11/15/99
Norm Herr (sample file)
SATURN
¥Saturn:
ÐSaturn is a gas giant.
ÐIt has strong surface winds
(500 m/sec).
ÐSaturn is less dense than
water.
ÐSaturnÕs magnetic field is 20x
less than Jupiter's, but its core rotation period (10.5 hours) is
similar.
¥SaturnÕs Moons:
ÐTitan is the big one, and is
larger than planet Mercury!
ÐMimas has a huge crater.
ÐEpimetheus and Janus, just
inside the orbit of Mimas, are continually exchanging orbits with
one another in a "waltz" -- they are called the coorbital satellites.
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