Planets and Moons
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This new Hubble Space Telescope view of Saturn, taken in late June of 2019, reveals the giant planet's iconic rings. Saturn’s amber colors come from summer smog-like hazes, produced in photochemical reactions driven by solar ultraviolet radiation. Below the haze lie clouds of ammonia ice crystals, as well as deeper, unseen lower-level clouds of ammonium hydrosulfide and water.
The planet’s banded structure is caused by winds and clouds at different altitudes. Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 observed Saturn on June 20, 2019, as the planet made its closest approach to Earth, at about 845 million miles away.
For more information, visit https://nasa.gov/hubble.
Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Paul R. Morris (USRA): Lead Producer
Music credits: "Momentum" by Guillaume Bernard [SACEM]; Killer Tracks Production Music
Hubble’s Brand New Image of Saturn
The planet’s banded structure is caused by winds and clouds at different altitudes. Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 observed Saturn on June 20, 2019, as the planet made its closest approach to Earth, at about 845 million miles away.
For more information, visit https://nasa.gov/hubble.
Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Paul R. Morris (USRA): Lead Producer
Music credits: "Momentum" by Guillaume Bernard [SACEM]; Killer Tracks Production Music
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https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13307
Mission:
Hubble
Keywords:
SVS >> Hubble Space Telescope
SVS >> HST
SVS >> Planets
SVS >> James Webb Space Telescope
NASA Science >> Planets and Moons
SVS >> Saturn
