Saturn - The Ring Planet

Today in Astronomy History
courtesy of astroplanet.info

September 4, 1682
English astronomer Edmund Halley observes the comet which will bear his name.

September 4, 1990
A single small meteorite falls through the porch of a house in Burnwell, Pike County, Kentucky.

Welcome to The Ring Planet
A website about the planet Saturn

Saturn is named after the Roman god Saturn (father of Zeus). Saturn is one of the most magnificient planetary views in the sky. Saturn is a gas giant with a ring of moonlettes which is easily visable to binoculars or telescopic viewing. The Rings of Saturn were first observed by Galileo Galilei with his telescope in 1610.