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Saturn and its spectacular rings, in a natural-color composite of 126 images taken by the Cassini spacecraft on October 6, 2004. The view is directed toward Saturn's southern hemisphere, which is tipped toward the Sun. Shadows cast by the rings are visible against the bluish northern hemisphere, while the planet's shadow is projected on the rings to the left.
Saturn has 274 known moons, which is the highest number of any planet in the solar system.1
However, determining a precise count is difficult because Saturnās ring system is composed of myriad tiny objectsāranging from dust specks to house-sized piecesāthat orbit the planet similarly to moons. Because it is challenging to distinguish between the largest ring particles and the smallest moons, the total number remains complex to define.2