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The first person to discover Saturn`s moons was Christian Huygens in 1655.

The following moons discovered in order are:

Titan Discovered:1655 Discovered by:Christian Huygens

Iapetus Discovered:1671 Discovered by:Giovanni Cassini

Rhea Discovered:1672 Discovered by:Giovanni Cassini

Tethys Discovered:1684 Discovered by:Giovanni Cassini

Dione Discovered:1684 Discovered by:Giovanni Cassini

Enceladus Discovered:1789 Discovered by:William Herschel

Mimas Discovered:1789 Discovered by:William Herschel

Hyperion Discovered:1848 Discovered by:William Lassell

Phoebe Discovered:1898 Discovered by:William Pickering

Janus Discovered:1965-1966 Discovered by: Audouin Dollfus

Epimetheus Discovered:1966 Discovered by:Richard Walker

Helene Discovered:1980 Discovered by: Pierre Laques

Telesto Discovered:1980 Discovered by:Bradford Smith

Calypso Discovered:1980 Discovered by:Dan Pascu

Prometheus Discovered:1980 Discovered by:Stewart Collins

Pandora Discovered:1980 Discovered by:Stewart Collins

Atlas Discovered:1980 Discovered by:Richard Terrile

Pan Discovered:1981 Discovered by:Showalter

Other astronomers:Kevin Beurile, Brett Gladman, Matthew Holman and others. If you want to see the rest, go to wikipedia.com to see the article Timeline discovery of solar system planets and their moons.

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