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Disappearance of Saturn’s Rings
December 15 , 2023
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- Saturn, the sixth planet from the Sun in our solar system, is renowned for its spectacular and iconic rings.
- These rings are composed primarily of countless icy particles and tiny rock fragments.
- Recent studies have claimed that, in 2025, the rings will vanish from public view due to optical illusion.
- Saturn isn't in perfect alignment with Earth - it's tilted about a 9-degree angle.
- By 2024, the angle would have decreased to about 3.7 degrees.
- A year later, due to its movement away from the Earth, the axis of Saturn will assume a vertical position from its current tilted position.
- It will make the rings look like a thin horizontal strip parallel to Earth.
- This caused this structure too thin to see.
- The phenomenon will last till 2032 when the underside of the rings will be revealed.
- Saturn's ring system extends up to 282,000 kilometres from the planet.
- But the vertical height is typically about 30 feet in the seven main rings.
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