Saturn’s moon also have rings.
Saturn’s second largest moon Rhea also have rings. The rings discovered when NASA’s Cassini spacecraft fly close to Rhea. Rhea is roughly 1 500Kms in diameter. The apparent debris disk measures several thousands of Kilometers from end to end. One of the Cassini scientist Candy Hansen commented about the discovery that”The diversity in our solar system never fails to amaze us,”.
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Saturn is closer.
The Saturn’s best appearance in 2008 happens now. Saturn reached a point in its orbit called opposition on February 24. At this position, the planet lies opposite the Sun from our perspective on Earth. This marks the best time of year to view the ringed planet because it lies closest to Earth and thus appears its biggest and brightest. At this time Saturn lies 1.24 billion kilometers from Earth.
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