Saturn
Saturn is the second largest planet in the Solar System, easily recognisable by its rings.
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Saturn, rings of Saturn, Solar System, gas giant, outer planet, Mimas, Enceladus, Tethys, Dione, Rhea, Titan, Iapetus, Sun, planet, moon, astronomy, geography
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The inner planets of the Solar System are terrestrial planets while the outer planets are gas giants.
The life-cycle of the Solar System
The formation of the Sun and the planets started with the contraction of a dust cloud about 4.5 billion years ago.
Jupiter
Jupiter is the largest planet of the Solar System, it has two and a half times the mass of all the other planets combined.
Kepler´s laws of planetary motion
The three important laws describing planetary motion were formulated by Johannes Kepler.
Mars Exploration Program
Space probes and Mars rovers examine the structure of Mars and possible traces of life.
Milky Way
The diameter of our galaxy is about 100,000 light years; it contains more than 100 billion stars, one of which is our Sun.
The Cassini-Huygens Mission (1997-2017)
The Cassini spacecraft was exploring Saturn and its moons for nearly 20 years.
The Dawn mission
Studying Ceres and Vesta will help us learn more about the early history of the Solar System and how rocky planets are formed.
The New Horizons mission
The New Horizons space probe was launched in 2006, with the objective to study Pluto and the Kuiper Belt.
The Sun
The diameter of the Sun is about 109 times that of the Earth. Most of its mass consists of hydrogen.
