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Saturn Has 5 Inuit Moons.

Saturn has 5 Inuit moons — Kiviuq, Ijiraq, Paaliaq, Siarnaq, and Tarqeq — that get their names from the epic stories told by the Inuit people. The moons all display prograde orbits (meaning that they travel around the Saturn in the same direction as the planet's rotation), but are considered irregular moons because of their deviations from circular orbits and from the plane of Saturn's equator. They are thought to have been captured by Saturn's gravity and due to their similarities, scientists believe that all five moons share a common origin.

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