Aug 16 2004
From The Space Library
NASA's Cassini spacecraft provided data revealing two previously unknown moons orbiting Saturn ~ a new total of 33 identified moons orbiting the planet. The two moons ~ designated S/2004-S1 and S/2004-S2, until receiving their formal names ~ measured 2 miles (3.2 kilometers) and 21/2 miles (4 kilometers) in diameter. Because of the moons' diminutive size, scientists suspected that they might be fragments from a larger moon. (Mark Carreau, “Cassini Finds Two More Saturn Moons,” Houston Chronicle, 19 August 2004; New York Times, “2 Little Saturn Moons,” 17 August 2004.
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