The Ring Planet Saturn

Welcome to Ring Planet Information
A website about the planet Saturn

Saturn is one of the most magnificient planetary views in the sky. Saturn is a gas giant with a ring of moonlettes which is easily visable to binoculars or telescopic viewing. The Rings of Saturn were first observed by Galileo Galilei with his telescope in 1610. Saturn is named after the Roman god Saturn (father of Zeus).

Today in Astronomy History
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February 7, 1824
English astronomer, Sir William Huggins, is born. Sir Huggins explored the spectra of stars, nebulae and comets to interpret their chemical composition.

February 7, 1889
Astronomical Society of Pacific holds their first meeting in San Francisco.

February 7, 1979
Pluto moves inside the orbit of Neptune for the first time since both planets were discovered.

February 7, 2003
Last contact with Pioneer 10.