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Saturn and Rings Tipped Edge-on Toward Earth

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Uploaded by on Mar 21, 2007

From hubblesite.org:
This time-lapse sequence shows the moons Titan and Tethys orbiting Saturn when the planet's rings were tilted nearly edge-on toward Earth. This edge-on alignment happens once every 15 years. The last time this alignment occurred was in 1995 and 1996.

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  • whats the moon at 0:07-0:08 bottom left?

  • same :P

  • i love planets. saturn is one of my favorites

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