Saturn, moons

Saturn has 60 known moons. The latest were discovered by the Cassini spacecraft and announced in 2006-07. Click on the links in the table below for further information.

moon	semimajor axis (km)	orbital period (days)	orbital eccentricity	orbital inclination (°)	diameter (km)
Pan	133,584	0.575	0.0000	0.001	35 × 35 × 23
Daphnis	136,505	0.594	~0.0	~0.0	6-8
Atlas	137,670	0.602	0.0012	0.003	46 × 38 × 19
Prometheus	139,380	0.613	0.0022	0.008	119 × 87 × 61
Pandora	141,720	0.629	0.0042	0.050	103 × 80 × 64
Epimetheus	151,422	0.694	0.0098	0.335	135 × 108 × 105
Janus	151,460	0.695	0.0068	0.163	193 × 173 × 137
Mimas	185,404	0.942	0.0202	1.566	415 × 394 × 381
Methone	194,440	1.010	0.000	0.007	~3
Anthe	197,700	1.04	0.001	0.1	~2
Pallene	212,280	1.15	0.004	0.18	~4
Enceladus	237,948	1.37	0.005	0.02	513 × 503 × 497
Tethys	294,619	1.888	0.000	1.12	1081 × 1062 × 1055
Telesto	294,619	1.888	0.000	1.19	29 × 22 × 20
Calypso	294,629	1.888	0.000	1.56	30 × 23 × 14
Dione	377,396	2.737	0.002	0.02	1123
Helene	377,396	2.737	0.002	0.20	36 × 32 × 30
Polydeuces	377,396	2.737	0.019	0.18	3.5
Rhea	527,108	4.518	0.001	0.35	1529
Titan	1,221,930	15.95	0.029	0.35	5151
Hyperion	1,481,010	21.28	0.123	0.43	360 × 280 × 225
Iapetus	3,560,820	79.33	0.029	15	1460 × 1498 × 1425
Kiviuq	11,273,100	446.87	0.1551	49.458	~16
Ijiraq	11,340,600	450.88	0.3476	50.409	~12
Phoebe	12,921,800	548.40	0.1809	172.992	230 × 220 × 210
Paaliaq	15,112,900	693.64	0.4409	46.896	~22
Skathi	15,609,100	728.08	0.2614	148.792	~8
Albiorix	16,194,300	769.41	0.6110	36.424	~32
S/2007 S2	16,523,200	792.96	0.2181	176.68	~6
Bebhionn	16,821,800	814.56	0.3574	42.099	~6
Skoll	17,576,900	870.02	0.4294	155.551	6
Erriapo	17,749,000	882.83	0.4615	37.887	~10
Siarnaq	17,808,100	887.24	0.4779	44.914	~40
Tarqeq (LII)	17,880,100	892.55	0.1066	49.864	~7
S/2004 S13	18,056,300	905.85	0.2610	167.379	~6
Hyrrokkin	18,347,400	927.85	0.3552	153.342	~8
Tarvos	18,562,800	944.23	0.5438	33.679	~15
Mundilfari	18,589,900	946.30	0.1844	169.187	~7
Greip (LI)	18,654,100	951.20	0.3170	172.851	~6
S/2006 S1	18,930,200	972.41	0.1303	154.232	~6
Jarnsaxa (L)	19,039,700	980.85	0.1942	163.173	~6
Bergelmir	19,061,300	982.52	0.1730	157.421	~6
S/2004 S17	19,099,200	985.45	0.2259	166.881	~4
Narvi	19,239,900	996.36	0.2814	138.231	~7
Suttungr	19,359,500	1005.67	0.1278	174.243	~7
Hati	19,709,300	1033.05	0.3080	163.131	~6
S/2004 S12	19,905,900	1048.54	0.3963	164.042	~5
Farbauti	19,950,000	1052.03	0.1859	158.435	~5
Bestla	20,300,100	1079.85	0.7309	146.965	~7
S/2007 S3	20,462,800	1092.85	0.1296	177.220	~5
Aegir	20,482,900	1094.46	0.2253	167.425	~6
S/2004 S7	20,576,700	1101.99	0.5541	165.596	~6
Thrymr	20,598,100	1003.71	0.3935	174.577	~7
S/2006 S3	21,076,300	1142.37	0.4710	150.818	~6
Kari	21,981,200	1216.72	0.3871	147.971	~7
Fenrir	22,598,700	1268.35	0.1257	162.796	~4
Loge	23,206,500	1319.86	0.1789	166.687	~6
Sutur	23,316,600	1329.27	0.4016	166.354	~6
Ymir	23,639,600	1356.98	0.2665	172.656	~18
Fornjot	25,770,000	1544.49	0.1561	167.779	~6

Archived news

Cassini finds mingling moons may share a dark past (Feb 20, 2008)
Twelve new moons for Saturn (May 5, 2005)
Newest Saturn moons given names (Feb 28, 2005)
Cassini finds new Saturn moons (Aug 17, 2004)
Four new moons for Saturn (Dec 10, 2000)
More moons for Saturn (Oct 26, 2000)

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