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Views, animations, general information and data of the planet and its satellites.
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Saturn  It is difficult to say what is impossible, for the dream of yesterday is the hope of today and reality of tomorrow Robert Goddard Table of Contents Saturn Introduction Saturn Statistics Animations of Saturn Views of Saturn Saturn's Moon Summary...
http://www.solarviews.com/eng/saturn.htm

Pictures, animations, excerpts from scientific magazines and links.
http://ringmaster.arc.nasa.gov/saturn/saturn.html

Pictures and quizzes about the planet, its moons and its ring system.
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The Planet Saturn  What is the speed of light Prince by machiavelli Sponsors Telescopes.com Binoculars.com Peepers.com Telescopetown.com The Planet Saturn Our Solar System Home About this website Reciprocal links Pictures of Saturn The planet Saturn set 1 full disk pictures of Saturn The...
http://www.the-planet-saturn.com/

Selected pictures with brief descriptions and captions, mostly from Voyager 1 and 2.
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NSSDC Photo Gallery: Saturn  Most of the photos on this page were taken by the Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft. Exceptions are noted as appropriate. Saturn Satellites Rings Saturn Thumbnail Image Description Caption NASA IDs Image Size Hi-Resolution TIFF? Montage of Saturn and several...
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/photo...gallery/photogallery-saturn.html

Images from NASA's planetary exploration program.
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Welcome to the Planets: Saturn  Please select an image above....
http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/choices/saturn1.htm

An overview of the planet and its moons including general information, data, pictures, news, historical and mythological background. Versions available for beginner, intermediate and advanced level users.
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Saturn  Saturn has moons in addition to its complex ring system. Interior Surface Atmosphere Magnetosphere Moons Rings Planetary Facts Myth Culture Space Missions Discover Saturn Latest News from Saturn Image Archives Saturn's Web Last modified October 28, 2003 by Randy Russell....
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/tour_def/saturn/saturn.html

News and pictures taken by several observatories during this event, with the rings seen edge-on from the Earth.
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/saturn/

Online software that generates diagrams in postscript files showing the relative position of Earth, Sun, Saturn and its rings and satellites.
http://ringside.arc.nasa.gov/www/tools/viewer2_sat.html

Links, resources and news relating to the planet.
http://www.physics.sfasu.edu/astro/saturn.html

A brief article by C. T. Russel and J. G. Luhmann.
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Saturn: Magnetic Field and Magnetosphere  Saturn is the second largest planet in the solar system with a radius of over 60 000 km. it rotates almost as fast as Jupiter, having a rotational period of 10 h 39 min. Moreover the composition of Saturn is...
http://www-ssc.igpp.ucla.edu/per...nnel/russell/papers/sat_mag.html

Pictures, animations, technical information, news and IAU circulars about the irregular satellites.
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THE SATURNIAN IRREGULARS HOME PAGE  Information on the irregular satellite system of Saturn In 1898, William Pickering discovered the first irregular satellite of Saturn, known as Phoebe. In 2000 many new satellites were discovered by an international collaboration of astronomers. The links below provide additional...
http://www.astro.ubc.ca/people/gladman/saturn.html

Program and abstracts from a workshop held at Wellesley, MA, on observations of the 1995-6 event.
http://ringmaster.arc.nasa.gov/rpx/wellesley/workshop.html

Includes early mythology and discovery of the gaseous planet. Includes information about its satellites.
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Cosmic Elk  Cosmic Elk http cosmicelk.co.uk/...
http://www.cosmicelk.co.uk/Saturn.htm

General information, some statistical data and links.
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Saturn  Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second largest: orbit: 1,429,400,000 km (9.54 AU) from Sun diameter: 120,536 km (equatorial) mass: 5.68e26 kg Fun Stuff Saturn ScreenSaver See Saturn and its rings from space with this 3D...
http://www.nineplanets.org/saturn.html

General information about the planet and its moons presented in a popular language.
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ORRERY: Saturn ringed beauty  Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun. It is the second largest of the four gas giants in the solar system, but is also the lightest, with one half the density of Jupiter. There are 22 moons orbiting the...
http://www.harmsy.freeuk.com/saturn.html