Contents

Foreword 1

Introduction 3

The Planet 4

The Rings 12

The Satellites 20

A Glimpse Back 32

The Voyager Mission 36

MISSION OBJECTIVES 36

SPACECRAFT CHARACTERISTICS 36

SATURN ENCOUNTER 36

Scientific Highlights 38

SATURN 38

RINGS 38

NEW SATELLITES 38

INNER SATELLITES 38

TITAN 39

OUTER SATELLITES 39

MAGNETOSPHERE 39

Scientific Investigations 40

[Illustration: COVER: Saturn and two of its moons, Tethys (above)

and Dione (below), were photographed by Voyager 1 on November 3,

1980, from 13 million kilometers (8 million miles). The shadow of

Tethys is cast onto the cloudtops in the upper right corner of the

image.]

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