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Saturn – 9.6 AU

Saturn – 9.6 AU. Saturn - Earth Comparison. Earth. Moon. - Similar to Jupiter in composition and structure (less sulfur). - Similar to Jupiter in composition and structure (less sulfur) - Spectacular ring system: ice & rock particles, 10 m to 1 mm in dia.

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Saturn – 9.6 AU

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  1. Saturn – 9.6 AU

  2. Saturn - Earth Comparison Earth Moon

  3. - Similar to Jupiter in composition and structure (less sulfur)

  4. - Similar to Jupiter in composition and structure (less sulfur) - Spectacular ring system: ice & rock particles, 10 m to 1 mm in dia.

  5. Mosaic of Rings from Cassini

  6. - Similar to Jupiter in composition and structure (less sulfur) - Spectacular ring system: ice & rock particles, 10 m to 1 mm in dia. - Magnetic field is 1000x stronger than Earth’s

  7. B-ring C & D - rings Cassini’s Division A-ring Enke Gap

  8. The “Braided” F - ring

  9. Shepherd moons Pandora Prometheus F-Ring

  10. Saturn’s Moons - More than 60 Moons (52 named)

  11. Saturn’s Moons - More than 60 Moons (52 named) - Largest is Titan

  12. Saturn’s Moons - More than 60 Moons (52 named) - Largest is Titan - Most are less than 500 km in dia.

  13. Titan - only moon with a substantial atmosphere

  14. Titan - only moon with a substantial atmosphere (Nitrogen, methane, organic compounds including amino acids)

  15. Titan - only moon with a substantial atmosphere (Nitrogen, methane, organic compounds including amino acids) - opaque haze layer

  16. Titan - only moon with a substantial atmosphere (Nitrogen, methane, organic compounds including amino acids) - opaque haze layer - 95K on surface

  17. The Huygens Probe – January 2005

  18. Actual view of Titan’s surface from Huygens

  19. Titan’s rivers of Methane

  20. Enceladus – Creator of the E-ring

  21. Locations of Ice Geysers on Enceladus Sources for the E-Ring

  22. Iapetus

  23. Phoebe

  24. Dust ring discovered in 2009

  25. Hyperion

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