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Tue Feb  2 21:47:05 1982
New Saturnian Moons
Scientists, analyzing data from Voyager II, say that information has
increased the number of known moons of Saturn to 21 to 23.  Two new
satellites were confirmed, with two others listed as ``possibles,''
since they had only one sighting each and are awaiting confirmation
as satellites.  The moons range from 6 to 12 miles in diameter and
have orbits as far as 292,000 miles from the ringed planet.  Before
Voyager I passed Saturn in 1979, only 10 moons were known to exist.

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