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Moons of Saturn

39 entries in the Moons of Saturn compendium.

Aegir (moon)A small retrograde moon of Saturn named after a Norse giant.Albiorix (moon)Largest member of the Gallic group of Saturn's irregular moons.Anthe (moon)A tiny Saturnian moon discovered by the Cassini Imaging Team.Atlas (moon)Inner Saturnian moon with a prominent equatorial ridge.Bebhionn (moon)Small irregular Saturnian moon, likely a contact binary.Bergelmir (moon)A small retrograde moon of Saturn named after a Norse giant.Bestla (moon)Retrograde irregular moon of Saturn, likely a contact binary.Calypso (moon)A small, highly reflective trojan moon of Saturn.Chrysalis (hypothetical moon)Hypothetical moon whose destruction may have formed Saturn's rings.Daphnis (moon)Shepherd moon orbiting within Saturn's Keeler Gap.EnceladusA small, icy moon with active geysers and a subsurface ocean.Epimetheus (moon)Co-orbital moon of Saturn that swaps orbits with Janus.ErriapusA red, slow-rotating irregular moon of Saturn's Gallic group.Fenrir (moon)One of the faintest known moons, discovered using the largest telescopes.Gallic groupA dynamical grouping of prograde irregular Saturnian moons.Hati (moon)Fastest rotating moon known, discovered in 2005.Helene (moon)Trojan moon of Saturn co-orbital with Dione.Hyrrokkin (moon)A retrograde Saturnian moon named after a Norse giantess.Ijiraq (moon)A red irregular moon of Saturn named after an Inuit creature.Inuit groupA dynamical grouping of prograde irregular Saturnian satellites.Janus (moon)Saturn's co-orbital moon that swaps orbits with Epimetheus.Kari (moon)Largest member of a collisional family of retrograde Saturnian moons.Kiviuq (moon)A light-red, elongated irregular moon of Saturn in the Inuit group.Mundilfari (moon)Bluest moon studied, second-fastest rotator among Saturn's irregulars.Narvi (moon)A small retrograde moon of Saturn with a unique light curve.Norse groupThe largest group of Saturn's moons, composed of retrograde irregular satellites.Pallene (moon)A tiny Saturnian moon with its own faint dust ring.Pandora (moon)A porous icy moon with chaotic orbit and disputed shepherd role.Peggy (moonlet)A former moonlet in Saturn's A Ring, discovered in 2013.Phoebe (moon)Saturn's most massive irregular satellite, discovered photographically in 1899.Prometheus (moon)Shepherd moon of Saturn's F Ring.Rhea (moon)Second-largest moon of Saturn, smallest hydrostatic body.S/2004 S 3Unconfirmed Saturn moon possibly a transient clump.S/2004 S 4Unconfirmed object seen within Saturn's F ring in 2004.S/2004 S 6A dusty object near Saturn's F ring, possibly a transient clump or a moonlet.S/2004 S 24Outermost known prograde moon of Saturn, possibly of the Gallic group.S/2009 S 1Smallest known moon of Saturn, discovered during equinox.S/2020 S 4A faint, disputed irregular moon of Saturn.SiarnaqLargest Inuit-group moon of Saturn, discovered in 2000.
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