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Space Topics: The Alphabet Soup of Saturn's Rings
published by the The Planetary Society
This Planetary Society Space Topic presents Saturn's rings, from a brief history of their discovery to a description of the rings features to an explanation of the rings composition. The site is profusely illustrated with b&w and color images and even a movie of the "spokes" in the B ring. The text is written for a general audience.
http://www.planetary.org/explore/topics/saturn/rings.html
Subjects Levels Resource Types
Astronomy
- Solar System
= Saturn
- Informal Education
- Reference Material
= Article
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- Learners
- text/html
- image/gif
- image/jpeg
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Adapted and reprinted with permission from This resource was a Physics To Go feature from November 1, 2008 until November 16, 2008. View the feature here!


Access Rights: Free access
Restriction: © 2008 The Planetary Society
Has a copyright or other licensing restriction.
Keywords: orbital dynamics, ring composition
Record Creator: Metadata instance created October 31, 2008 by Ed Lee
Record Updated: May 13, 2009 by Lyle Barbato
Last Update
when Cataloged:		 February 14, 2008
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AIP Format
Space Topics: The Alphabet Soup of Saturn's Rings (The Planetary Society, Pasadena, 2008), WWW Document, (http://www.planetary.org/explore/topics/saturn/rings.html).
AJP/PRST-PER
Space Topics: The Alphabet Soup of Saturn's Rings (The Planetary Society, Pasadena, 2008), <http://www.planetary.org/explore/topics/saturn/rings.html>.
APA Format
Space Topics: The Alphabet Soup of Saturn's Rings. (2008, February 14). Retrieved May 21, 2013, from The Planetary Society: http://www.planetary.org/explore/topics/saturn/rings.html
Chicago Format
The Planetary Society. Space Topics: The Alphabet Soup of Saturn's Rings. Pasadena: The Planetary Society, February 14, 2008. http://www.planetary.org/explore/topics/saturn/rings.html (accessed 21 May 2013).
MLA Format
Space Topics: The Alphabet Soup of Saturn's Rings. Pasadena: The Planetary Society, 2008. 14 Feb. 2008. 21 May 2013 <http://www.planetary.org/explore/topics/saturn/rings.html>.
BibTeX Export Format
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