Years of research into Saturn ’s rings , plus new entropy from the Cassini spacecraft in orbit around the ringed gas goliath , have resulted in a comprehensive newfangled study of the satellite . These images are among the most sensational from that study .
Science magazine published two studies on Saturn today , which bring together past research with contemporary find . One focalise on the mob , the other on Saturn ’s atmosphere . According to a release from AAAS :
Jeffrey Cuzzi and fellow worker put a glare on the ring system palisade Saturn , made mostly of water ice , and detail its many layers . Based on Cassini ’s near - infrared observations , the researchers suggest that the mysterious reddish coloration , which contaminates share of the ring system , could be triggered by small clusters of atomic number 6 band or by negatively charged branding iron compound . They also detail the dynamic , constantly exchange nature of the doughnut ’ features , and note that the vigorous evolutionary processes altering their bodily structure happen on extremely short timescales of eld , calendar month , or even days . Cuzzi and the research worker say that many of the processes affecting Saturn ’s rings can also be observed in protoplanetary platter - the precursor to unexampled planets .
In addition :
Tamas Gombosi and Andrew Ingersoll reveal new and singular details about the planet ’s atmosphere , ionosphere , and magnetosphere . Using the instrument on - board Cassini , these researchers analyse the wind speeds and jet current influencing Saturn ’s atmosphere and listen in on lightning storms rocking the side of the satellite . They distinguish Saturn ’s magnetosphere , which form around planets when solar winds interact with a planet ’s magnetic theater of operations , as a typical hybrid between Jupiter ’s and Earth ’s , unlike any other planets ’ in the solar system .
These images are truthful color , except the black - and - white one and the one with the blueish ring , which is enhanced . you could see the reddish speck in some of the ring .
viaScience Express
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