A new moon of Saturn has been discovered, bringing the planet's satellite tally to 60. Initial measurements suggest the new moon, which is still unnamed, is about 1.2 miles (2 kilometers) wide, and lies between the orbits of Mehone and Pallene, two Saturnian moons discovered by NASA's Cassini spacecraft in 2004. The newfound moon is about 1.09 million miles (1.76 million kilometers) from Saturn and could be part of a larger group of still undiscovered moons around the ringed planet.The moon was observed by Cassini on May 30, 2007.Saturn has the second largest tally of moons in the solar system next to Jupiter, which has 63. However, like the definition of "planet," there is an ongoing debate about what size a satellite must be and how it must behave to qualify as a moon. If very small and as-yet unfound objects are ultimately included, the moon tallies could soar into the hundreds or even thousands.

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anything that does not have a significant gravitational field to hold objects such as people on its surface should not be considered moons.

Define "significant gravitational field". The problem here is that it is an arbitrary definition. All objects have a gravitational field so defining at what point that field is too small for the object to be considered a moon is just as problematic as defining a moon by radius or mass. There is no real scientific basis to any of them.

its moon status will probably be revoked;)
bring on my Saturn return next year!

i hope its gunna be a full classed moon! it was discovered on my 18th birthday woot woot...come on unnamed saturn moon! u can do it

Waspy,

Is it a definate that Saturn is only a Gas Planet? Do all these "moons" disappear when brought in by the gravitational pull? If so, then, how? What is the general theory on that?

Sorry for all the questions. lol

Saturn has too many moons. It is the only planet with that many moons.