SATURN
Location
Saturn Location: 41.2930368, -111.791343 | What3Words ///kennel.stamp.describe
Location Description: Along pathway, near Gertson Bay.
By now, you have glimpsed Saturn’s most note-worthy attraction, its rings comprised of chunks of ice and rock. Though all the Jovian planets including Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune have rings, Saturn’s rings out-shine them all. Though many have glimpsed Saturn’s majestic rings through telescopes. We’re glad you made the 750-million-mile journey to touch them. Saturn has seven main rings, each made of hundreds of thousands of narrower rings called “ringlets” which are extremely thin. The largest divide between the rings is the Cassini Divide, caused by the gravitational pull of Saturn's many moons. The rings are extremely thin (only about 30 feet thick), so a ring-top view shows more detail than a side view.
The lightest element in the universe, hydrogen, makes up 96 percent of Saturn’s skies. If you placed the planet in a gigantic ocean of water, it would float like a beachball.
Saturn may have as many as 82 moons. One of the most visit-worthy moons is Titan, the largest. It boasts a beautiful scenic view, complete with mountains, valleys and hydrocarbon lakes and rivers.
Another must-see is the ice king moon of Enceladus which is extra cold on the surface because it reflects so much light. Because of tidal heating, a squeezing and stretching from Saturn’s uneven gravity, you’ll be able to view huge tectonic fractures called tiger stripes in the moon’s brittle icy shell. Before you leave, check out one of more than 100 ice geysers on Enceladus. The spray can rise more than 100 miles (more than 2800 times Old Faithful’s geyser height), at a rate of 800 miles per hour. Enceladus’ geysers supply ice particles to Saturn’s outermost ring.
