CHAPTER 1 Spectacular SPACE The spacecraft Cassini circles Saturn It sends amazing pictures back to Earth Swirling gases cover Saturn's surface Its huge rings spread out wide
The Planets People have studied Saturn and other planets since ancient times They could tell the planets weren't stars They moved across the sky differently than stars Planets are huge bodies that orbit stars Saturn and seven other planets orbit the sun The sun's gravity holds them in their paths They make up the solar system Some of Saturn's rings extend 175 000 miles 281 635 kilometers from the planet
