Saturn and its moons

    • [DOC File]NASA Night Sky Notes: Visitors to Both Jupiter and Saturn

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      Saturn, its rings, and moons have intrigued stargazers for centuries—including the 17th century astronomers for whom the spacecraft and probe are named. NOVA travels to Holland to examine an original telescope . built by Dutch astronomer Christian Huygens, who discovered Saturn’s rings and its largest moon, Titan, and heads to the Paris ...

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    • PBS PressRoom

      Topic 18: Saturn, its Rings and its Moons. 1. Explain the appearance of Saturn’s surface; why does it look so different from Jupiter? 2. Describe the rings of Saturn in terms of size, appearance, composition, and motion. 3. Discuss the Roche limit, its cause, its effects, and how it …

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    • Moons of Saturn - Wikipedia

      An image of Saturn’s rings seen edge-on by the Hubble Space Telescope. Saturn’s largest satellite Titan can be seen on the left, as well as its shadow on the lower part of Saturn’s disk. Four other moons of Saturn can be seen just above the ring plane: Mimas, Tethys, Janus, and Enceladus.

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    • [DOCX File]Department of Physics & Astronomy

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      The image size is 385” x 315”, and the distance to Saturn from Earth was 8.175 AU. Fig. 1b: Geometry of Saturn and its moons on Jan 10 at 6h 22m UT, with the moons labeled. Only the four moons Tethys, Rhea, Titan and Iapetus are in the table. The lines show the ring plane, and how Titan’s position was projected onto it.

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    • [DOC File]Training Manual Format

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      60+moons, Titan=1/2dia of earth. Atmosphere similar to 5. Least dense planet in SS . Bands parallel to equator due to rotation. Equatorial bulge. NASA Cassini (7/1/04) And ESA Huygens probes sent to study Saturn and its moons. P 704/fig 4 Uranus: 7. Orbits in 84 yrs. Rotates in 17 hr. 3rd largest planet. at least 24 moons, 11 rings

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    • [DOC File]Chapter 10

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      Examine the gravitational field of Saturn, its rings and moons using radio waves. Take photos in visible, near-ultraviolet (UV) and near-infrared (IR) light. Map the surface of Titan using radar. Has studied particles around Saturn and its rings and flown by its moons …

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    • [DOC File]New Jersey Institute of Technology

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      Cassini discovered geysers on Enceladus, fine details in Saturn’s rings, many more moons and “moonlets,” the changing oceans of Titan, and seasonal changes on Saturn itself. After revolutionizing our understanding of the Saturnian system, Cassini’s mission ended with a fiery plunge into its atmosphere on September 15, 2017.

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