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Saturn lies in the outer Solar System, ten times farther away from the Sun than than Earth is. It's best known for its fabulous ring system, but it also has an amazing system of moons including ring shepherds and the smallest round object in the Solar System.

The Moons of Saturn

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As usual, an "awesome" and informative article.

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Angela

Saturn's biggest Moon Titan was discovered 357 years ago today (March 25, 1655) by Dutch mathematician, astronomer and physicist Christiaan Huygens. When the Cassini mission was launched in 1997, headed for Saturn, it included a lander. The lander was for Titan and it was named Huygens for the discover of the moon. You can see the pictures taken by Huygens. It was quite an accomplishment to send the probe so many millions of miles to land on an alien world.