Saturn

 

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Condition :   Good  
Principle :   Planets of the Solar System.
Area of Study :  Solar System    
Equipment :   Video and web images.
Procedure :   Many good videos and web images are available from the Voyager and Cassini spacecraft missions. Use those that are appropriate for your session.
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   References

Tristan Guillot, "Probing the Giant Planets", Physics Today, April 2004, p. 63.

Robert L. Merlino and John A. Goree, "Dusty Plasmas in the Laboratory, Industry, and Space", Physics Today, July 2004, p. 32.

 

Janice VanCleave,  "Planet Facts and Figures,"  A+ Projects in Astronomy, pp. 193.

 

Michael Moyer, "Scientists Are Triumphant Over Extraordinary New Images From Saturn and Its Moons - Rivers of Methane, Ice Volcanoes, Ferocious Storms and More", Popular Science, June 2005, p. 82 - 85.



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