Saturn, the Glossary
Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second-largest in the Solar System, after Jupiter.[1]
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224 relations: Acetylene, Agiel, Ammonia, Ammonium hydrosulfide, Angel, Apparent magnitude, Apsis, Arabic, Astronomical symbols, Astronomical unit, Atlas (moon), Atmosphere, Atmosphere of Titan, Atmospheric entry, Aurora, Babylonian astronomy, Bar (unit), Bond albedo, Carbon, Caspian Sea, Cassiel, Cassini retirement, Cassini–Huygens, Chinese astrology, Christiaan Huygens, Chrysalis (hypothetical moon), Comet, Cosmic dust, Cosmos (Australian magazine), Cronus, Demon, Diamond, Diffusion, Dione (moon), Dipole, Dragonfly (Titan space probe), Earth, Earth mass, Earth's magnetic field, Ecliptic, Eddy (fluid dynamics), Electric current, Elongation (astronomy), Enceladus, Epimetheus (moon), Epoch (astronomy), Equator, Equatorial bulge, Escape velocity, Eta, ... Expand index (174 more) »
- Astronomical objects known since antiquity
- Gas giants
- Outer planets
Acetylene
Acetylene (systematic name: ethyne) is the chemical compound with the formula and structure.
Agiel
'Agȋȇl (ʿAgyal) is the Intelligence (beneficial spirit) of Saturn mentioned as a Spirit in such works as the Key of Solomon.
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Ammonia
Ammonia is an inorganic chemical compound of nitrogen and hydrogen with the formula.
Ammonium hydrosulfide
Ammonium hydrosulfide is the chemical compound with the formula.
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Angel
In Abrahamic religious traditions (such as Judaism, Christianity, and Islam) and some sects of other belief-systems like Hinduism and Buddhism, an angel is a heavenly supernatural or spiritual being.
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Apparent magnitude
Apparent magnitude is a measure of the brightness of a star or other astronomical object.
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Apsis
An apsis is the farthest or nearest point in the orbit of a planetary body about its primary body.
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Arabic
Arabic (اَلْعَرَبِيَّةُ, or عَرَبِيّ, or) is a Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world.
Astronomical symbols
Astronomical symbols are abstract pictorial symbols used to represent astronomical objects, theoretical constructs and observational events in European astronomy.
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Astronomical unit
The astronomical unit (symbol: au, or AU) is a unit of length defined to be exactly equal to.
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Atlas (moon)
Atlas is an inner satellite of Saturn which was discovered by Richard Terrile in 1980 from Voyager photos and was designated.
Atmosphere
An atmosphere is a layer of gasses that envelop an astronomical object, held in place by the gravity of the object.
Atmosphere of Titan
The atmosphere of Titan is the dense layer of gases surrounding Titan, the largest moon of Saturn.
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Atmospheric entry
Atmospheric entry (sometimes listed as Vimpact or Ventry) is the movement of an object from outer space into and through the gases of an atmosphere of a planet, dwarf planet, or natural satellite.
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Aurora
An aurora (aurorae or auroras), also commonly known as the northern lights (aurora borealis) or southern lights (aurora australis), is a natural light display in Earth's sky, predominantly seen in high-latitude regions (around the Arctic and Antarctic).
Babylonian astronomy
Babylonian astronomy was the study or recording of celestial objects during the early history of Mesopotamia.
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Bar (unit)
The bar is a metric unit of pressure defined as 100,000 Pa (100 kPa), though not part of the International System of Units (SI).
Bond albedo
The Bond albedo (also called spheric albedo, planetary albedo, and bolometric albedo), named after the American astronomer George Phillips Bond (1825–1865), who originally proposed it, is the fraction of power in the total electromagnetic radiation incident on an astronomical body that is scattered back out into space.
Carbon
Carbon is a chemical element; it has symbol C and atomic number 6.
Caspian Sea
The Caspian Sea is the world's largest inland body of water, often described as the world's largest lake and sometimes referred to as a full-fledged sea.
Cassiel
Cassiel (קַצְפִּיאֵל Qaṣpīʾēl, "God is my wrath"; also known as קַפְצִיאֵל Qap̄ṣīʾēl, "God is my leap"; كسفيائيل) is an angel appearing in extracanonical Jewish, Christian, and Islamic mystical and magical works, often as one of the Seven Archangels, the angel of Saturn, and in other roles.
Cassini retirement
Shown here is Cassini view of Jupiter and Io on January 1, 2001.---> The Cassini space probe was deliberately disposed of via a controlled fall into Saturn's atmosphere on September 15, 2017, ending its nearly two-decade-long mission.
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Cassini–Huygens
Cassini–Huygens, commonly called Cassini, was a space-research mission by NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA), and the Italian Space Agency (ASI) to send a space probe to study the planet Saturn and its system, including its rings and natural satellites.
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Chinese astrology
Chinese astrology is based on traditional Chinese astronomy and the Chinese calendar.
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Christiaan Huygens
Christiaan Huygens, Lord of Zeelhem, (also spelled Huyghens; Hugenius; 14 April 1629 – 8 July 1695) was a Dutch mathematician, physicist, engineer, astronomer, and inventor who is regarded as a key figure in the Scientific Revolution.
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Chrysalis (hypothetical moon)
In the astronomy of the Solar System, Chrysalis is a hypothetical moon of Saturn, named in 2022 by scientists of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology using data from the Cassini–Huygens mission.
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Comet
A comet is an icy, small Solar System body that warms and begins to release gases when passing close to the Sun, a process called outgassing. Saturn and comet are solar System.
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Cosmic dust
Cosmic dustalso called extraterrestrial dust, space dust, or star dustis dust that occurs in outer space or has fallen onto Earth.
Cosmos (Australian magazine)
Cosmos (subtitled The Science of Everything) is a science magazine published in Adelaide, South Australia, by CSIRO Publishing that covers science globally.
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Cronus
In Ancient Greek religion and mythology, Cronus, Cronos, or Kronos (or, from Κρόνος, Krónos) was the leader and youngest of the first generation of Titans, the divine descendants of the primordial Gaia (Mother Earth) and Uranus (Father Sky).
Demon
A demon is a malevolent supernatural entity.
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Diamond
Diamond is a solid form of the element carbon with its atoms arranged in a crystal structure called diamond cubic.
Diffusion
Diffusion is the net movement of anything (for example, atoms, ions, molecules, energy) generally from a region of higher concentration to a region of lower concentration.
Dione (moon)
Dione, also designated Saturn IV, is the fourth-largest moon of Saturn.
Dipole
In physics, a dipole is an electromagnetic phenomenon which occurs in two ways.
Dragonfly (Titan space probe)
Dragonfly is a planned NASA mission to send a robotic rotorcraft to the surface of Titan, the largest moon of Saturn.
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Earth
Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to harbor life. Saturn and Earth are astronomical objects known since antiquity and solar System.
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Earth mass
An Earth mass (denoted as M🜨, M♁ or ME, where 🜨 and ♁ are the astronomical symbols for Earth), is a unit of mass equal to the mass of the planet Earth.
Earth's magnetic field
Earth's magnetic field, also known as the geomagnetic field, is the magnetic field that extends from Earth's interior out into space, where it interacts with the solar wind, a stream of charged particles emanating from the Sun.
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Ecliptic
The ecliptic or ecliptic plane is the orbital plane of Earth around the Sun.
Eddy (fluid dynamics)
In fluid dynamics, an eddy is the swirling of a fluid and the reverse current created when the fluid is in a turbulent flow regime.
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Electric current
An electric current is a flow of charged particles, such as electrons or ions, moving through an electrical conductor or space.
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Elongation (astronomy)
In astronomy, a planet's elongation is the angular separation between the Sun and the planet, with Earth as the reference point.
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Enceladus
Enceladus is the sixth-largest moon of Saturn and the 19th-largest in the Solar System.
Epimetheus (moon)
Epimetheus is an inner satellite of Saturn.
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Epoch (astronomy)
In astronomy, an epoch or reference epoch is a moment in time used as a reference point for some time-varying astronomical quantity.
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Equator
The equator is a circle of latitude that divides a spheroid, such as Earth, into the Northern and Southern hemispheres.
Equatorial bulge
An equatorial bulge is a difference between the equatorial and polar diameters of a planet, due to the centrifugal force exerted by the rotation about the body's axis.
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Escape velocity
In celestial mechanics, escape velocity or escape speed is the minimum speed needed for an object to escape from contact with or orbit of a primary body, assuming.
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Eta
Eta (uppercase, lowercase; ἦτα ē̂ta or ήτα ita) is the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet, representing the close front unrounded vowel,.
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Ethane
Ethane is a naturally occurring organic chemical compound with chemical formula.
Evocation
Evocation is the act of evoking, calling upon, or summoning a spirit, demon, deity or other supernatural agents, in the Western mystery tradition.
Eye (cyclone)
The eye is a region of mostly calm weather at the center of a tropical cyclone.
Flattening
Flattening is a measure of the compression of a circle or sphere along a diameter to form an ellipse or an ellipsoid of revolution (spheroid) respectively.
Formation and evolution of the Solar System
There is evidence that the formation of the Solar System began about 4.6 billion years ago with the gravitational collapse of a small part of a giant molecular cloud. Saturn and formation and evolution of the Solar System are solar System.
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Friction
Friction is the force resisting the relative motion of solid surfaces, fluid layers, and material elements sliding against each other.
Galileo (spacecraft)
Galileo was an American robotic space probe that studied the planet Jupiter and its moons, as well as the asteroids Gaspra and Ida.
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Galileo Galilei
Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaiuti de' Galilei (15 February 1564 – 8 January 1642), commonly referred to as Galileo Galilei or simply Galileo, was an Italian astronomer, physicist and engineer, sometimes described as a polymath.
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Gas
Gas is one of the four fundamental states of matter.
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Gas giant
A gas giant is a giant planet composed mainly of hydrogen and helium. Saturn and gas giant are gas giants and solar System.
Gauss (unit)
The gauss (symbol:, sometimes Gs), is a unit of measurement of magnetic induction, also known as magnetic flux density.
Geocentric orbit
A geocentric orbit, Earth-centered orbit, or Earth orbit involves any object orbiting Earth, such as the Moon or artificial satellites.
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Geographical pole
A geographical pole or geographic pole is either of the two points on Earth where its axis of rotation intersects its surface.
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Geometric albedo
In astronomy, the geometric albedo of a celestial body is the ratio of its actual brightness as seen from the light source (i.e. at zero phase angle) to that of an idealized flat, fully reflecting, diffusively scattering (Lambertian) disk with the same cross-section.
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Geyser
A geyser is a spring with an intermittent discharge of water ejected turbulently and accompanied by steam.
Giovanni Domenico Cassini
Giovanni Domenico Cassini, also known as Jean-Dominique Cassini (8 June 1625 – 14 September 1712) was an Italian (naturalised French) mathematician, astronomer and engineer.
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Gravitational compression
In astrophysics, gravitational compression is a phenomenon in which gravity, acting on the mass of an object, compresses it, reducing its size and increasing the object's density.
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Great Red Spot
The Great Red Spot is a persistent high-pressure region in the atmosphere of Jupiter, producing an anticyclonic storm that is the largest in the Solar System.
Great White Spot
The Great White Spot, also known as Great White Oval, on Saturn, named by analogy to Jupiter's Great Red Spot, is a series of periodic storms that are large enough to be visible from Earth by telescope by their characteristic white appearance.
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Greek language
Greek (Elliniká,; Hellēnikḗ) is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, native to Greece, Cyprus, Italy (in Calabria and Salento), southern Albania, and other regions of the Balkans, the Black Sea coast, Asia Minor, and the Eastern Mediterranean.
Greek mythology
Greek mythology is the body of myths originally told by the ancient Greeks, and a genre of ancient Greek folklore, today absorbed alongside Roman mythology into the broader designation of classical mythology.
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Hebrew language
Hebrew (ʿÎbrit) is a Northwest Semitic language within the Afroasiatic language family.
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Helium
Helium (from lit) is a chemical element; it has symbol He and atomic number 2.
Hexagon
In geometry, a hexagon (from Greek ἕξ, hex, meaning "six", and γωνία, gonía, meaning "corner, angle") is a six-sided polygon.
Hindu astrology
Hindu astrology, also called Indian astrology, Jyotisha (translit-script) and, more recently, Vedic astrology, is the traditional Hindu system of astrology.
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Hubble Space Telescope
The Hubble Space Telescope (often referred to as HST or Hubble) is a space telescope that was launched into low Earth orbit in 1990 and remains in operation.
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Huygens (spacecraft)
Huygens was an atmospheric entry robotic space probe that landed successfully on Saturn's moon Titan in 2005.
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Hydrocarbon
In organic chemistry, a hydrocarbon is an organic compound consisting entirely of hydrogen and carbon.
Hydrogen
Hydrogen is a chemical element; it has symbol H and atomic number 1.
Hydrogen deuteride
Hydrogen deuteride is an isotopologue of dihydrogen composed of two isotopes of hydrogen: the majority isotope 1H (protium) and 2H (deuterium).
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Hyperion (moon)
Hyperion, also known as Saturn VII, is the eighth-largest moon of Saturn.
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Iapetus (moon)
Iapetus is the outermost of Saturn's large moons.
Ice
Ice is water that is frozen into a solid state, typically forming at or below temperatures of 0 °C, 32 °F, or 273.15 K. It occurs naturally on Earth, on other planets, in Oort cloud objects, and as interstellar ice.
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Ice cloud
An ice cloud is a colloid of ice particles dispersed in air.
Ice giant
An ice giant is a giant planet composed mainly of elements heavier than hydrogen and helium, such as oxygen, carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur. Saturn and ice giant are solar System.
Ideal solution
An ideal solution or ideal mixture is a solution that exhibits thermodynamic properties analogous to those of a mixture of ideal gases.
Infrared
Infrared (IR; sometimes called infrared light) is electromagnetic radiation (EMR) with wavelengths longer than that of visible light but shorter than microwaves.
Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía
The Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía, IAA-CSIC) is a research institute funded by the High Council of Scientific Research of the Spanish government Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), and is located in Granada, Andalusia, Spain.
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Invariable plane
The invariable plane of a planetary system, also called Laplace's invariable plane, is the plane passing through its barycenter (center of mass) perpendicular to its angular momentum vector.
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Ion
An ion is an atom or molecule with a net electrical charge.
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Irregular moon
In astronomy, an irregular moon, irregular satellite, or irregular natural satellite is a natural satellite following a distant, inclined, and often highly elliptical and retrograde orbit.
Janus (moon)
Janus is an inner satellite of Saturn.
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is a Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) in La Cañada Flintridge, California, Crescenta Valley, United States.
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Jet stream
Jet streams are fast flowing, narrow, meandering air currents in the atmospheres of the Earth, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
Julian year (astronomy)
In astronomy, a Julian year (symbol: a or aj) is a unit of measurement of time defined as exactly 365.25 days of SI seconds each.
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Jupiter
Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest in the Solar System. Saturn and Jupiter are astronomical objects known since antiquity, gas giants, outer planets and solar System.
Kappa
Kappa (uppercase Κ, lowercase κ or cursive; κάππα, káppa) is the tenth letter of the Greek alphabet, representing the voiceless velar plosive sound in Ancient and Modern Greek.
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Kelvin–Helmholtz mechanism
The Kelvin–Helmholtz mechanism is an astronomical process that occurs when the surface of a star or a planet cools.
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Lagrange point
In celestial mechanics, the Lagrange points (also Lagrangian points or libration points) are points of equilibrium for small-mass objects under the gravitational influence of two massive orbiting bodies.
Lakes of Titan
Lakes of liquid ethane and methane exist on the surface of Titan, Saturn's largest moon.
Late Heavy Bombardment
The Late Heavy Bombardment (LHB), or lunar cataclysm, is a hypothesized astronomical event thought to have occurred approximately 4.1 to 3.8 billion years (Ga) ago, at a time corresponding to the Neohadean and Eoarchean eras on Earth.
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Liquid helium
Liquid helium is a physical state of helium at very low temperatures at standard atmospheric pressures.
Liquid hydrogen
Liquid hydrogen is the liquid state of the element hydrogen.
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Magnetic field
A magnetic field (sometimes called B-field) is a physical field that describes the magnetic influence on moving electric charges, electric currents, and magnetic materials.
Magnetic moment
In electromagnetism, the magnetic moment or magnetic dipole moment is the combination of strength and orientation of a magnet or other object or system that exerts a magnetic field.
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Magnetosphere
In astronomy and planetary science, a magnetosphere is a region of space surrounding an astronomical object in which charged particles are affected by that object's magnetic field.
Malay language
Malay (Bahasa Melayu, Jawi: بهاس ملايو) is an Austronesian language that is an official language of Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore, and that is also spoken in East Timor and parts of Thailand.
Mars
Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun. Saturn and Mars are astronomical objects known since antiquity and solar System.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private land-grant research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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Mercury (planet)
Mercury is the first planet from the Sun and the smallest in the Solar System. Saturn and Mercury (planet) are astronomical objects known since antiquity and solar System.
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Metallic hydrogen is a phase of hydrogen in which it behaves like an electrical conductor.
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In astronomy, metallicity is the abundance of elements present in an object that are heavier than hydrogen and helium.
Methane
Methane is a chemical compound with the chemical formula (one carbon atom bonded to four hydrogen atoms).
Methanogenesis
Methanogenesis or biomethanation is the formation of methane coupled to energy conservation by microbes known as methanogens.
Microorganism
A microorganism, or microbe, is an organism of microscopic size, which may exist in its single-celled form or as a colony of cells. The possible existence of unseen microbial life was suspected from ancient times, such as in Jain scriptures from sixth century BC India. The scientific study of microorganisms began with their observation under the microscope in the 1670s by Anton van Leeuwenhoek.
Mimas
Mimas, also designated Saturn I, is the seventh-largest natural satellite of Saturn.
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Moonlet
A moonlet, minor moon, minor natural satellite, or minor satellite is a particularly small natural satellite orbiting a planet, dwarf planet, or other minor planet.
Moons of Saturn
The moons of Saturn are numerous and diverse, ranging from tiny moonlets only tens of meters across to the enormous Titan, which is larger than the planet Mercury. Saturn and moons of Saturn are solar System.
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Naked eye
Naked eye, also called bare eye or unaided eye, is the practice of engaging in visual perception unaided by a magnifying, light-collecting optical instrument, such as a telescope or microscope, or eye protection.
NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research.
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NASA Space Science Data Coordinated Archive
The NASA Space Science Data Coordinated Archive (NSSDCA) serves as the permanent archive for NASA space science mission data.
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National Geographic
National Geographic (formerly The National Geographic Magazine, sometimes branded as NAT GEO) is an American monthly magazine published by National Geographic Partners.
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National Maritime Museum
The National Maritime Museum (NMM) is a maritime museum in Greenwich, London.
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Natural satellite
A natural satellite is, in the most common usage, an astronomical body that orbits a planet, dwarf planet, or small Solar System body (or sometimes another natural satellite). Saturn and natural satellite are solar System.
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Nature (journal)
Nature is a British weekly scientific journal founded and based in London, England.
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Navagraha
The navagraha are nine heavenly bodies and deities that influence human life on Earth according to Hinduism and Hindu astrology.
Neptune
Neptune is the eighth and farthest known planet from the Sun. Saturn and Neptune are gas giants, outer planets and solar System.
New Frontiers program
The New Frontiers program is a series of space exploration missions being conducted by NASA with the purpose of furthering the understanding of the Solar System.
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New Scientist
New Scientist is a popular science magazine covering all aspects of science and technology.
Nitrogen
Nitrogen is a chemical element; it has symbol N and atomic number 7.
Occultation
An occultation is an event that occurs when one object is hidden from the observer by another object that passes between them.
Oort cloud
The Oort cloud, sometimes called the Öpik–Oort cloud, is theorized to be a vast cloud of icy planetesimals surrounding the Sun at distances ranging from 2,000 to 200,000 AU (0.03 to 3.2 light-years). Saturn and Oort cloud are solar System.
Opposition (astronomy)
In positional astronomy, two astronomical objects are said to be in opposition when they are on opposite sides of the celestial sphere, as observed from a given body (usually Earth).
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Orbital period
The orbital period (also revolution period) is the amount of time a given astronomical object takes to complete one orbit around another object.
Orbital plane
The orbital plane of a revolving body is the geometric plane in which its orbit lies.
Orbital resonance
In celestial mechanics, orbital resonance occurs when orbiting bodies exert regular, periodic gravitational influence on each other, usually because their orbital periods are related by a ratio of small integers.
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Organic chemistry
Organic chemistry is a subdiscipline within chemistry involving the scientific study of the structure, properties, and reactions of organic compounds and organic materials, i.e., matter in its various forms that contain carbon atoms.
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Ottoman Turkish
Ottoman Turkish (Lisân-ı Osmânî,; Osmanlı Türkçesi) was the standardized register of the Turkish language in the Ottoman Empire (14th to 20th centuries CE).
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Oxyrhynchus Papyri
The Oxyrhynchus Papyri are a group of manuscripts discovered during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries by papyrologists Bernard Pyne Grenfell and Arthur Surridge Hunt at an ancient rubbish dump near Oxyrhynchus in Egypt (modern el-Bahnasa).
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PAH world hypothesis
The PAH world hypothesis is a speculative hypothesis that proposes that polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), known to be abundant in the universe, including in comets, and assumed to be abundant in the primordial soup of the early Earth, played a major role in the origin of life by mediating the synthesis of RNA molecules, leading into the RNA world.
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Pan (moon)
Pan is the innermost named moon of Saturn.
Pandora (moon)
Pandora is an inner satellite of Saturn.
Phaenon
Phaenon (Greek: Φαίνων) in Greek mythology is the sky god of Cronus (as in the planet Saturn).
Phase (matter)
In the physical sciences, a phase is a region of material that is chemically uniform, physically distinct, and (often) mechanically separable.
Phase angle (astronomy)
In observational astronomy, phase angle is the angle between the light incident onto an observed object and the light reflected from the object.
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Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society is a scientific journal published by the Royal Society.
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Phoebe (moon)
Phoebe is the most massive irregular satellite of Saturn with a mean diameter of.
Phosphine
Phosphine (IUPAC name: phosphane) is a colorless, flammable, highly toxic compound with the chemical formula PH3, classed as a pnictogen hydride.
Photochemistry
Photochemistry is the branch of chemistry concerned with the chemical effects of light.
Photodissociation
Photodissociation, photolysis, photodecomposition, or photofragmentation is a chemical reaction in which molecules of a chemical compound are broken down by absorption of light or photons.
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Pioneer 11
Pioneer 11 (also known as Pioneer G) is a NASA robotic space probe launched on April 5, 1973, to study the asteroid belt, the environment around Jupiter and Saturn, the solar wind, and cosmic rays.
Planet
A planet is a large, rounded astronomical body that is generally required to be in orbit around a star, stellar remnant, or brown dwarf, and is not one itself. Saturn and planet are solar System.
Planetary core
A planetary core consists of the innermost layers of a planet.
Planetary flyby
A planetary flyby is the act of sending a space probe past a planet or a dwarf planet close enough to record scientific data.
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Planetary habitability
Planetary habitability is the measure of a planet's or a natural satellite's potential to develop and maintain environments hospitable to life.
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Polar vortex
A circumpolar vortex, or simply polar vortex, is a large region of cold, rotating air; polar vortices encircle both of Earth's polar regions.
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon
A polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) is a class of organic compounds that is composed of multiple aromatic rings.
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Prometheus (moon)
Prometheus is an inner satellite of Saturn.
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Propane
Propane is a three-carbon alkane with the molecular formula.
Ptolemy
Claudius Ptolemy (Πτολεμαῖος,; Claudius Ptolemaeus; AD) was an Alexandrian mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, geographer, and music theorist who wrote about a dozen scientific treatises, three of which were important to later Byzantine, Islamic, and Western European science.
Radio astronomy
Radio astronomy is a subfield of astronomy that studies celestial objects at radio frequencies.
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Rayleigh scattering
Rayleigh scattering, named after the 19th-century British physicist Lord Rayleigh (John William Strutt), is the predominantly elastic scattering of light, or other electromagnetic radiation, by particles with a size much smaller than the wavelength of the radiation.
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Relative density
Relative density, also called specific gravity, is a dimensionless quantity defined as the ratio of the density (mass of a unit volume) of a substance to the density of a given reference material.
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Reservoir
A reservoir is an enlarged lake behind a dam, usually built to store fresh water, often doubling for hydroelectric power generation.
Retrograde and prograde motion
Retrograde motion in astronomy is, in general, orbital or rotational motion of an object in the direction opposite the rotation of its primary, that is, the central object (right figure).
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Rhea (moon)
Rhea is the second-largest moon of Saturn and the ninth-largest moon in the Solar System, with a surface area that is comparable to the area of Australia.
Rho
Rho (uppercase Ρ, lowercase ρ or; ρο or label) is the seventeenth letter of the Greek alphabet.
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Ring system
A ring system is a disc or torus orbiting an astronomical object that is composed of solid material such as gas, dust, meteoroids, planetoids or moonlets and stellar objects. Saturn and ring system are solar System.
Rings of Rhea
Rhea, the second-largest moon of Saturn, may have a tenuous ring system consisting of three narrow, relatively dense bands within a particulate disk. Saturn and rings of Rhea are solar System.
Rings of Saturn
The rings of Saturn are the most extensive and complex ring system of any planet in the Solar System.
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Roman mythology
Roman mythology is the body of myths of ancient Rome as represented in the literature and visual arts of the Romans, and is a form of Roman folklore.
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Saturday
Saturday is the day of the week between Friday and Sunday.
Saturn (mythology)
Saturn (Sāturnus) was a god in ancient Roman religion, and a character in Roman mythology.
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Saturn Atmospheric Entry Probe
The Saturn Atmospheric Entry Probe is a mission concept study for a robotic spacecraft to deliver a single probe into Saturn to study its atmosphere.
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Science (journal)
Science, also widely referred to as Science Magazine, is the peer-reviewed academic journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and one of the world's top academic journals.
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Science Mission Directorate
The Science Mission Directorate (SMD) of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) engages the United States' science community, sponsors scientific research, and develops and deploys satellites and probes in collaboration with NASA's partners around the world to answer fundamental questions requiring the view from and into space.
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Secular resonance
A secular resonance is a type of orbital resonance between two bodies with synchronized precessional frequencies.
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Shabtai
Shabtai (שַׁבְּתַאי or) is a Jewish masculine given name derived from the Hebrew word Shabbat, and is traditionally given to boys born on that day.
Shani
Shani (शनि), or Shanaishchara (शनैश्चर), is the divine personification of the planet Saturn in Hinduism, and is one of the nine heavenly objects (Navagraha) in Hindu astrology.
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Shepherd moon
A shepherd moon is a small natural satellite that clears a gap in planetary ring material or keeps particles within a ring contained.
Solar System
The Solar SystemCapitalization of the name varies.
Solar wind
The solar wind is a stream of charged particles released from the Sun's outermost atmospheric layer, the corona.
Space telescope
A space telescope (also known as space observatory) is a telescope in outer space used to observe astronomical objects.
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Space.com
Space.com is an online publication focused on space exploration, astronomy, skywatching and entertainment, with editorial teams based in the United States and United Kingdom.
SpaceNews
SpaceNews is a print and digital publication that covers business and political news in the space and satellite industry.
Spanish National Research Council
The Spanish National Research Council (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, CSIC) is the largest public institution dedicated to research in Spain and the third largest in Europe.
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Spheroid
A spheroid, also known as an ellipsoid of revolution or rotational ellipsoid, is a quadric surface obtained by rotating an ellipse about one of its principal axes; in other words, an ellipsoid with two equal semi-diameters.
Standing wave
In physics, a standing wave, also known as a stationary wave, is a wave that oscillates in time but whose peak amplitude profile does not move in space.
Summer solstice
The summer solstice or estival solstice occurs when one of Earth's poles has its maximum tilt toward the Sun.
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Sun
The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System. Saturn and Sun are astronomical objects known since antiquity and solar System.
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Synodic day
A synodic day (or synodic rotation period or solar day) is the period for a celestial object to rotate once in relation to the star it is orbiting, and is the basis of solar time.
Telescope
A telescope is a device used to observe distant objects by their emission, absorption, or reflection of electromagnetic radiation.
Tesla (unit)
The tesla (symbol: T) is the unit of magnetic flux density (also called magnetic B-field strength) in the International System of Units (SI).
Tethys (moon)
Tethys, or Saturn III, is the fifth-largest moon of Saturn, measuring about across.
The Astrophysical Journal
The Astrophysical Journal (ApJ) is a peer-reviewed scientific journal of astrophysics and astronomy, established in 1895 by American astronomers George Ellery Hale and James Edward Keeler.
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The New York Times
The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.
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The Washington Post
The Washington Post, locally known as "the Post" and, informally, WaPo or WP, is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the national capital.
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Thermal energy
The term "thermal energy" is used loosely in various contexts in physics and engineering, generally related to the kinetic energy of vibrating and colliding atoms in a substance.
Thermography
Infrared thermography (IRT), thermal video and/or thermal imaging, is a process where a thermal camera captures and creates an image of an object by using infrared radiation emitted from the object in a process, which are examples of infrared imaging science.
Tholin
Tholins (after the Greek θολός (tholós) "hazy" or "muddy"; from the ancient Greek word meaning "sepia ink") are a wide variety of organic compounds formed by solar ultraviolet or cosmic ray irradiation of simple carbon-containing compounds such as carbon dioxide, methane or ethane, often in combination with nitrogen or water.
Titan (moon)
Titan is the largest moon of Saturn and the second-largest in the Solar System.
Titans
In Greek mythology, the Titans (οἱ Τῑτᾶνες, hoi Tītânes, ὁ Τῑτᾱ́ν, -ήν, ho Tītân) were the pre-Olympian gods.
Trojan (celestial body)
In astronomy, a trojan is a small celestial body (mostly asteroids) that shares the orbit of a larger body, remaining in a stable orbit approximately 60° ahead of or behind the main body near one of its Lagrangian points and. Saturn and trojan (celestial body) are solar System.
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Tropical cyclone
A tropical cyclone is a rapidly rotating storm system with a low-pressure center, a closed low-level atmospheric circulation, strong winds, and a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce heavy rain and squalls.
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Ultraviolet
Ultraviolet (UV) light is electromagnetic radiation of wavelengths of 10–400 nanometers, shorter than that of visible light, but longer than X-rays.
Uncrewed spacecraft
Uncrewed spacecraft or robotic spacecraft are spacecraft without people on board. Saturn and Uncrewed spacecraft are solar System.
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Upper atmosphere
Upper atmosphere is a collective term that refers to various layers of the atmosphere of the Earth above the troposphere and corresponding regions of the atmospheres of other planets, and includes.
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Uranus
Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun. Saturn and Uranus are gas giants, outer planets and solar System.
Urdu
Urdu (اُردُو) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in South Asia.
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Venus
Venus is the second planet from the Sun. Saturn and Venus are astronomical objects known since antiquity and solar System.
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Very Large Array
The Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) is a centimeter-wavelength radio astronomy observatory in the southwestern United States.
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Visible spectrum
The visible spectrum is the band of the electromagnetic spectrum that is visible to the human eye.
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Volatile (astrogeology)
Volatiles are the group of chemical elements and chemical compounds that can be readily vaporized.
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Voyager 1
Voyager 1 is a space probe launched by NASA on September 5, 1977, as part of the Voyager program to study the outer Solar System and the interstellar space beyond the Sun's heliosphere.
Voyager 2
Voyager 2 is a space probe launched by NASA on August 20, 1977, as a part of the Voyager program.
Voyager program
The Voyager program is an American scientific program that employs two interstellar probes, Voyager 1 and Voyager 2.
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William Henry Pickering
William Henry Pickering (February 15, 1858 – January 16, 1938) was an American astronomer.
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William Herschel
Frederick William Herschel (Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel; 15 November 1738 – 25 August 1822) was a German-British astronomer and composer.
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Wind speed
In meteorology, wind speed, or wind flow speed, is a fundamental atmospheric quantity caused by air moving from high to low pressure, usually due to changes in temperature.
Wuxing (Chinese philosophy)
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Zazel (spirit)
Zȃzȇl (Zazl) The darker spirit (demon) of Saturn, mentioned as a spirit in such works as the Key of Solomon.
Zeus
Zeus is the sky and thunder god in ancient Greek religion and mythology, who rules as king of the gods on Mount Olympus.
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Zodiac
The zodiac is a belt-shaped region of the sky that extends approximately 8° north and south (as measured in celestial latitude) of the ecliptic, the apparent path of the Sun across the celestial sphere over the course of the year.
4 Vesta
Vesta (minor-planet designation: 4 Vesta) is one of the largest objects in the asteroid belt, with a mean diameter of. Saturn and 4 Vesta are solar System.
See also
Astronomical objects known since antiquity
- Algol
- Alpha Centauri
- Alpheratz
- Altair
- Andromeda Galaxy
- Beehive Cluster
- Beta Aquarii
- Caesar's Comet
- Coma Star Cluster
- Double Cluster
- Earth
- Epsilon Eridani
- Halley's Comet
- Jupiter
- Large Magellanic Cloud
- Mars
- Mercury (planet)
- Messier 41
- Messier 7
- Milky Way
- Moon
- NGC 869
- NGC 884
- Omega Centauri
- Orion Nebula
- Pleiades
- Procyon
- SN 185
- SN 386
- SN 393
- Saturn
- Sirius
- Small Magellanic Cloud
- Sun
- Venus
Gas giants
- 2M0437 b
- COCONUTS-2b
- Gas giant
- Jupiter
- Kepler-15b
- Neptune
- Saturn
- Sudarsky's gas giant classification
- TOI-5678 b
- Uranus
- WASP-107b
- WD 1856+534
- WD J0914+1914
- YSES 2 b
Outer planets
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn
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