enceladus is the one of saturn's moons that has water.
enceladus is the one of saturn's moons that has water.
which one of saturn's moons has water?
enceladus
twenty-four of saturn's moons are "regular satellites"; they have prograde orbits not greatly inclined to saturn's equatorial plane. they include the seven major satellites, four small moons that exist in a trojan orbit with larger moons, two mutually co-orbital moons and two moons that act as shepherds of saturn's f ring. two other known regular satellites orbit within gaps in saturn's rings. the relatively large hyperion is locked in a resonance with titan. the remaining regular moons orbit near the outer edge of the a ring, within g ring and between the major moons mimas and enceladus. the regular satellites are traditionally named after titans and titanesses or other figures associated with the mythological saturn.
moons of saturn
study of saturn's moons has also been aided by advances in telescope instrumentation, primarily the introduction of digital charge-coupled devices which replaced photographic plates. for the entire 20th century, phoebe stood alone among saturn's known moons with its highly irregular orbit. beginning in 2000, however, three dozen additional irregular moons have been discovered using ground-based telescopes. a survey starting in late 2000 and conducted using three medium-size telescopes found thirteen new moons orbiting saturn at a great distance, in eccentric orbits, which are highly inclined to both the equator of saturn and the ecliptic. they are probably fragments of larger bodies captured by saturn's gravitational pull. in 2005, astronomers using the mauna kea observatory announced the discovery of twelve more small outer moons, in 2006, astronomers using the subaru 8.2 m telescope reported the discovery of nine more irregular moons, in , tarqeq (s/2007 s 1) was announced and in may of the same year s/2007 s 2 and s/2007 s 3 were reported.
moons of saturn