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S/2009 S 1 is a moonlet embedded in the outer part of Saturn's B Ring, orbiting 117,000 km (73,000 mi) away from the planet.The moonlet was discovered by the Cassini Imaging Team during the Saturnian equinox event on 26 July 2009, when the Cassini spacecraft imaged the moonlet casting a 36 km (22 mi)-long shadow onto the B Ring. [4]
Saturn is named after the Roman god of wealth and agriculture, who was the father of the god Jupiter.Its astronomical symbol has been traced back to the Greek Oxyrhynchus Papyri, where it can be seen to be a Greek kappa-rho ligature with a horizontal stroke, as an abbreviation for Κρονος (), the Greek name for the planet (). [35]
On Nov. 14, Saturn — the planet of karma and life lessons — will "awaken from its slumber" and snap out of its retrograde phase, moving forward once again at 12 degrees Pisces and slowly ...
Of the Solar System's eight planets and its ... be considered dwarf planets or planets if they were in direct orbit around ... Saturn — 0.15: 117,000: 0.471 2009:
Saturn's retrograde ends in Pisces on November 15, 2024, the same day as the Taurus full moon. The planet of karmic restriction begins to regain forward movement, allowing us to close doors on ...
Proponents of Direct Fusion Drive (DFD) propulsion system say the drive could send us to Saturn's moon, Titan, in just 2 years. Here's how it works.
Exoplanets have been discovered using several different methods for collecting or combining direct images to isolate planets from the background light of their star. Non-Redundant Aperture Masking Interferometry is a method of combining the views of multiple telescopes into a single image, while the other methods are algorithms for combining ...
Saturn 25.4° East September 20, 2009 12:26:59 Mercury 5°24' south of Saturn 3° West October 8, 2009 09:19:27 Mercury 19' south of Saturn 17.6° West October 13, 2009 15:39:41 Venus: 34' south of Saturn: 22.1° West December 20, 2009 05:35:39 Jupiter 34' south of Neptune 55.6° East