Saturn

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**Saturn** is the sixth planet in the solar system, and the second largest planet in the enitre solar system. Saturn is mostly dense, as it can float when place on water. Saturn as the most distinctive rings and they are large enough to be visible through a telescope or spceacraft towards Saturn.

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## **Satellites**

*Main article: Moons of Saturn*

Saturn has 146 confirmed moons, the most of any known planets in the solar system and the first planet to have over 100 confirmed moons. It is divided into 6 separate moon groups. It also contains 5 other moons that has not been confirmed their parameters, and are labeled with "(\*)".

### **Inner Moons**

The Inner Moons consists of 20 moons that follows in a synchronous rotation. These are:

* *S/2009 S 1*
* Pan (*S/1981 S 13*)
* Daphnis (*S/2005 S 1*)
* Atlas (*S/1980 S 28*)
* Prometheus (*S/1980 S 27*)
* Pandora (*S/1980 S 26*)

	+ *S/2004 S 6*\*
	+ *S/2004 S 4*\*
	+ *S/2004 S 3*\*
* Epimetheus (*S/1980 S 3*)
* Janus (*S/1980 S 1*)
* Aegaeon (*S/2008 S 1*)
* **Mimas**
* Methone (*S/2004 S 1*)
* Anthe (*S/2007 S 4*)
* Pallene (*S/2004 S 2*)
* **Enceladus**
* **Tethys**
* Telesto (*S/1980 S 13*)
* Calypso (*S/1980 S 25*)
* **Dione**
* Helene (*S/1980 S 6*)
* Polydeuces (*S/2004 S 5*)

### **Outer Moons**

The Outer Moons consists of 4 large moons that follows a synchronous rotation, all but one.

* **Rhea**
* **Titan**
* Hyperion
* **Iapetus**

### **Inuit Group**

The Inuit Group is a distant collection of irregular prograde moons consisting of 13 moons that follows a similar orbital characteristics as Kiviuq **(K)**, Paaliaq **(P)** and Siarnaq **(S)**, the 3 largest moons in the group. These are:

* *S/2019 S 1* **(K)**
* **Kiviuq** (*S/2000 S 5*) **(K)**
* *S/2005 S 4* **(K)**
* *S/2020 S 1* **(K)**
* Ijiraq (*S/2000 S 6*) **(K)**
* **Paaliaq** (*S/2000 S 2*) **(P)**
* *S/2004 S 31* **(S)**
* Tarqeq (*S/2007 S 1*) **(S)**
* *S/2019 S 14* **(S)**
* **Siarnaq** (*S/2000 S 3*) **(S)**
* *S/2020 S 3* **(S)**
* *S/2019 S 6* **(S)**
* *S/2020 S 5* **(S)**

### **Gallic Group**

The Gallic Group is a collection of irregular prograde moons consisting of 7 moons that follows a similar orbital characteristics as Albiorix, the largest moon in the group. These are:

* **Albiorix** (*S/2000 S 11*)
* Bebhionn (*S/2004 S 11*)
* *S/2007 S 8*
* *S/2004 S 29*
* Erriapus (*S/2000 S 10*)
* Tarvos (*S/2000 S 4*)
* *S/2020 S 4*

### **Outlier Prograde Moons**

The Outlier Prograde Moons are the moons that has a similar orbital characteristics as either the Inuit or Gallic Group; however, their semi-major axis are closer or further than the limit. These outliers are:

* *S/2006 S 12*
* *S/2004 S 24*

### **Norse Group**

The Norse Group is a huge collection of irregular retrograde moons consisting of 100 moons that follows a similar orbital characteristics as Phoebe **(PH)** and Ymir, the 2 largest moons in the group and are very distant. These are:

* **Phoebe** **(PH)**
* *S/2006 S 20* **(PH)**
* *S/2006 S 9*
* Skathi (*S/2000 S 8*)
* *S/2007 S 7*
* *S/2007 S 5*
* *S/2007 S 2*
* *S/2004 S 37*
* *S/2004 S 47*
* *S/2004 S 40*
* *S/2019 S 2*
* *S/2019 S 3*
* *S/2020 S 7*
* Skoll (*S/2006 S 8*)
* *S/2020 S 2*
* *S/2019 S 4*
* *S/2004 S 41*
* *S/2004 S 42*
* Hyrrokkin (*S/2004 S 19*)
* Greip (*S/2006 S 4*)
* *S/2004 S 13*
* *S/2007 S 6*
* Mundilfari (*S/2000 S 9*)
* *S/2006 S 1*
* *S/2004 S 43*
* *S/2006 S 10*
* *S/2019 S 5*
* Gridr (*S/2004 S 20*)
* Bergelmir (*S/2004 S 15*)
* Jarnsaxa (*S/2006 S 6*)
* Narvi (*S/2003 S 1*)
* Suttungr (*S/2000 S 12*)
* *S/2007 S 3*
* *S/2004 S 44*
* *S/2004 S 45*
* Hati (*S/2004 S 14*)
* *S/2004 S 17*
* *S/2006 S 11*
* *S/2004 S 12*
* Eggther (*S/2004 S 27*)
* *S/2006 S 13*
* *S/2007 S 9*
* *S/2019 S 7*
* *S/2019 S 8*
* Farbauti (*S/2004 S 9*)
* Thrymr (*S/2000 S 7*)
* Bestla (*S/2004 S 18*)
* *S/2019 S 9*
* *S/2004 S 46*
* Angrboda (*S/2004 S 22*)
* *S/2019 S 11*
* Aegir (*S/2004 S 10*)
* Beli (*S/2004 S 30*)
* *S/2019 S 10*
* *S/2019 S 12*
* Gerd (*S/2004 S 25*)
* *S/2019 S 13*
* *S/2006 S 14*
* Gunnlod (*S/2004 S 32*)
* *S/2019 S 15*
* *S/2020 S 6*
* *S/2004 S 7*
* *S/2006 S 3*
* *S/2005 S 5*
* Skrymir (*S/2004 S 23*)
* *S/2006 S 16*
* *S/2006 S 15*
* *S/2004 S 28*
* *S/2020 S 8*
* Alvaldi (*S/2004 S 35*)
* Kari (*S/2006 S 2*)
* *S/2004 S 48*
* Geirrod (*S/2004 S 38*)
* Fenrir (*S/2004 S 16*)
* *S/2004 S 50*
* *S/2006 S 17*
* *S/2004 S 49*
* *S/2019 S 17*
* Surtur (*S/2006 S 7*)
* *S/2006 S 18*
* Loge (*S/2006 S 5*)
* **Ymir** (*S/2000 S 1*)
* *S/2019 S 19*
* *S/2004 S 21*
* *S/2019 S 18*
* *S/2004 S 39*
* *S/2019 S 16*
* *S/2004 S 53*
* *S/2004 S 36*
* Thiazzi (*S/2004 S 33*)
* *S/2019 S 20*
* *S/2006 S 19*
* *S/2004 S 34*
* Fornjot (*S/2004 S 8*)
* *S/2004 S 51*
* *S/2020 S 10*
* *S/2020 S 9*
* *S/2004 S 26*
* *S/2019 S 21*
* *S/2004 S 52*

## **Exploration**

**4** spacecrafts had visited Saturn. These are:

* *Pioneer 11*: September 1, 1979 (**Flyby**)
* *Voyager 1*: November 12, 1980 (**Flyby**)
* *Voyager 2*: August 26, 1981 (**Flyby**)
* *Cassini–Huygens*: July 1, 2004 — September 15, 2017

## **Rings**

The rings of Saturn are very distant and comes into 11 sections of the ring.

### **B-Ring**

The B-Ring contains 1 moon, provisionally named S/2009 S 1. S/2009 S 1 is a moonlet in the B-Ring and does not contain a propeller feature.

### **A-Ring**

The A-Ring is completely filled with 150 moonlets with propeller feature, the best examples are Earhart, Bleriot, Santos-Dumont and Peggy. The A-Ring has 2 shepherd moons: Epimetheus and Janus.

### **F-Ring**

The F-Ring is a very faint ring consisting of 3 unconfirmed moonlets. Prometheus is the only known shepherd moon that shepherd the ring; Pandora however, counted itself as a shepherd moon, but does not have any effect on the ring.

### **G-Ring**

The G-Ring is an even fainter ring that was seen by *Cassini* and only consist of 1 moonlet, Aegaeon.

### **Pallene Ring**

The Pallene Ring is named after Pallene. It was found several times by *Cassini*.

### **E-Ring**

The E-Ring is a faint ring and the only ring that can be regenerated by Enceladus' geysers.

### **Phoebe Ring**

The Phoebe Ring is the most distant ring of Saturn, was named after Phoebe, and spans tens of millions of kilometers.

 Shepherd Moons (7)
 G-Ring Moonlet (1)
 Round Moons (4)
 Alkyonides (3)
 Trojans (4)
 Outer Moons (4)
 Inuit Group (13)
 Gallic Group (7)
 Outlier Prograde Irregular Moons (2)
 Norse Group (100)
 Unconfirmed Satellites
 Other A-ring moonlets