Saturn's Moons

How many moons does Saturn have?

• 146

• 50

• 100

• 200

Which moon of Saturn is larger than the planet Mercury?

• Titan

• Enceladus

• Phoebe

• Mimas

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What is the shape of some of Saturn's small moons?

• Spheres

• Potatoes or ravioli

• Cubes

• Triangles

Which moon of Saturn has a global ocean under a thick, icy shell?

• Enceladus

• Titan

• Hyperion

• Iapetus

Tethys' density is 0.97 times that of liquid water, which suggests that Tethys is composed almost entirely of _____________

• water ice
• metallic compounds
• rocky minerals
• gaseous elements

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Who discovered the moon Titan?

• W. Herschel

• G.D. Cassini

• C. Huygens

• W.C. Bond

Saturn’s moon Enceladus is a small, icy world that has geyser-like jets spewing _____________ particles into space.

• carbon
• nitrogen
• water and ice

• sulfur

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Which moon has clouds, rain, rivers, lakes and seas of liquid hydrocarbons like methane and ethane.

• Titan
• Europa
• Ganymede
• Callisto

Hyperion is rather potato-shaped. Considering its odd shape, how was Hyperion made?

• Remnant of a larger moon that was destroyed by a major impact.

• Result of Sun hitting Saturn

• Remnant of CME

• Chunk of Saturn floating free

What is Janus made of?

• Janus is made of various materials such as salt, hydrocarbons and oxygen.

• Janus is made of rubble held by gravity

• Janus is made of snow white ice

• Janus is made of plasma

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