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What do the rings look like from an observer on the planet? Are they visible, or too "edge on" to see? Or maybe the sky is too bright?
Saturn's Rings Appearance from Saturn?
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Technically, you could not stand on Saturn because of it's composition. You would fall until you were crushed by the gravity. You'd probably burn up too.
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I didn't say I was "standing" anywhere.
Well, that's an uplifting thought for a Friday!unusually_wrong said:
With a quick Google Images search, I found this:
https://www.vox.com/science-and-hea... spacecraft -dives-saturn-rings-google-doodle
The Cassini spacecraft ’s dive in between Saturn’s rings, explained
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Yeah, but it's Vox. If the Voxplainers told me my mother loved me, I would want to check it out.
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gmax137 said:
no, not "standing"
but you said …
gmax137 said:
which implied the same thing
you would have to be in orbit around Saturn ( an orbit inside that of the ring system)
and the view you would get would depend on your latitude
there are images on the www ……. let's look ……
https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/160/beyond-curved-rings/?category=planets_saturn
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Wow, beauty. Thanks Dave. [emoji1]davenn said:no, not "standing"
but you said …which implied the same thing
you would have to be in orbit around Saturn ( an orbit inside that of the ring system)
and the view you would get would depend on your latitude
there are images on the www ……. let's look ……
https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/160/beyond-curved-rings/?category=planets_saturn
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