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Article: Saturn.(description and geology of Saturn)(includes teaching guide, games, puzzles and crafts)
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- Science Weekly
- Article date:
- November 13, 1998
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Background
Saturn is the second largest planet in our solar system and the sixth planet from the Sun. It is so large that about 750 Earths could easily fit inside of it. Saturn is of considerable interest to astronomers because of its large and unusual ring system and the great number of moons circling it. The largest of Saturn's moons, Titan, is believed to have a composition similar to that of early Earth. To investigate this amazing planet in depth, in October of 1997, the Cassini Spacecraft was launched on a mission to Saturn. It is scheduled to reach its destination in the summer of 2004.
First observed by Galileo Galilei in 1610, Saturn appeared to ...