A new moon has been discovered orbiting Saturn, which brings the number of satellites known to be spinning around the ringed giant to an impressive 60. The discovery was made by the Cassini Imaging Team studying images taken by the Cassini spacecraft back in May this year.

The moon has not been officially named as yet but is called “Frank” by it’s discoverers. Frank appears to be similar to the majority of Saturn’s other moons in being made of ice and rock, initial calculations put it’s orbit between Methone and Pallene and it’s size at about 2km wide.

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