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A VOYAGE ROUND S ATURN, ITS RINGS AND MOONS Carolin Crawford Gresham Professor of Astronomy
A VOYAGE ROUND SATURN,
ITS RINGS AND MOONS
Carolin Crawford
Gresham Professor of Astronomy
Huygens (1629-1695)
Galileo (1564-1642)
Cassini (1625-1712)
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Temperature (K)
Pressure (bar)
Altitude (km
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ammonia crystals
water
ammonium hydrosulphide
molecular Hydrogen
metallic Hydrogen
‘ice’
rocky core
Infrared Saturn
ABC
Cassini division
Encke gap
ABC
Cassini division
Encke gap
Maxwell gapColumbo gap
Huygens gapEncke gap Keeler gap
D ring C ring B ring
A ring
Cassini
Division 140,220km
F ring
Prometheus
Prometheus
Phoebe
Epimetheus Janus
50 km
120 km
Pandora Telesto
Hyperion
Mimas
Titan
Mark Galick space-art.co.uk
Tethys
Rhea
Dione
Enceladus
12 km
water
vapour
ice
grains
rock
water
ice
dissolved salts and minerals
Iapetus
All images available from: saturn.jpl.nasa.gov
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