Saturn is now being recognized as the 'moon king' of our solar system,...
WASHINGTON - Saturn is now being recognized as the “moon king” of our solar system, with astronomers spotting 20 more of them orbiting the giant ringed planet, bringing its total count to 82 - three more than Jupiter.
One of the moons orbits at an astounding distance of about 15 million miles from Saturn, farther away than any of its other moons. By comparison, Earth’s moon orbits about 240,000 miles from the planet. Saturn, a gas giant made up mostly of hydrogen and helium, is the second-largest planet in the solar system and the sixth from the sun. Its diameter of about 72,000 miles dwarf’s Earth diameter of about 7,900 miles .
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