Saturn's Moons
Saturn's Moons
Jupiter is a large planet and I'm not surprised to find that it has plenty of moons and rings. Here are the 4 largest (also known as the Gallilean Moons):
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Name of Moon | Distance | Diameter | Mass | Picture |
| 1 | Pan | 134,000 km | 20 km | ? | |
| 2 | Atlas | 138,000 km | 28 km | ? | |
| 3 | Prometheus | 139,300 km | 92 km | 2.70 x 1017 kg | |
| 4 | Pandora | 142,000 km | 92 km | 2.20 x 1017 kg | |
| 5 | Epimetheus | 151,000 km | 114 km | 5.60 x 1017 kg | |
| 6 | Janus | 151,900 km | 178 km | 2.01 x 1018 kg |
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| 7 | Mimas | 186,000 km | 392 km | 3.80 x 1019 kg | Gallery |
| 8 | Enceladus | 238,000 km | 420 km | 8.40 x 1019 kg | Gallery |
| 9 | Tethys | 295,000 km | 1060 km | 7.55 x 1020 kg | Gallery |
| 10 | Telesto | 295,000 km | 30 km | ? | |
| 11 | Calypso | 295,000 km | 26 km | ? | |
| 12 | Dione | 377,000 km | 1120 km | 1.05 x 1021 kg | Gallery |
| 13 | Helene | 377,000 km | 32 km | ? | |
| 14 | Rhea | 527,000 km | 1530 km | 2.49 x 1021 kg | Gallery |
| 15 | Titan | 1,222,000 km | 5150 km | 1.35 x 1023 kg | Gallery |
| 16 | Hyperion | 1,481,000 km | 186 km | 1.77 x 1019 kg |
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| 17 | Iapetus | 3,561,000 km | 1460 km | 1.88 x 1021 kg | |
| 18 | Phoebe | 12,952,000 km | 220 km | 4.00 x 1018 kg |
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