The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Saturn:
Saturn – sixth planet from the Sun and the second-largest in the Solar System, after Jupiter. It is a gas giant with an average radius about nine times that of Earth.[1][2] Although only one-eighth the average density of Earth, with its larger volume Saturn is just over 95 times more massive.[3][4] Saturn is named after the Roman god of agriculture; its astronomical symbol (♄) represents the god's sickle.
Classification of Saturn edit
Location of Saturn edit
- Milky Way Galaxy – barred spiral galaxy
- Orion Arm – a spiral arm of the Milky Way
- Solar System – the Sun and the objects that orbit it, including 8 planets, the sixth planet from the Sun being Saturn
- Orion Arm – a spiral arm of the Milky Way
Movement of Saturn edit
Features of Saturn edit
Natural satellites of Saturn edit
Ring moonlets of Saturn edit
Co-orbital moons of Saturn edit
Inner large moons of Saturn edit
- Mimas
- Geological features on Mimas
- Enceladus
- Tiger Stripes on Enceladus
- Geological features on Enceladus
- Quadrangles on Enceladus
- Tethys
- Geological features on Tethys
- Quadrangles on Tethys
- Dione
- Geological features on Dione
- Quadrangles on Dione
Alkyonides group of moons of Saturn edit
Trojan moons of Saturn edit
Outer large moons of Saturn edit
Inuit group of moons of Saturn edit
Saturn's Inuit group of satellites
Gallic group of moons of Saturn edit
Saturn's Gallic group of satellites
Norse group of Saturn satellites edit
History of Saturn edit
Exploration of Saturn edit
Flyby missions to explore Saturn edit
Direct missions to explore Saturn edit
Proposed missions to explore Saturn edit
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Brainerd, Jerome James (24 November 2004). "Characteristics of Saturn". The Astrophysics Spectator. Archived from the original on 1 October 2011. Retrieved 5 July 2010.
- ^ "General Information About Saturn". Scienceray. 28 July 2011. Archived from the original on 7 October 2011. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
- ^ Brainerd, Jerome James (6 October 2004). "Solar System Planets Compared to Earth". The Astrophysics Spectator. Archived from the original on 1 October 2011. Retrieved 5 July 2010.
- ^ Dunbar, Brian (29 November 2007). "NASA – Saturn". NASA. Archived from the original on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
External links edit
- Saturn profile at NASA's Solar System Exploration site
- Saturn Fact Sheet, by NASA
- Gazeteer of Planetary Nomenclature – Saturn (USGS)
- Cassini–Huygens mission to Saturn, by NASA
- Research News about Saturn
- General information about Saturn
- Studies on the Rings of Saturn
- Astronomy Cast: Saturn
- Saturn in Daytime (12 inch telescope)
- Saturn 'Rev 175' Raw Preview
- Haese, Paul. "Capturing Saturn". Sixty Symbols. Brady Haran for the University of Nottingham.
- BBC In Our Time radio program