Saturns atmosphere exhibits a banded pattern similar to Jupiters

Author : jeffwilde657
Publish Date : 2021-02-05 11:52:42


Saturns atmosphere exhibits a banded pattern similar to Jupiters

Saturn's atmosphere exhibits a banded pattern similar to Jupiter's, but Saturn's bands are much fainter and are much wider near the equator. The nomenclature used to describe these bands is the same as on Jupiter. Saturn's finer cloud patterns were not observed until the flybys of the Voyager spacecraft during the 1980s. Since then, Earth-based telescopy has improved to the point where regular observations can be made.[52]

The composition of the clouds varies with depth and increasing pressure. In the upper cloud layers, with the temperature in the range 100–160 K and pressures extending between 0.5–2 bar, the clouds consist of ammonia ice. Water ice clouds begin at a level where the pressure is about 2.5 bar and extend down to 9.5 bar, where temperatures range from 185 to 270 K. Intermixed in this layer is a band of ammonium hydrosulfide ice, lying in the pressure range 3–6 bar with temperatures of 190–235 K. Finally, the lower layers, where pressures are between 10 and 20 bar and temperatures are 270–330 K, contains a region of water droplets with ammonia in aqueous solution.[53]

Saturn's usually bland atmosphere occasionally exhibits long-lived ovals and other features common on Jupiter. In 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope imaged an enormous white cloud near Saturn's equator that was not present during the Voyager encounters, and in 1994 another smaller storm was observed. The 1990 storm was an example of a Great White Spot, a unique but short-lived phenomenon that occurs once every Saturnian year, roughly every 30 Earth years, around the time of the northern hemisphere's summer solstice.[54] Previous Great White Spots were observed in 1876, 1903, 1933 and 1960, with the 1933 storm being the most famous. If the periodicity is maintained, another storm will occur in about 2020.[55]

The winds on Saturn are the second fastest among the Solar System's planets, after Neptune's. Voyager data indicate peak easterly winds of 500 m/s (1,800 km/h).[56] In images from the Cassini spacecraft during 2007, Saturn's northern hemisphere displayed a bright blue hue, similar to Uranus. The color was most likely caused by Rayleigh scattering.[57] Thermography has shown that Saturn's south pole has a warm polar vortex, the only known example of such a phenomenon in the Solar System.[58] Whereas temperatures on Saturn are normally −185 °C, temperatures on the vortex often reach as high as −122 °C, suspected to be the warmest spot on Saturn.[58]

North pole hexagonal cloud pattern
Main article: Saturn's hexagon

Saturn's north pole (IR animation)

Saturn's south pole
A persisting hexagonal wave pattern around the north polar vortex in the atmosphere at about 78°N was first noted in the Voyager images.[59][60][61] The sides of the hexagon are each about 13,800 km (8,600 mi) long, which is longer than the diameter of the Earth.[62] The entire structure rotates with a period of 10h 39m 24s (the same period as that of the planet's radio emissions) which is assumed to be equal to the period of rotation of Saturn's interior.[63] The hexagonal feature does not shift in longitude like the other clouds in the visible atmosphere.[64] The pattern's origin is a matter of much speculation. Most scientists think it is a standing wave pattern in the atmosphere. Polygonal shapes have been replicated in the laboratory through differential rotation of fluids.[65][66]

South pole vortex
HST imaging of the south polar region indicates the presence of a jet stream, but no strong polar vortex nor any hexagonal standing wave.[67] NASA reported in November 2006 that Cassini had observed a "hurricane-like" storm locked to the south pole that had a clearly defined eyewall.[68][69] Eyewall clouds had not previously been seen on any planet other than Earth. For example, images from the Galileo spacecraft did not show an eyewall in the Great Red Spot of Jupiter.[70]

The south pole storm may have been present for billions of years.[71] This vortex is comparable to the size of Earth, and it has winds of 550 km/h.[71]

Other features
Cassini observed a series of cloud features found in northern latitudes, nicknamed the "String of Pearls". These features are cloud clearings that reside in deeper cloud layers.[72]

Magnetosphere
Main article: Magnetosphere of Saturn

Polar aurorae on Saturn

Auroral lights at Saturn's north pole[73]
MENU0:00
Radio emissions detected by Cassini
Saturn has an intrinsic magnetic field that has a simple, symmetric shape – a magnetic dipole. Its strength at the equator – 0.2 gauss (20 µT) – is approximately one twentieth of that of the field around Jupiter and slightly weaker than Earth's magnetic field.[26] As a result, Saturn's magnetosphere is much smaller than Jupiter's.[74] When Voyager 2 entered the magnetosphere, the solar wind pressure was high and the magnetosphere extended only 19 Saturn radii, or 1.1 million km (712,000 mi),[75] although it enlarged within several hours, and remained so for about three days.[76] Most probably, the magnetic field is generated similarly to that of Jupiter – by currents in the liquid metallic-hydrogen layer called a metallic-hydrogen dynamo.[74] This magnetosphere is efficient at deflecting the solar wind particles from the Sun. The moon Titan orbits within the outer part of Saturn's magnetosphere and contributes plasma from the ionized particles in Titan's outer atmosphere.[26] Saturn's magnetosphere, like Earth's, produces aurorae.[77]

Orbit and rotation
https://m.vlive.tv/post/0-21148221
https://www.vlive.tv/post/0-21148221
https://digg.com/@film-milla-vf-version-francaise-gratuit
https://twitter.com/milla_vf
https://ibraroman0.medium.com/hd-vostfr-profession-du-p%C3%A8re-complet-f-i-l-m-s-2021-streaming-vf-regarder-en-fran%C3%A7ais-33c907ac77c1
https://ibraroman0.medium.com/hd-vostfr-kuessipan-complet-f-i-l-m-s-2021-streaming-vf-regarder-en-fran%C3%A7ais-bd5dbe7b56d5
https://film-i-am-greta-vf-complet.medium.com/voir-pourris-gâtés-2021-français-film-hd-complet-streaming-vf-c0feed20e9d3
https://film-i-am-greta-vf-complet.medium.com/vostfr-i-am-greta-complet-f-i-l-m-s-2021-streaming-vf-regarder-en-français-d9048843ef5
https://www.vlive.tv/post/1-21160698
https://wandavision-saison1-e5-streaming-vostfr.peatix.com/
https://bigpicture.net/users/voirserie-wandavision-1x5-en-streaming-vostfr

Saturn and rings as viewed by the Cassini spacecraft (28 October 2016)
The average distance between Saturn and the Sun is over 1.4 billion kilometers (9 AU). With an average orbital speed of 9.68 km/s,[10] it takes Saturn 10,759 Earth days (or about ​29 1⁄2 years)[78] to finish one revolution around the Sun.[10] As a consequence, it forms a near 5:2 mean-motion resonance with Jupiter.[79] The elliptical orbit of Saturn is inclined 2.48° relative to the orbital plane of the Earth.[10] The perihelion and aphelion distances are, respectively, 9.195 and 9.957 AU, on average.[10][80] The visible features on Saturn rotate at different rates depending on latitude and multiple rotation periods have been assigned to various regions (as in Jupiter's case).

Astronomers use three different systems for specifying the rotation rate of Saturn. System I has a period of 10h 14m 00s (844.3°/d) and encompasses the Equatorial Zone, the South Equatorial Belt, and the North Equatorial Belt. The polar regions are considered to have rotation rates similar to System I. All other Saturnian latitudes, excluding the north and south polar regions, are indicated as System II and have been assigned a rotation period of 10h 38m 25.4s (810.76°/d). System III refers to Saturn's internal rotation rate. Based on radio emissions from the planet detected by Voyager 1 and Voyager 2,[81] System III has a rotation period of 10h 39m 22.4s (810.8°/d). System III has largely superseded System II.[82]

A precise value for the rotation period of the interior remains elusive. While approaching Saturn in 2004, Cassini found that the radio rotation period of Saturn had increased appreciably, to approximately 10h 45m 45s ± 36s.[83][84] The latest estimate of Saturn's rotation (as an indicated rotation rate for Saturn as a whole) based on a compilation of various measurements from the Cassini, Voyager and Pioneer probes was reported in September 2007 is 10h 32m 35s.[85]

In March 2007, it was found that the variation of radio emissions from the planet did not match Saturn's rotation rate. This variance may be caused by geyser activity on Saturn's moon Enceladus. The water vapor emitted into Saturn's orbit by this activity becomes charged and creates a drag upon Saturn's magnetic field, slowing its rotation slightly relative to the rotation of the planet.[86][87][88]

An apparent oddity for Saturn is that it does not have any known trojan asteroids. These are minor planets that orbit the Sun at the stable Lagrangian points, designated L4 and L5, located at 60° angles to the planet along its orbit. Trojan asteroids have been discovered for Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, and Neptune. Orbital resonance mechanisms, including secular resonance, are believed to be the cause of the missing Saturnian trojans.[89]

https://digg.com/@voir-les-tuche-4-film-streaming-vf-2021-gratuit
https://digg.com/@voir-les-tuche-4-film-streaming-vf-2021-gratuit/submitted-links
https://digg.com/@voir-les-tuche-4-film-streaming-vf-2021-gratuit/diggs
https://ganestunvst.medium.com/
https://ganestunvst.medium.com/2021-film-les-tuche-4-streaming-vf-gratuit-vostfr-8e614b528f5f
https://twitter.com/Lestuche4G

https://digg.com/@land-full-movie-land-watch-online
https://digg.com/@land-full-movie-land-watch-online/diggs
https://twitter.com/drago_ita

Saturn has 82 known moons,[28] 53 of which have formal names.[90][91] In addition, there is evidence of dozens to hundreds of moonlets with diameters of 40–500 meters in Saturn's rings,[92] which are not considered to be true moons. Titan, the largest moon, comprises more than 90% of the mass in orbit around Saturn, including the rings.[93] Saturn's second-largest moon, Rhea, may have a tenuous ring system of its own,[94] along with a tenuous atmosphere.[95][96][97]


Possible beginning of a new moon (white dot) of Saturn (image taken by Cassini on 15 April 2013)
Many of the other moons are small: 34 are less than 10 km in diameter and another 14 between 10 and 50 km in diameter.[98] Traditionally, most of Saturn's moons have been named after Titans of Greek mythology. Titan is the only satellite in the Solar System with a major atmosphere,[99][100] in which a complex organic chemistry occurs. It is the only satellite with hydrocarbon lakes.[101][102]

On 6 June 2013, scientists at the IAA-CSIC reported the detection of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the upper atmosphere of Titan, a possible precursor for life.[103] On 23 June 2014, NASA claimed to have strong evidence that nitrogen in the atmosphere of Titan came from materials in the Oort cloud, associated with comets, and not from the materials that formed Saturn in earlier times.[104]

Saturn's moon Enceladus, which seems similar in chemical makeup to comets,[105] has often been regarded as a potential habitat for microbial life.[106][107][108][109] Evidence of this possibility includes the satellite's salt-rich particles having an "ocean-like" composition that indicates most of Enceladus's expelled ice comes from the evaporation of liquid salt water.[110][111][112] A 2015 flyby by Cassini through a plume on Enceladus found most of the ingredients to sustain life forms that live by methanogenesis.[113]

In April 2014, NASA scientists reported the possible beginning of a new moon within the A Ring, which was imaged by Cassini on 15 April 2013.[114]

Planeta



Category : general

The Secrets to Pass Oracle 1Z0-809 Certification Exams With Ease

The Secrets to Pass Oracle 1Z0-809 Certification Exams With Ease

- Buying a new laptop is a not an easy adventure since there are a vast variety of laptops in the market.


Why You Required To Work With a Business Bankruptcy Lawyer?

Why You Required To Work With a Business Bankruptcy Lawyer?

- Individuals who need to file for insolvency can do so without the solutions of an insolvency lawyer.


Easy Way to Clear PR000005 Exam ~ Get PR000005 Dumps PDF

Easy Way to Clear PR000005 Exam ~ Get PR000005 Dumps PDF

- Get latest and updated exam material from mockdumps with passing guarantee in first try. We provide 24/7 customer support to our honorable students


Download SOFQ PDF Dumps For Instant Success

Download SOFQ PDF Dumps For Instant Success

- Solutions for your career oriented certification. PDF, Practice test software. Get latest and Actual Exam Dumps For Best Results In Final Exam.