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 This view of the Saturnian system was prepared by putting together images taken by the voyaGer 1 spacecraft during its Saturn encounter in November 1980. Dione is in the forefront, Saturn rising behind, Tethys and Mimas fading in the distance to the right, Enceladus and Rhea off Saturn’s rings to the left, and Titan in its distant orbit at the top.
Saturn is the second largest of the planets and sixth farthest from the Sun. Saturn orbits the Sun at a distance of about 1.4 billion km.
Saturn is the planet with the most distinctive rings in the whole solar system. If Saturn and its rings were placed between the Earth and the Moon, they would barely fit. The distance between the Earth and the Moon is 384,400 kilometres, while the diametre of the A-ring (see page 44) outer edge measures 273,550 kilometres.
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