Saturn - Lord of the rings

Get to know the ringed planet Saturn


Picture of Saturn

With the three space probes Pioneer 11 and Voyager 1 and 2, the first artificial the 1970s and early 1980s, artificial scouts reached Saturn for the first time. They revolutionized our view of the ringed planet and its 62 known moons. Instead of just four rings, Saturn is surrounded by thousands of narrow rings. It turned out that their vertical extension is extremely small. Mostly they are only a few meters thick, their thickness can be more than 100 meters. In relation to their width, they are much thinner than a sheet of paper.

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