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Saturn is named after the Roman god of wealth and agriculture, who was the father of the god Jupiter.Its astronomical symbol has been traced back to the Greek Oxyrhynchus Papyri, where it can be seen to be a Greek kappa-rho ligature with a horizontal stroke, as an abbreviation for Κρονος (), the Greek name for the planet (). [35]
To see Saturn's change from earth, you will need a powerful telescope trained on the planet and the right time. More than just the rings: Saturn has at least 82 moons and some are downright weird.
You can see the planets' close encounter by looking up at the sky (in a southwesterly direction) about 30 to 45 minutes after sunset. Experts say you'll be able to spot the planets with the naked ...
Triple conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn (whose last triple conjunction was in 1981). 2243 August 12 At 04:48 UTC, Venus will occult Saturn. [42] 2247 June 11 Transit of Venus: 2250 The planetoid Orcus will have completed one orbit of the Sun since its discovery in 2004, based upon a barycentric orbital period of 246 Earth years. [63] 2251 March 4
You can see Saturn! Saturn reached opposition (meaning it was aligned with the sun and Earth, with our planet in the middle) on August 27. And, of course, the moon is also in opposition with the ...
The dense main rings extend from 7,000 km (4,300 mi) to 80,000 km (50,000 mi) away from Saturn's equator, whose radius is 60,300 km (37,500 mi) (see Major subdivisions). With an estimated local thickness of as little as 10 metres (32' 10") [ 40 ] and as much as 1 km (1093 yards), [ 41 ] they are composed of 99.9% pure water ice with a ...
Pioneer 11 image of Saturn.. Saturn was first visited by Pioneer 11 in September 1979. It flew within 20,000 kilometres (12,000 mi) of the top of the planet's cloud layer. Low-resolution images were acquired of the planet and a few of its moons; the resolution of the images was not good enough to discern surface featu
Even if you don’t have a decent telescope or a powerful pair of binoculars, you’ll still have a chance to see Saturn in the night sky this week.