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Saturn has moons. Many of those are tiny chunks of rock or ice only a few kilometers (miles) across. One of Saturn's moons, Titan, is much larger than the rest and is amongst the largest moons in our entire Solar System. Midway in size between Titan and the many tiny moonlets are several medium-sized moons. The image on this page shows Titan and the mid-sized moons of Saturn. They are, in order from largest to smallest: Rhea, Iapetus, Dione, Tethys, Enceladus, Mimas and Hyperion. Two more moons, Phoebe and Janus, are visible in the larger version of this image (click on the small image on this page to see the larger image). The picture also shows Earth's Moon for size comparison. |
Table of Moons of Our Solar System
Image of the Medium-sized Moons of Saturn
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Saturn has moons. Many of those are tiny chunks of rock or ice only a few kilometers (miles) across. One of Saturn's moons, Titan, is much larger than the rest and is amongst the largest moons in our entire Solar System. Midway in size between Titan and the many tiny moonlets are several medium-sized moons. The image on this page shows Titan and the mid-sized moons of Saturn. They are, in order from largest to smallest: Rhea, Iapetus, Dione, Tethys, Enceladus, Mimas and Hyperion. Two more moons, Phoebe and Janus, are visible in the larger version of this image (click on the small image on this page to see the larger image). The picture also shows Earth's Moon for size comparison. |
Table of Moons of Our Solar System
Picture of the Medium-sized Moons of Saturn
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Saturn has moons. Many of those are tiny chunks of rock or ice only a few kilometers (miles) across. One of Saturn's moons, Titan, is much larger than the rest and is amongst the largest moons in our entire Solar System. Midway in size between Titan and the many tiny moonlets are several medium-sized moons. The image on this page shows Titan and the mid-sized moons of Saturn. They are, in order from largest to smallest: Rhea, Iapetus, Dione, Tethys, Enceladus, Mimas and Hyperion. Two more moons, Phoebe and Janus, are visible in the larger version of this image (click on the small image on this page to see the larger image). The picture also shows Earth's Moon for size comparison. |
Table of Moons of Our Solar System
Picture of the Medium-sized Moons of Saturn
Page created June 7, 2004 by Randy Russell.
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