The Rings of Saturn -

Isaac Asimov

Doubleday

1974

144 páginas

4h 48m

ISBN-13: 9782871533665

Lucky Starr and the Rings of Saturn is set mostly within the Saturnian system, depicted as accurately as the knowledge of the late 1950s allowed. At that time, only nine satellites had been discovered, the innermost known satellite being Mimas. Asimov describes Mimas as being 340 miles in diameter, but its diameter is now known to be 240 miles. Several of the novel's chapters are set on Titan, which was then thought to be the third largest satellite in the Solar System, after Ganymede and Triton. Its atmosphere is described as "almost as thick as Earth's" and composed mostly of methane. It is now known that Titan is the second largest satellite in the Solar System after Ganymede, and that its atmosphere is denser than Earth's and is 98.4% nitrogen and only 1.6% methane.
The final chapters take place on the asteroid Vesta, which Asimov notes is the brightest of the asteroids. At the time, it was believed that Vesta was 215 miles in diameter, although its mean diameter is now known to be closer to 330 miles.

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3 (Bom)

Quinto e penúltimo livro da série sobre o sistema solar.

Titan, lua pertencente ao sistema do planeta Saturno, foi invadida e colonizada pelos Sirius, nêmesis dos terráqueos. Dessa vez a missão do Luck Star parece impossível.

Asimov foi melhorando a medida em que avançou na série. A história ficou um pouco mais adulta e a trama mais bem feita.

É um bom livro, mas recomendo somente para fãs do escritor.