Saturn's moon tally climbs to 285 after 2025–2026 confirmations

Saturn's official confirmed-moon total rose from 146 to 285 within about a year after the IAU and Minor Planet Center recognised 128 new moons in March 2025 and 11 more in March 2026, a shift driven by deeper surveys and orbit-confirmation work; the 285 figure reflects objects with established Saturn-centric orbits, not a complete census, and older textbooks can be outdated on this count.