 from images taken by the Voyager 1 probe, and was provisionally designated S/1980 S 27. [6] In late 1985 it was officially named after Prometheus, a Titan in Greek mythology. [7] It is also designated Saturn XVI. [8]