Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Saturn to Shed its Spooky Spokes for Summer

Saturn to Shed its Spooky Spokes for Summer:
Cassini image of Saturn's rings from Dec. 20, 2012 (NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI)
Saturn to Shed its Spooky Spokes for Summer
Cassini image of Saturn’s rings from Dec. 20, 2012 (NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI)
As Saturn steadily moves along its 29.7-year-long orbit toward summertime in its northern hemisphere NASA’s Cassini spacecraft is along for the ride, giving astronomers a front-row seat to seasonal changes taking place on the ringed planet.
One of these fluctuations is the anticipated disappearance of the “spokes” found in the rings, a few of which can be seen above in an image captured on Dec. 20 of last year.
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