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Great Views Of Saturn

Posted by timothy on from the space-porn dept.

rehannan writes "Saturn is now a mere 750 million miles from earth; the closest point in it's 30-year orbit. Saturn's rings are facing earth this time around, which should make for some pretty good views. For more details, check out Space.com or the CNN article."

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  1. Re:close isn't that much closer by Spock+the+Baptist · · Score: 3, Insightful

    "Now what's really going to be cool is Mars's opposition coming up in August, which is going to be the closest in thousands of years"

    Yep...

    It ought to be a really striking opposition. This would be a good Christmas to get that promising young scientist a not so shine new telescope.

    Right after Santa pays a visit he/she can go outside and see great views of both Saturn, and Jupiter and still not miss their bedtime.

    A telescope, a microscope, and chemistry set, all on one Christmas morning! Not to mention that Radio 100 in 1 electronic experiment set!

    Ah! The joy of being a young nerd!

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