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[37] [2] These discoveries brought Saturn's total number of confirmed moons up to 145, making it the first planet known to have over 100 moons. [37] [38] [39] Yet another moon, S/2006 S 20, was announced on 23 May 2023, bringing Saturn's total count moons to 146. [2]
The retrograde moons are grouped into the Carme, Ananke and Pasiphae groups. Saturn has 146 moons with known orbits; 66 of them have received permanent designations, and 63 have been named. Most of them are quite small. Seven moons are large enough to be in hydrostatic equilibrium, including Titan, the second
Artist conception of Saturn, its rings and major icy moons—from Mimas to Rhea. Saturn has 146 known moons, 63 of which have formal names. [12] [11] It is estimated that there are another 100 ± 30 outer irregular moons larger than 3 km (2 mi) in diameter. [98]
The new discovery increases the moons orbiting the "jewel of our solar system" to 82, surpassing Jupiter 20 new moons were discovered around Saturn Skip to main content
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Tethys (/ ˈ t iː θ ɪ s, ˈ t ɛ θ ɪ s /), or Saturn III, is the fifth-largest moon of Saturn, measuring about 1,060 km (660 mi) across.It was discovered by Giovanni Domenico Cassini in 1684, and is named after the titan Tethys of Greek mythology.
One of Saturn’s moons found to have all ingredients essential for life. Vishwam Sankaran. November 9, 2023 at 9:29 AM. NASA image of Enceladus within the E-ring in orbit around Saturn (NASA/JPL ...
In 2016, a study of how the orbits of Saturn's moons should have changed due to tidal effects suggested that all of Saturn's satellites inward of Titan, including Enceladus (whose geologic activity was used to derive the strength of tidal effects on Saturn's satellites), may have formed as little as 100 million years ago. [143]