Saturn is the second largest planet in the solar system
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Saturn officially has the most moons of any planet in the solar system, usurping Jupiter. The International Astronomical Union (IAU) has announced the addition of 28 natural satellites for the ringed planet, bringing its total to 117 compared to 95 for Jupiter.
As the most massive planets in the solar system, Saturn and Jupiter have enough gravitational pull to rip space rocks from their orbit around the sun. These captured satellites, called irregular moons, often have strange, largely looped orbits and astronomers are…