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How many moons does Saturn have?
Saturn has 82 moons. Fifty-three moons are confirmed and named and another 29 moons are awaiting confirmation of discovery and official naming.
What planet has 31 moons?
New moons are being discovered all the time. Saturn has about 31 moons, and most likely it has more than.
Is Saturn the planet with the second most moons?
Jupiter has the most moons, 63. Exactly? Let's see, what day is this today? As of last count at nineplanets.org, there are 63 moons of Jupiter. However, more are being discovered every time we send a space probe there, so there may be a dozen or more that haven't been seen yet. For years, the count was "12", based on Earth-bound telescopes, but between the Hubble, the Voyager probes and the recent flyby missions, we have discovered smaller and smaller moons that had been beneath notice. It seems likely that there are a great many tiny moons of the outer planets that have not yet been catalogued.
What are the names of Saturn's main moons?
It depends on what you mean by "main." Saturn has 62 known moons and more are being discovered all the time so that will probably be out of date by the time you read this! But the nine largest moons of Saturn (which were known before the space age) are, in order from Saturn:Mimas, Enceladus, Tethys, Dione, Rhea, Titan, Hyperion, Iapetus, Phoebe.All of these large moons except Hyperion and Phoebe (the smallest of the nine) are large enough for their own gravity to pull them into a round shape, like a planet.You can remember the order of the nine main moons from Saturn with the mnemonic "Met Dr. Thip," where the letters stand for the first letter of each moon, e.g. M=Mimas, e=Enceladus, t=Tethys etc.
Why does Saturn have the biggest rings?
Because to of its moons crash to gether and over time it has ice in it now
Why did the shape of Saturn seem confusing to Galileo?
Galileo observed the rings of Saturn in 1610, but his telescope was too crude for him to see that they were rings -- he thus presumed they were large moons. In 1612 he looked at Saturn again, but did not see these "moons" (the rings were edge on, and thus not visible with his telescope) -- which confused him greatly. When Galileo looked again in 1614, he saw these "moons" a second time -- and thus concluded they were some kind of arms.
Which planet has 47 moons?
Humm, not a simple answer. Earth has one, Mars has 2, Jupiter has 63, Saturn 61, Uranus 27 and Neptune 13. However, new moons are being discovered all the time. I believe in 2005 it was belived that Saturn had 47 moons, now the figure is 61. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn%27s_natural_satellites
Why does Saturn have the most moons compared to the other planets?
Jupiter and Saturn are very large and massive, their gravitational influence is a lot greater than the inner planets. There were also a lot more bodies to 'catch' further out at their distances. Saturns rings and many smaller moons may have originally come from fewer but larger moons that have broken up over time.
How many satellites dose Saturn the planet has?
Between 1655 - 1990, the first 18 moons of Saturn were discovered.About 30 were discovered between 2000 and 2005.According to the TIME Almanac 2009, the number presently estimated is "at least 60".
Which planet has more moons Jupiter or Saturn?
At last count Jupiter had a whopping 63 moons! It's four largest moons are called the Galilean satellites, after Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei, who observed them in 1610. The German astronomer Simon Marius claimed to have seen the moons around the same time, but he did not publish his observations and so Galileo is given the credit for their discovery. These large moons, named Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto, are each distinctive worlds.
How many moons does the Andromeda galaxy have?
At this time we do not know.
In which planets or moons have a human-built ship has landed and taken pictures?
Our Moon, Mars and Saturn's moon-Titan Other photos have been from satellites orbiting planets/moons, but only on these have we had the time/money/inclination to actually land on.
