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How Many Moons Does Saturn Have?

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    Saturn is the sixth planet from the sun and can be described as a gas giant, with external planetary rings. The exact number of Saturn's moons is difficult to decide, due to the large masses of ice that orbit the planet's rings being technically classified as moons. There are 56 natural satellites that fall into this category, and are divided into the following categories: the ring shepherds, the co-orbitals, the inner large moons, the Trojan moons, the outer large moons and the irregular satellites. Seven of this large group can be defined as more traditional moons as a result of collapsing into a spheroid shape from the weight of their own gravity. The most notable of these is Titan, which is the only moon in the solar system to have a dense atmosphere. The other moons are all named after the titans of Greek mythology, and run as follows: Mimas, Enceladus, Tethys, Dione, Rhea and Iapetus.
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    Blurto 

    answered 4 years ago

      61 (53 named and 8 unnamed as yet)
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      Guest 

      answered 7 months ago

        Saturn has 61 known moons in the universe. Here are some of them:  Bestla, Greip, Tarqeq, Anthe, Fornjot and many more
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        Clementgoh 

        answered 4 months ago

        17 moons
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        Guest 

        answered 1 month ago

        200 have been observed but most of these are just asteroids which have been temporarily wrested from their orbits.

        Only 61 are captured in secure orbits.
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        Beaunydall 

        answered 10 months ago

          Saturn is believed to have over 40 moons
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          Rodriguez 

          answered 9 months ago

          I heard over 60..
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          Guest 

          answered 8 months ago

          60 moons
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          Guest 

          answered 7 months ago

          ??? Really i thought it was 30 moons ?????
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          Guest 

          answered 7 months ago

          21 moons
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          Guest 

          answered 4 months ago

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