Saturn’s Moons
Saturn has 83 known moons. Key moons include:
- Titan:
- Diameter: 5,151 km (3,201 miles)
- Orbit:
- Average Distance from Saturn: 1,222,000 km (759,000 miles)
- Orbital Period: 15.9 days
- Composition: Thick atmosphere primarily of nitrogen and methane, with a surface of liquid methane and ethane lakes.
- Surface Features: Dense atmosphere, lakes, and rivers of liquid methane and ethane.
- Rhea:
- Diameter: 1,527 km (949 miles)
- Orbit:
- Average Distance from Saturn: 527,040 km (327,000 miles)
- Orbital Period: 4.6 days
- Composition: Icy with a small rocky core.
- Surface Features: Heavily cratered with bright wispy terrain.
- Iapetus:
- Diameter: 1,471 km (915 miles)
- Orbit:
- Average Distance from Saturn: 3,560,000 km (2,210,000 miles)
- Orbital Period: 79.3 days
- Composition: Ice and rock with a pronounced two-tone coloration.
- Surface Features: Extreme albedo differences and a prominent equatorial ridge.
