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Image caption: The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope’s Wide Field Camera 3 observed Saturn on 20 June 2019 as the planet made its closest approach to Earth this year, at approximately 1.36 billion kilometres away. The image shows coloured bands of gas on the planet's surface as well as its prominent rings made of ice and rocky material.
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Image credit: NASA, ESA, A. Simon (Goddard Space Flight Center), and M.H. Wong (University of California, Berkeley) Credit Link
Related glossary terms: Gas Giant , Giant Planet , Outer Planets , Ring , Saturn
Categories: Solar System

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Arabic
Image caption: رصدت الكاميرا واسعة المجال 3 الموجودة في تلسكوب هابل الفضائي التابع لناسا و وكالة الفضاء الأوروبية كوكب زحل في 20 تموز سنة 2019 عند اقترابه من أقرب نقطة إلى الأرض في تلك السنة، على بعد 1.36 مليار كيلومتر تقريبا. تُظهر الصورة أشرطة غازية ملونة على سطح الكوكب بالإضافة إلى حلقاته البارزة المكونة من الجليد والمواد الصخرية
Image credit: حقوق الصورة تعود الى: ناسا، وكالة الفضاء الأوروبية، أ. سيمون (مركز غودارد لرحلات الفضاء)، و م. ه. وونغ (جامعة كاليفورنيا، بيركلي)
Related glossary terms: Gas Giant , Giant Planet , Outer Planets , Ring , Saturn
Caption translation status: Approved by a reviewer
Caption translators: Ali Al-Edhari
Caption reviewers: Ahmed Abulwfa

French
Image caption: La caméra à grand champ 3 du télescope spatial Hubble de la NASA/ESA a observé Saturne le 20 juin 2019, alors que la planète s'approchait au plus près de la Terre, à une distance d'environ 1,36 milliard de kilomètres. L'image montre des bandes colorées de gaz à la surface de la planète ainsi que ses anneaux proéminents composés de glace et de matériaux rocheux.
Image credit: NASA, ESA, A. Simon (Goddard Space Flight Center), et M.H. Wong (Université de Californie, Berkeley)
Related glossary terms: Anneau , Giant Planet , Géantes gazeuses , Planètes extérieures , Saturne
Caption translation status: Approved by a reviewer
Caption translators: Gilles Remy
Caption reviewers: Lionel Ruiz

Italian
Image caption: La Wide Field Camera 3 del telescopio spaziale Hubble della NASA/ESA ha osservato Saturno il 20 giugno 2019, il giorno in cui il pianeta si è avvicinato di più alla Terra in quell'anno, a circa 1,36 miliardi di chilometri di distanza. L'immagine mostra le bande colorate di gas sulla superficie del pianeta e i suoi anelli più evidenti, composti da ghiaccio e materiale roccioso.
Image credit: NASA, ESA, A. Simon (Goddard Space Flight Center), e M.H. Wong (Università della California, Berkeley)
Related glossary terms: Anello , Gigante gassoso , Pianeta gigante , Pianeti esterni , Saturno
Caption translation status: Approved by a reviewer
Caption translators: Giuliana Giobbi
Caption reviewers: Rosa Valiante, Rodolfo Canestrari

Simplified Chinese
Image caption: NASA/ESA 哈勃太空望远镜的宽视场相机3号于 2019 年 6 月 20 日观测到土星,当时这颗行星距离地球约 13.6 亿公里,是今年距离地球最近的行星。图像显示了土星表面的彩色气体条带以及由冰和岩石物质组成的突出星环。
Image credit: 美国国家航空航天局、欧空局、A. Simon(戈达德太空飞行中心)和 M.H. Wong(加州大学伯克利分校)
Related glossary terms: Saturn , 外行星 , 巨行星 , 气态巨行星 , 行星环
Caption translation status: Not yet approved by a reviewer
Caption translators: Hu Xueying

Traditional Chinese
Image caption: NASA/ESA 哈勃太空望遠鏡的寬視場相機3號於 2019 年 6 月 20 日觀測到土星,當時這顆行星距離地球約 13.6 億公里,是今年距離地球最近的行星。圖像顯示了土星表面的彩色氣體條帶以及由冰和岩石物質組成的突出星環。
Image credit: 美國國家航空航天局、歐空局、A. Simon(戈達德太空飛行中心)和 M.H. Wong(加州大學伯克利分校)
Related glossary terms: Saturn , 外行星 , 巨行星 , 氣態巨行星 , 行星環
Caption translation status: Not yet approved by a reviewer
Caption translators: An automated transliteration from the simplified Chinese translation by - Hu Xueying