Tilt of axis (degrees) 25.33 Orbital inclination (degrees) 2.488 Equatorial surface gravity (m/sec^2) 9.05 Equatorial escape velocity (km/sec) 35.49 Visual geometric albedo 0.47 Magnitude (Vo) 0.67 Mean cloud temperature -125°C Atmospheric pressure (bars) 1.4 Atmospheric composition HydrogenHelium...
The team says that their hypothetical moon, dubbed Chrysalis, could be the cause, perNew Scientist. If Chrysalis flew out of orbit or got destroyed by Saturn, it would have affected the planet's tilt. “When you have an event like that, the whole system would have shaken and tilt...
(the cycle of light and dark). The tilt of Saturn’s spin axis to its orbit plane is ~27°, resulting in seasonal changes in the position of the Sun in Titan’s sky over the ~30-year period of Saturn’s orbit around Sun. Compared to most moons in our solar system, Titan’s ...
Two scientists from CNRS and Sorbonne University working at the Institute of Celestial Mechanics and Ephemeris Calculation (Paris Observatory – PSL/CNRS) have just shown that the influence ofSaturn’s satellites can explain the tilt of the rotation axis of the gas giant. Their work, published on...
The obliquity of a planet is the tilt between its equator and its orbital plane. Giant planets are expected to form with near-zero obliquities. After the formation of Saturn, some dynamical mechanism must therefore have tilted Saturn up to its current obliquity of 26.7掳. This event is ...
" said Throop. "The date of the conjunction is determined by the positions of Jupiter, Saturn, and the Earth in their paths around the Sun, while the date of the solstice is determined by the tilt of Earth's axis. The solstice is the longest night of the year, so this rare ...
Its axis is tilted by 26.73 degrees with respect to its orbit around the Sun, which is similar to Earth’s 23.5-degree tilt. It’s hard to imagine, but Saturn is the only planet in our solar system whose average density is less than water. Saturn’s atmosphere is composed primarily of...
Length of day (hrs) The average time in hours for the Sun to move from the noon position in the sky at a point on the equator back to the same position, on Earth this defines a 24 hour day. Obliquity to orbit (deg) The tilt of the body's equator relative to the body's ...
Linda Spilker: Usually we can take the tilt from the axis and look at the wobble in the field to get the rotation for the interior of the planet. That's what we did at Jupiter. And at Saturn we found this radiation, called Saturn kilometric radiation [the radio emissions] and it had...
Yes, you should buy the Dob now if you want to use it on Saturn. Otherwise, you'll have to wait a whole year to see Saturn again—and the rings will have an entirely different tilt. HopeStar7 likes this #5 EsaT Apollo Posts:1,100 ...