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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July 30, 1610
Galileo Galilei first observes Saturn's rings through a telescope.

July 30, 1971
Apollo 15 lands on the Moon

...also in Astronomy Today
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July 30, 2010
Waning, crescent Moon passes less than 5°30' from Uranus and less than 6° of Jupiter