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Chapter 5: the Jovian planets (cont.). Saturn Cassini is currently in orbit around Saturn and is continually sending back more data about Saturn and its.

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1 Chapter 5: the Jovian planets (cont.)

2 Saturn Cassini is currently in orbit around Saturn and is continually sending back more data about Saturn and its moons.

3 Saturn, Up Close

4 Comparison of Saturn with Earth and Earth-Moon distance

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10 Saturn’s Atmosphere

11 Saturn’s Cloud Structure

12 Saturn Storm

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14 Saturn winds and bands

15 Uranus and Neptune Just one spacecraft (Voyager II) has visited Uranus and Neptune Both planets get their bluish color from methane in their atmospheres.

16 Uranus’s Seasons are extreme due to its tilt

17 Uranus’s Rotation

18 Neptune’s Dark Spot was temporary, and has now disappeared

19 Jovian Interiors

20 Jovian Magnetic Fields

21 Uranus’ and Neptune’s magnetic fields have strange orientations, and are not at all aligned with the rotation of the planet. Saturn’s magnetic field is perfectly aligned.

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