12/25/06

14. SATURNUS






After Jupiter comes Saturn, once more 600 million km from Jupiter and three quarter of the volume of Jupiter, Sometimes called "the most beautiful star" in the sky, because of its fascinating and astonishing system of rings. Obviously all other gasplanets (the large ones) appear to have rings as well, but they are very dim. The rings are very thin, consisting of various elements and some are even intertwined. For the rest Saturn resembles at most his big brother Jupiter.
The second photo shows two moons passing through the rings, giving the possiblity for additional and interesting information.

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