Saturn does the wave in upper atmosphere
Wednesday, May 7, 2008 - 12:21
in Astronomy & Space
Two decades of scrutinising Saturn in the infrared are finally paying off, as scientists unearth a wave pattern in Saturn's atmosphere only visible from the Earth every 15 years. A 22-year observing campaign, the longest study of temperature ever reported outside Earth, has helped the Cassini spacecraft create the first detailed vertical map of temperature change over time for a giant planet...
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