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5 days ago · Saturn, ringed planet that is the second largest planet in the solar system in mass and size and the sixth nearest planet in distance to the Sun. When viewed through even a small telescope, the planet encircled by its magnificent rings is arguably the most sublime object in the solar system.
- The Atmosphere
Saturn - Rings, Atmosphere, Moons: Viewed from Earth, Saturn...
- Rings, Moons, Magnetosphere
Saturn’s rings and moons. Although Saturn’s rings and moons...
- The Interior
Saturn - Rings, Moons, Core: Saturn’s low mean density is...
- The Ring System
Saturn - Rings, Moons, Gas Giant: In 1610 Galileo’s first...
- The Atmosphere
May 26, 2024 · The rings of Saturn are the most extensive and complex ring system of any planet in the Solar System. They consist of countless small particles, ranging in size from micrometers to meters, [1] that orbit around Saturn. The ring particles are made almost entirely of water ice, with a trace component of rocky material.
May 26, 2024 · Pentru alte sensuri, vedeți Saturn (dezambiguizare). Saturn este a șasea planetă de la Soare și a doua ca mărime din Sistemul Solar, după Jupiter. Este un gigant gazos cu o rază medie de aproximativ nouă ori mai mare decât cea a Pământului.
4 days ago · Seven planets were placed in orbit around it in an order of increasing distance from the Earth, as established by the Greek Stoics: the Moon, Mercury, Venus, the Sun, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. This list included two objects, the Sun and the Moon, which are now not generally considered planets.
Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun in the solar system. It is also the second largest Gas Giant after Jupiter. It is the furthest planet you can see with the naked eye as crosses the night sky. Distant planets require a telescope to see. It is famous for its ring system which all the gas giants in ...
2 days ago · The usual English proper name for Earth's natural satellite is simply Moon, with a capital M. The noun moon is derived from Old English mōna, which (like all its Germanic cognates) stems from Proto-Germanic *mēnōn, which in turn comes from Proto-Indo-European *mēnsis "month" (from earlier *mēnōt, genitive *mēneses) which may be related to the verb "measure" (of time).
2 days ago · Pluto ( minor-planet designation: 134340 Pluto) is a dwarf planet in the Kuiper belt, a ring of bodies beyond the orbit of Neptune. It is the ninth-largest and tenth-most- massive known object to directly orbit the Sun. It is the largest known trans-Neptunian object by volume, by a small margin, but is less massive than Eris.
