Saturn-Moons

Moons

From the satellites Titan can be already seen with good binoculars. This largest moon has a diameter of 1530 km and an atmosphere of nitrogen. Its time of revolution around the Saturn is almost 16 days.

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Here is a table of all moons discovered so far:

Moon	Year of discovery	Average distance from Saturn (km)	Time of revolution around Saturn (days)	Diameter
Atlas	1980	137'670	0.609	40*20
1980 S 27	1980	139'353	0.613	220
1980 S 26	1980	141'700	0.625	200
Epimentheus	1978	151'422	0.694	90*40
Janus	1978	151'472	0.695	100*90
Mimas	1789	185'600	0.942	390
Mimas- Begleiter	1982	~185'600	~0.940	10
Enceladus	1789	238'100	1.370	500
Tethys 1	1684	294'700	1.89	1'050
Tethys 2	1982	~294'700	~1.9	~15
Calypso	1980	294'700	~1.9	35
Telesto	1980	294'700	~1.9	35
No Name	1982	?	?	?
No Name	1982	350'000	2.44	~15
Dione 1	1684	377'500	2.74	1'120
Dione 2	1982	~378'000	?	~15
1980 S 6	1980	378'060	~2.7	160
No Name	1982	489'900	?	?
Rhea	1672	527'200	4.518	1'530
Titan	1655	1'221'600	15.95	5'140
Hyperion	1848	1'483'000	21.28	400250240
Iapetus	1671	3'560'000	79.33	1'440
Phöbe	1898	12'950'000	550.3	160