Is there anything interesting on Saturn?
Adorned with thousands of beautiful ringlets, Saturn is unique among the planets. It is not the only planet to have rings – made of chunks of ice and rock – but none are as spectacular or as complicated as Saturn’s. Like fellow gas giant Jupiter, Saturn is a massive ball made mostly of hydrogen and helium.
What is an interesting fact about Saturn’s rings?
Saturn actually has many rings made of billions of particles of ice and rock, ranging in size from a grain of sugar to the size of a house. The particles are believed to be debris left over from comets, asteroids or shattered moons. A 2016 study also suggested the rings may be the carcasses of dwarf planets.
What is Saturn’s most interesting fact?
A year on Saturn is more than 29 Earth years. Saturn spins on its axis very fast. A day on Saturn is 10 hours and 14 minutes. The Ringed Planet is so far away from the Sun that it receives much less sunlight than we do here on Earth.
What are 3 interesting facts about Saturn?
Saturn was known to the ancients, including the Babylonians and Far Eastern observers. It is named for the Roman god Saturnus, and was known to the Greeks as Cronus. Saturn is the flattest planet. Its polar diameter is 90% of its equatorial diameter, this is due to its low density and fast rotation.
Do Saturn’s rings sing?
SATURN Scan Saturn’s rings can sing! Since the rings are composed of trillions of icy particles all in orbit around the giant planet we can apply the same pitch scaling that we used for the moons to the entire ring system. The harmony of the resonances with Saturn’s small moon Janus are explored in Part II.
Does Saturn make noises?
Saturn’s Radio Emissions: Saturn is a source of intense radio emissions, which were monitored by the Cassini spacecraft. The radio waves are closely related to the auroras near the poles of the planet. These auroras are similar to Earth’s northern and southern lights. More of Saturn’s eerie-sounding radio emissions.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iO7itVsUQ4