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Saturn ( ♄ , शनि ) can be deemed as the most royal planet of the Solar System. With a huge set of rings, the distinctive look of Saturn makes it the most talked-about planet. This fascinating planet is even more interesting from the close.
Here are some interesting facts about Saturn, the one with the rings:
Saturn has only one-eighth of the average density of Earth
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Saturn’s astronomical symbol (♄) represents the god’s sickle
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An apparent oddity is that it does not have any known Trojan Asteroids. Trojans have been discovered for Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, and Neptune
Appendix: AU
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The equatorial diameter of Saturn is 11,808 km longer than the diameter measured through the poles while the diameter of Earth is only 12,742 km
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The outermost layer of Saturn spans 1,000 km and consists of gas
Appendix: Metallic Hydrogen
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Saturn’s finer cloud patterns were not observed until the flybys of the Voyager spacecraft during the 1980s. Since then, Earth-based telescopy has improved to the point where regular observations can be made
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The wind speed on Saturn is not as high as those on Neptune
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Saturn’s North pole has a Hexagonal wave pattern
Appendix: Polar vortex
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Saturn’s Magnetosphere, like Earth‘s, produces aurorae
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Titan, the largest moon, comprises more than 90% of the mass in orbit around Saturn, including the rings
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The particles that make up the rings range in size from specks of dust up to 10 m
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Some ice in the E ring comes from the moon Enceladus’s water geysers
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Such a “disappearance” will next occur in 2025, but Saturn will be too close to the Sun for any ring-crossing observation to be possible
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In April 2014, NASA scientists reported the possible beginning of a new moon within the A Ring, which was imaged by Cassini on 15 April 2013
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From 2004 to 2 November 2009, the probe discovered and confirmed eight new satellites of Saturn. In April 2013 Cassini sent back images of a hurricane at the planet’s north pole 20 times larger than those found on Earth, with winds faster than 530 km/h (330 mph)
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Source: Wikipedia
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