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Some asteroids share the same names as moons of Saturn: 55 Pandora, 106 Dione, 577 Rhea, 1809 Prometheus, 1810 Epimetheus, and 4450 Pan. In addition, three more asteroids would share the names of Saturnian moons but for spelling differences made permanent by the International Astronomical Union (IAU): Calypso and asteroid 53 Kalypso ; Helene ...
In 1847, the seven then known moons of Saturn were named by John Herschel. Herschel named Saturn's two innermost moons (Mimas and Enceladus) after the mythological Greek Giants , and the outer five after the Titans (Titan, Iapetus) and Titanesses (Tethys, Dione, Rhea) of the same mythology.
Rhea (/ ˈ r iː. ə /) is the second-largest moon of Saturn and the ninth-largest moon in the Solar System, with a surface area that is comparable to the area of Australia.It is the smallest body in the Solar System for which precise measurements have confirmed a shape consistent with hydrostatic equilibrium.
Pages in category "Moons of Saturn" The following 118 pages are in this category, out of 118 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Including these large moons, 24 of Saturn's moons are regular, and traditionally named after Titans or other figures associated with the mythological Saturn. The remaining 122 are irregular, and classified by their orbital characteristics into Inuit , Norse , and Gallic groups, and their names are chosen from the corresponding mythologies the ...
The new discovery increases the moons orbiting the "jewel of our solar system" to 82, surpassing Jupiter
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 ] In addition, there is evidence of dozens to hundreds of moonlets with diameters of 40–500 meters in Saturn's rings, [ 99 ] which are not considered to be ...
Huygens named his discovery Saturni Luna (or Luna Saturni, Latin for "moon of Saturn"), publishing in the 1655 tract De Saturni Luna Observatio Nova (A New Observation of Saturn's Moon). [21] After Giovanni Domenico Cassini published his discoveries of four more moons of Saturn between 1673 and 1686, astronomers began referring to these and ...