In Depth | Saturn Moons – NASA Solar System Exploration Haze-enshrouded Titan is Saturn’s largest moon and the solar system’s second-largest, and an all-around exceptional place Titan is the only known world other than Earth where any sort of liquid collects on its surface
In Depth | Moons – NASA Solar System Exploration Of the terrestrial (rocky) planets of the inner solar system, neither Mercury nor Venus have any moons at all, Earth has one and Mars has its two small moons In the outer solar system, the gas giants Jupiter and Saturn and the ice giants Uranus and Neptune have dozens of moons
In Depth | Enceladus – NASA Solar System Exploration About as wide as Arizona, Enceladus orbits Saturn at a distance of 148,000 miles (238,000 kilometers) between the orbits of two other moons, Mimas and Tethys Enceladus is tidally locked with Saturn, keeping the same face toward the planet
Planet Compare - NASA Solar System Exploration Saturn Click for more Uranus Click for more Neptune Click for more Earth's Moon Stay Connected Solar System Jupiter; Saturn; Uranus; Neptune; DWARF PLANETS Pluto; Ceres; Makemake; Haumea; Eris; HYPOTHETICAL Planet X; Moons About Moons; BY DESTINATION Earth (1) Mars (2) Jupiter (95) Saturn (83) Uranus (27) Neptune (14) Pluto (5) Asteroids
In Depth | Our Solar System - NASA Solar System Exploration There are more than 200 known moons in our solar system and several more awaiting confirmation of discovery Of the eight planets, Mercury and Venus are the only ones with no moons The giant planets Jupiter and Saturn lead our solar system’s moon counts
In Depth | Tethys – NASA Solar System Exploration Tethys orbits 183,000 miles (295,000 kilometers) from Saturn, taking 45 3 hours to circle the planet As with all but two of the major Saturnian moons, Tethys is tidally locked in phase with its parent planet — the same side always faces toward Saturn
In Depth | Titan – NASA Solar System Exploration Saturn's largest moon, Titan, is an icy world whose surface is completely obscured by a golden hazy atmosphere Titan is the second largest moon in our solar system Only Jupiter's moon Ganymede is larger, by just 2 percent
The Forces that Sculpt Saturns Rings - NASA Solar System Exploration The gravitational tugs from Saturn’s moons are responsible for a wide variety of structures in Saturn’s rings: Sharp edges Density variations Vertical Warps Arcs The moons’ effects are most important when the moons are near the rings or at various resonances…
Pluto By the Numbers – NASA Solar System Exploration Saturn Click for more Uranus Click for more Neptune Click for more Earth's Moon Stay Connected Solar System Jupiter; Saturn; Uranus; Neptune; DWARF PLANETS Pluto; Ceres; Makemake; Haumea; Eris; HYPOTHETICAL Planet X; Moons About Moons; BY DESTINATION Earth (1) Mars (2) Jupiter (95) Saturn (83) Uranus (27) Neptune (14) Pluto (5) Asteroids
In Depth | Earths Moon – NASA Solar System Exploration Earth's only natural satellite is simply called "the Moon" because people didn't know other moons existed until Galileo Galilei discovered four moons orbiting Jupiter in 1610 In Latin, the Moon is called Luna, which is the main adjective for all things Moon-related: lunar