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Like Jupiter, Saturn has several icy moons and
small asteroid-like objects in orbit around the planet. Their sizes
range from 5150 kilometers (3200 miles) down to 20 kilometers (12 miles)
in diameter, although smaller satellites are likely to exist.
Both the orbital dynamics of these moons and their distinctly different compositions make the Saturnian satellites a small-scale analog of our solar system. Six of Saturn's moons are shown in the image at left. Dione is in foreground, Tethys and Mimas to the right of Saturn, Enceladus and Rhea off Saturn's rings to the left, and Titan at top right. |
| 18K JPEG Montage of Saturnian System constructed from Voyager 1 imagery. NASA Press Release #P23209 Credit: NASA Planetary Photojournal |