SATURNS MOONS!!!
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THE MOONS!!!
THIS PAGE IS ALL ABOUT SATURNS MOONS

ONE OF SATURNS MOONS RHEA
Rhea is formed of mostly of water and ice.
  SATURNS MOONS
Saturn has 18 confirmed moons and as many as 14 others. The diameters of Saturn's moons range from 12 to 3200 mi wide. The five large inner moons are Mimas, Enceladus, Tethys, Dione, and Rhea.They are made of water ice. It is said that Dione's mass is made up of about 40 percent of rocky material. The surfaces of these five moons have been cratered by meteorite impacts.Mimas has a crater one-third as wide as itself.

MOONS
Several small moons have been found in Saturn's rings.Four Trojan moons of Tethys and one of Dione have also been discovered. "Trojan moons occur in regions of stability that lead or follow an object in its orbit". Saturn's outer moons Hyperion and Iapetus are mostly water ice. Iapetus has a bright surface with a dark region. "Phoebe, the farthest moon, moves in the opposite direction to the other moons at a sharp angle to Saturn's equator."

THE LARGEST SATURN MOON!!!
Titan is Saturn's largest moon. Its diameter is about about 3200 mi wide, larger than Mercury, and its atmosphere is probably about 300 km or about 186 mi thick. Titan has a nitrogen atmosphere with traces of other gases. "On the surface, the temperature is about -182° C (about -296° F)". The interior of Titan probably contains equal amounts of rock and water ice.

ENCELADUS
ONE OF THE FIVE LARGE INNER MOONS


IAPETUS