Saturn. Sequence showing the axial tilt of the gas giant planet Saturn. The images were taken about a year apart (from 1996 at lower left,to 2000 at upper right). The relative motion of Saturn and Earth around the Sun produce different views of the tilted ring system,from edge-on (lower left) to open (upper right). This axial tilt causes seasons in the 29-Earth-year Saturn year. This sequence (autumn to winter in northern hemisphere) was captured using the Hubble Space Telescope Wide Field Planetary Camera 2. Saturn has a diameter of around 120,000 kilometres. It orbits the Sun at a mean distance of around 1400 million kilometres | |
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