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Saturn: History Timeline


1655 Saturn’s rings seen by Galileo, who thinks them twin moons
1655 Huygens discovers Titan, Saturn’s largest moon
1977 Rings are found on other planets
1979 Pioneer 11 flies by
1980 Voyager 1 flies by
1981 Voyager 2 flies by
1990 Pan, Saturn’s eighteenth known moon, is the latest discovered


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