The four moons of saturn were discovered by different people at different times and not by any single individual. The first moon is Titan, which was discovered by Dutch astronomer Christiaan Huygens on March 25, 1655. The secondmoon was named Dione, which was discovered by Italian/French astrologer Giovanni Cassini in 1684. The third moon is called Prometheus, which was named after a powerful deity in Greek mythology. Stewart A. Collins discovered it sometime in October 1980. The fourth moon is named Telesto, which was named again after a Greek mythological character. On April 8, 1980, astronomers named John W. Fountain, Stephen M. Larson, Harold J. Reitsema and Bradford A. Smith discovered this moon.
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