77 Saturn’s Satellites
Saturn Satellites of Distinction
Brief Description
Enceladus
- Geysers, distinctive twisted surface features
Mimas
- Gap moon with a moon-splitting crater; looks like the Death Star
Prometheus
- F-Ring Sheepherder or Shepard satellite
Titan
- Thick atmosphere of mostly Nitrogen, liquid methane on the surface
![Image of Saturn’s Satellite Enceladus showing distinctive twisted surface features.](http://cel.fscj.edu/LUMENS/ast-1002-package/img/figure-130-enceladus.jpg)
![Image of Black and white image showing Geysers erupting upward from Enceladus.](http://cel.fscj.edu/LUMENS/ast-1002-package/img/figure-131-enceladusGeysers.jpg)
![Image of Saturn’s satellite Mimas, a gap moon with a moon-splitting crater, looking like the Death Star.](http://cel.fscj.edu/LUMENS/ast-1002-package/img/figure-132-mimas.jpg)
![Image of Saturn’s satellite Prometheus, small and elongated in shape showing ridges and valleys.](http://cel.fscj.edu/LUMENS/ast-1002-package/img/figure-133-prometheus.jpg)
![Image of Black and white image showing spatial relationship of barely visible F ring, Saturn’s oblong Prometheus satellite, and Saturn’s rings.](http://cel.fscj.edu/LUMENS/ast-1002-package/img/figure-134-prometheusFRing.jpg)
![Image of Saturn’s Satellite Titan showing its thick orange atmospheric haze.](http://cel.fscj.edu/LUMENS/ast-1002-package/img/figure-135-titan.jpg)
![Image of Surface of Titan enveloped in an orange haze of smog.](http://cel.fscj.edu/LUMENS/ast-1002-package/img/figure-136-surfaceTitan.jpg)