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Saturn's Rings
That is because there are about 1,000 rings surrounding Saturn. ... The invisible force of gravity around Saturn pulls pieces of rock and ice close to the planet. ...
http://library.thinkquest.org/J002232F/saturn/rings.htm
Cassini receives a boost from Venus en route to Saturn
... to obtain a gravity assist needed to boost the spacecraft on its way to Saturn. ... Cassini's circuitous path to Saturn, featuring gravity assist flybys of Earth, ...
http://science.nasa.gov/newhome/headlines/ast24jun99_1.htm
Cassini flies by Earth en route to Saturn
... to obtain a gravity assist needed to boost the spacecraft on its way to Saturn. ... Cassini's circuitous path to Saturn, featuring gravity assist flybys of Earth, ...
http://science.nasa.gov/newhome/headlines/ast18aug99_1.htm
Cassini-Huygens: Operations-Gravity Assists
... spacecraft will utilize the gravitational forces of other planets, called ... the final thrust of energy it needed to project itself all the way to Saturn. ...
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/gravity-assists.cfm
Ask an Astronomer for KIDS! - How strong is the gravity on Saturn
Although Saturn is much larger than Earth, its surface gravity is less than the ... The surface gravity on Saturn is about 74% of the surface gravity on Earth, so ...
http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/cosmic_kids/AskKids/saturn_gravity.shtml
Saturn:
... rings around it that make Saturn one of the most beautiful objects ... The force of gravity on Saturn is slightly greater than that of earth's and so a ...
http://library.thinkquest.org/12272/data/saturn.html
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