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Saturn's Moons:

• Atlas
• Calypso
• Dione
• Enceladus
• Epimetheus
• Helene
• Hyperion
• Iapetus
• Mimas
• Pan
• Pandora
• Phoebe
• Prometheus
• Rhea
• Telesto
• Tethys
• Titan

Saturn's Moons

Saturn has a lot of moons to match its rings. There's Titan (discovered in 1655), the Sierra Lodoicea and many more. They come in a variety of shapes and sizes:

Here is a full list of moons discovered around Saturn so far:

#	Name	Distance (x1000km)	Diameter (km)	Mass (kg)	Found	Moon Group
0	(moonlets)	130	0.04 to 0.5	<0.1x1012	2006	Three 1000km bands within A Ring
1	Pan	133	30 (35×35×23)	4.95x1015	1990	In Encke Division
2	Daphnis	136	6 − 8	8.4x1013	2005	In Keeler Gap
3	Atlas	137	31 (46×38×19)	6.6x1015	1980	Outer A Ring Shepherd
4	Prometheus	139	86 (119×87×61)	1.58x1017	1980	Inner F Ring Shepherd
5	Pandora	141	81 (103×80×64)	1.36x1017	1980	Outer F Ring Shepherd
6a	Epimetheus	151	113 (135×108×105)	5.30x1017	1980	Co-Orbital
6b	Janus	151	179 (193×173×137)	1.91x1018	1966	Co-Orbital
8	Aegaeon	167	0.5	~0.1x1012	2008 [22]	Moonlet (GR)
9	Mimas	185	397 (415×394×381)	3.75x1019	1789
10	Methone	194	3	0.2x1014	2004	Alkyonides
11	Anthe	197	2	0.7x1013	2007	Alkyonides
12	Pallene	212	4	0.5x1014	2004	Alkyonides
13	Enceladus	237	504 (513× 503×497)	1.08x1020	1789	Generates E Ring Gap
14	Tethys	294	1066 (1081×1062×1055)	6.17x1020	1684
14a	Telesto	294	24 (29× 22×20)	9.41x1015	1980	L Trojan (T)
14b	Calypso	294	21 (30×23×14)	6.3x1015	1980	T Trojan (T)
17	Dione	377	1123 (1128×1122×1121)	1.10x1021	1684
17a	Helene	377	33 (36×32×30)	2.45x1016	1980	L Trojan (D)
17b	Polydeuces	377	3.5	0.3x1014	2004	T Trojan (D)
20	Rhea	527	1529 (1535x1525×1526)	2.31x1021	1672
21	Titan	1,221	5151	1.35x1023	1655
22	Hyperion	1,481	292 (360×280×225)	5.54x1018	1848
23	Iapetus	3,560	1472 (1494×1498×1425)	1.81x1021	1671
24	Kiviuq	11,294	16	2.79x1015	2000	Inuit
25	Ijiraq	11,355	12	1.18x1015	2000	Inuit
26	Phoebe	12,869	220 (230×220×210)	8.29x1018	1899	Norse
27	Paaliaq	15,103	22	7.25x1015	2000	Inuit
28	Skathi	15,672	8	3.5x1014	2000	Norse (Skathi)
29	Albiorix	16,266	32	2.23x1016	2000	Gallic
30	S/2007 S 2	16,560	6	1.5x1014	2007	Norse
31	Bebhionn	17,153	6	1.5x1014	2004	Gallic
32	Erriapus	17,236	10	6.8x1014	2000	Gallic
33	Skoll	17,473	6	1.5x1014	2006	Norse (Skathi)
34	Siarnaq	17,776	40	4.35x1016	2000	Inuit
35	Tarqeq	17,910	7	2.3x1014	2007	Inuit
36	S/2004 S 13	18,056	6	1.5x1014	2004	Norse
37	Greip	18,065	6	1.5x1014	2006	Norse
38	Hyrrokkin	18,168	8	3.5x1014	2006	Norse (Skathi)
39	Jarnsaxa	18,556	6	1.5x1014	2006	Norse
40	Tarvos	18,562	15	2.3x1015	2000	Gallic
41	Mundilfari	18,725	7	2.3x1014	2000	Norse
42	S/2006 S 1	18,930	6	1.5x1014	2006	Norse (Skathi)
43	S/2004 S 17	19,099	4	0.5x1014	2004	Norse
44	Bergelmir	19,104	6	1.5x1014	2004	Norse (Skathi)
45	Narvi	19,395	7	2.3x1014	2003	Norse (Narvi)
46	Suttungr	19,579	7	2.3x1014	2000	Norse
47	Hati	19,709	6	1.5x1014	2004	Norse
48	S/2004 S 12	19,905	5	0.9x1014	2004	Norse
49	Farbauti	19,984	5	0.9x1014	2004	Norse (Skathi)
50	Thrymr	20,278	7	2.3x1014	2000	Norse
51	Aegir	20,482	6	1.5x1014	2004	Norse
52	S/2007 S 3	20,518	5	0.9x1014	2007	Norse
53	Bestla	20,570	7	2.3x1014	2004	Norse (Narvi)
54	S/2004 S 7	20,576	6	1.5x1014	2004	Norse
55	S/2006 S 3	21,076	6	1.5x1014	2006	Norse (Skathi)
56	Fenrir	21,930	4	0.5x1014	2004	Norse
57	Surtur	22,288	6	1.5x1014	2006	Norse
58	Kari	22,321	7	2.3x1014	2006	Norse (Skathi)
59	Ymir	22,429	18	3.97x1016	2000	Norse
60	Loge	22,984	6	1.5x1014	2006	Norse
61	Fornjot	24,504	6	1.5x1014	2004	Norse

Saturn also has rings.

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