When a celestial body, such as a moon, planet or an asteroid passes in front of another celestial body, blocking its view, we call that an occultation. The word is derived from the Latin occultäre, to ...
Saturn is regarded as one of the most famous and beautiful o f celestial objects, because it possesses a magnificent system of rings that surround Saturn at its equatorial plane and extends some ...
Saturn has finally joined its fellow solar system giant planets as the parent of trailing asteroids called "Trojans." But the gas giant, mostly known for its spectacular rings, may have cheated a ...
I WRITE to call the attention of observers to the present appearance of the inner dusky ring of Saturn. Although the ring is not very open, only permitting that portion near the ends to be seen on ...
The Cassini orbiter, a collaborative mission by NASA, ESA, and ASI, provided us with a stunning legacy of Saturn and its intricate system of rings and moons.
The eight planets are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. Mercury is closest to the Sun. Neptune is the farthest. Jupiter: This planet has a faint ring system composed ...