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Moons of Saturn

Natural satellites that orbit Saturn, from the giant Titan with its thick atmosphere to icy mid-sized worlds such as Enceladus, Rhea and Iapetus and small shepherd moons near the rings. A moon belongs here when its cited article calls it a moon or satellite of Saturn. Members are placed here from their own cited Wikipedia articles, each with a verbatim supporting quotation, so a reader can check why an entry sits in this group. The grouping forms part of the browse path for this section of the atlas.

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Moons of Saturn
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Wikipedia: Titan (moon)
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Titan is the largest moon of Saturn and the second largest in the Solar System.
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Enceladus (Wikipedia)
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Enceladus is the sixth-largest moon of Saturn and the 18th largest in the Solar System.
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Iapetus (moon) (Wikipedia)
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With an estimated diameter of 1,469 km (913 mi), it is the third-largest moon of Saturn and the eleventh-largest in the Solar System.
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Mimas (Wikipedia)
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Mimas is the seventh-largest natural satellite of Saturn.
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Wikipedia: Rhea (moon)
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Rhea () is the second-largest natural satellite of Saturn and the ninth-largest moon in the Solar System, with a diameter of 1,528 kilometres (949 mi).
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Wikipedia: Tethys (moon)
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Tethys () is the fifth-largest moon of Saturn, measuring about 1,060 km (660 mi) across.
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Wikipedia: Phoebe (moon)
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Phoebe ( FEE-bee) is the most massive irregular satellite of Saturn with a mean diameter of 213 km (132 mi).
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Wikipedia: Hyperion (moon)
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Hyperion is the eighth-largest moon of Saturn.
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Wikipedia: Dione (moon)
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Dione () is the fourth-largest moon of Saturn.
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Janus (moon) (Wikipedia)
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Janus is an inner satellite of Saturn.
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Epimetheus (moon) (Wikipedia)
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Epimetheus is an inner satellite of Saturn.
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Prometheus (moon) (Wikipedia)
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Prometheus is an inner satellite of Saturn.
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Pandora (moon) (Wikipedia)
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Pandora is an inner satellite of Saturn.
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