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Before the advent of telescopic photography, eight moons of Saturn were discovered by direct observation using optical telescopes.Saturn's largest moon, Titan, was discovered in 1655 by Christiaan Huygens using a 57-millimeter (2.2 in) objective lens [14] on a refracting telescope of his own design. [15]
Saturn LVII (unnamed moon of Saturn) S/2004 S 26 — Saturn LVIII: Eggther: S/2004 S 27 — Saturn LIX (unnamed moons of Saturn) S/2004 S 28 — — S/2004 S 29 — Saturn LX: Beli: S/2004 S 30 — Saturn LXI i: 12 December 2004 p: 8 October 2019 (unnamed moon of Saturn) S/2004 S 31 — — Gunnlod: S/2004 S 32 — Saturn LXII Thiazzi: S/2004 S ...
Discovered in 1655 by the Dutch astronomer Christiaan Huygens, Titan was the first known moon of Saturn and the sixth known planetary satellite (after Earth's moon and the four Galilean moons of Jupiter). Titan orbits Saturn at 20 Saturn radii or 1,200,000 km above Saturn's apparent surface. From Titan's surface, Saturn subtends an arc of 5.09 ...
Explore all 63 of Saturn's verified moons, along with their names and discovery dates. Other moons await official confirmation of their discovery.
The new discovery increases the moons orbiting the "jewel of our solar system" to 82, surpassing Jupiter 20 new moons were discovered around Saturn Skip to main content
Saturn's rings require at least a 15-mm-diameter telescope [150] to resolve and thus were not known to exist until Christiaan Huygens saw them in 1655 and published his observations in 1659. Galileo, with his primitive telescope in 1610, [151] [152] incorrectly thought of Saturn's appearing not quite round as two moons on Saturn's sides.
[1] [12] Cassini named the four moons he discovered (Tethys, Dione, Rhea, and Iapetus) Sidera Lodoicea (the stars of Louis) to honor King Louis XIV. [1] Rhea was the second moon of Saturn that Cassini discovered, and the third moon discovered around Saturn overall. [1]
Hyperion / h aɪ ˈ p ɪər i ə n /, also known as Saturn VII, is the eighth-largest moon of Saturn. It is distinguished by its highly irregular shape, chaotic rotation, low density, and its unusual sponge-like appearance. It was the first non-rounded moon to be discovered.