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Saturn’s rings
September 11 , 2024
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- In March 2025, Saturn's rings will no longer be visible from Earth due to the planet’s axis tilt, which will align the rings from the Earth’s perspective.
- This rare occurrence is expected to significantly change how Saturn is viewed from our planet.
- Saturn has an axis tilted similarly to Earth’s. During one half of its year (1 Saturn year equals 29.4 Earth years), the planet tilts in the Sun’s direction.
- That’s why the upper part of its ring shines.
- They temporarily disappear every 29.5 years as the planet completes its orbit around the Sun.
- After March 2025, they'll become visible again due to Saturn's axial tilt.
- But it will disappear again in November of the same year.
- Its rings will come back into full view by 2032.
- Saturn's ring system is not a single, solid entity but rather a collection of distinct sections.
- It includes the prominent A, B, and C rings, accompanied by the fainter D, E, F, and G rings.
- These sections are separated by gaps, such as the notable Cassini Division, which stretches approximately 4,800 Km wide.
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