Teaching Overview
Learning Points
- Saturn’s rings will temporarily disappear from view later this year.
- The rings will be hard to see because we’ll be looking at them edge-on.
- Saturn’s rings are 280,000 kilometers across, but just 10 meters thick in some parts.
Curriculum Keywords
- Saturn
- orbit
- astronomy
Spark a Discussion
- What are Saturn’s rings made of?
- Why will they temporarily disappear from view later this year?
- Until when will we have to wait for the best view of Saturn’s rings, and why?
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Credits
- Saturn near Opposition, June 2017. D. Peach, E. Kraaikamp, F. Colas, M. Delcroix, R. Hueso, G. Therin, C. Sprianu, S2P, IMCCE, OMP
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