This activity is part of teaching unit 4, Gas Giants. You can find the introduction and teaching guide here.

Saturn is the second largest planet in the Solar System and has a ring system that can be seen from our planet with a small telescope. In this activity you can see how the inclination of Saturn’s rings (as seen from Earth) changes as the planet moves in its orbit around the Sun.

• Download the GUIDE of the activity.
• Download the images of SATURN you are going to work with.
• Download the SPREADSHEET to write down your measures.
• If you haven’t already done so, download the software (PeterSoft) to view and analyse the images.

Remember you can also obtain your own images of the planets in  “Go Observing” and make new measurements and investigations.