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Sc~urn's moans

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: 68 Saturn has nearly 6 9 Some Saturn's moons orbit
, as many moons as Jupiter. Inside its rings. These are called shepherd
moons because they herd the ring particles
So far, 62 have been
together, like a shepherd keeping a flock of
, confirmed. Saturn and its sheep together. Shepherd moons give Saturn's
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• moons were explored by rings sharper edges.
1 the Cassini spacecraft, " Satur,n•s she h
Ct'eQte the Cl p el'cl moons, such <IS
which arrived at Saturn g Ps In the Pl<1net•s ftH<1s Shown her,e
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in 2004. It discovered
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than Mercury. It is the only
• moon in the Solar System with
' a thick atmosphere. Since its
arrival, Cassini's observations
have allowed scientists to
discover much more about the
solid surface hidden below
Titan's atmosphere.
The Ca,,ini spacecraH ~\ew through
a 9ap in ~rn's rings \,~ore 9oin9 into
orbit around the planet.

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