Saturn takes 29 years to go around the Sun. It looked like this from Earth in ea
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Saturn takes 29 years to go around the Sun. It looked like this from Earth in early 2002. The rings are right over the planets equator, and north is up in the picture. Please answer the following questions, and be sure to explain your answer.
A. What were the seasons on the different hemispheres of Saturn when this was taken?
B. How long does each season last?
C. What should the current seasons be?
Hubble Heritage Team, (AURA/STSd), R.G. French (Wellesley College), J. Cuza (NASA/Ames) L Dones (SWR), J. Lissauer (NASAAmes)Explanation / Answer
A. What were the seasons on the different hemispheres of Saturn when this was taken?
North hemispheres : winter , obtain much sunlight tilting away from the sun.
South hemispheres: summer , because the south hemisphere had more direct sunlight overhead.
B. How long does each season last?
Each season lasts about 7 years as it takes 29 years for Saturn to orbit the sun and each of the 4 seasons divide these years and result is approx 7 years.
C. What should the current seasons be?
The current season should be summer as it was reported around 2000 that Saturn was beginning winter. When we add about 17 years then result is summer/fall to Saturn.
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