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The (most noticeably) RiNged World…
Saturn
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Saturn = kronos/cronus (Chief of the Titans)
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Saturn has a lower (average) density than liquid water!
(…but I wouldn’t recommend the experiment below…)
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How did the Cassini satellite end its mission on sept. 15, 2017?
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Internal layers of planet saturn
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Saturn IS WARMED INTERALLY, BY…
…HELIUM “RAIN”!
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Saturn’s thick, high-ALTITUDE HAZE LAYER
OBSCURES ITS JUPITER-LIKE fEATURES…
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Saturn’s mysterious “polar vortex”
(…a hexagon on saturn?!)
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Dusty “Spokes” in Saturn’s Rings
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But What creates all of this fine-detailed ringlet structure?
…Interactions with saturn’s moons!
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Saturn’s Moon pan in the “encke gap”
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So, what’s going on here…?
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How does the moon mimas create the cassini division?
…it uses a 2:1 “Resonance”!
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