Saturn's satellite, to scale

busser (64)in #space • 9 years ago (edited)

Saturn has, in total, 62 satellites. Most of them are tiny by comparison to main moons of ringed giant. Emily Lakdawalla, senior editor at planetary.org posted in her blog diagrams with Saturn's moons at the same scale.

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From the smallest 1.4 km Aegeon to the second largest 1530 km Rhea

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Titan is not pictured, because it would take all picture - its diameter is 5150 kilometers, three times more than Rhea's. Its share in total mass of all Saturn's moons and satellites is 96%

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