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wind speed on Saturn's largest moon is weak at the surface but increases
slowly to about 60 km. It peaks at a speed of 430 kilometers (270 miles)
per hour in a zone located about 120 km high.

> http://SkyandTelescope.com/news/article_1462_1.asp

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HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS WEEK'S SKY

* Full Moon on Wednesday, February 23rd.
* Jupiter (magnitude -2.3, in Virgo) rises in the east around 9 or 9:30
p.m. and is well up in the southeast by midnight -- the brightest "star"
in the sky. By dawn Jupiter shifts over to the southwest.
* Saturn (magnitude -0.2, in Gemini) shines brightly very high in the
southeast to south during evening, excellently placed for telescopic
viewing.

For more details, see This Week's Sky at a Glance and Planet Roundup:

> http://SkyandTelescope.com/observing/ataglance

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