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On it, Porco encouraged the world to celebrate life on planet Earth and humanity's accomplishments in the exploration of the Solar System. Astronomers Without Borders coordinated events internationally. [8] NASA spearheaded a related event called 'Wave at Saturn' "to help acknowledge the historic interplanetary portrait as it is being taken". [9]
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]
Also known as a planet parade, six planets will line up in a row across the night sky from about 21 January. Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn will be visible to the naked eye and Neptune and Uranus ...
Saturn's hexagon is a persistent approximately hexagonal cloud pattern around the north pole of the planet Saturn, ... video; Hexagon Changes Color (October 21, 2016)
By ANDREW TAVANI A dramatic celestial event known as an occultation unfolded on Monday, August 4th, and video of the whole dramatic phenomenon was broadcast live over the Internet by Australia's ...
An alignment of six planets will dazzle in January 2025. Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune will align in the night sky. "The whole month of January is a great time to see the ...
In Saturn's Rings is a large format movie about Saturn made exclusively from real photographs taken by spacecraft. Director Stephen V. Stone used more than 7.5 million photographs and numerous film techniques to create the effect of flying through space around Saturn and among its rings.
Fenrir / ˈ f ɛ n r ɪər /, or Saturn XLI (provisional designation S/2004 S 16), is a natural satellite of Saturn.Its discovery was announced by Scott S. Sheppard, David C. Jewitt, Jan Kleyna, and Brian G. Marsden on May 4, 2005, from observations taken between December 13, 2004, and March 5, 2005.