TV Review: 'The Universe' -- Saturn: Lord of the Rings

Hailed as the "showstopper" of our solar system, the planet Saturn is subject of Saturn: Lord of the Rings, part 8 in the 13-episode History Channel series The Universe. In this hour-long installment, we get the facts about the sixth planet from the Sun, its numerous Moons, and the attribute its best known for -- its mysterious rings.

The episode starts off with a bombardment of statistics on the 4.5 billion-year-old planet: it's the 2nd largest planet in our solar system, 750 times the size of Earth, and takes 29.5 years to orbit the Sun; it has 48 known Moons, which have smaller "shepherd moons"; and it has 7 known ring regions...continue reading this review at Geeks of Doom!