{"id":207625,"date":"2022-09-24T19:34:05","date_gmt":"2022-09-24T14:04:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=207625"},"modified":"2022-09-24T19:34:05","modified_gmt":"2022-09-24T14:04:05","slug":"saturns-mysterious-rings-extreme-tilt-former-moon-may-be-responsible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/saturns-mysterious-rings-extreme-tilt-former-moon-may-be-responsible\/","title":{"rendered":"Saturn\u2019s mysterious rings & extreme tilt: Former moon may be responsible"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source: <\/b>The post is based on the article <\/span>\u201cSaturn\u2019s mysterious rings & extreme tilt: Former moon may be responsible\u201d <\/b>published in<\/span> Down To Earth <\/b>on 23rd September 2022<\/b><\/p>\n

What is the News?<\/b><\/h5>\n

A<\/span>ccording to a new study, a pre-existing moon named \u2018Chrysalis\u2019 likely left Saturn with its bright rings and extreme tilt.<\/span><\/p>\n

What are the key findings of the study?<\/b><\/h5>\n

Rings: <\/b>Four planets \u2014 Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune and Uranus \u2014 are known to have rings. Saturn\u2019s rings, composed of water ice particles ranging from micrometres to tens of meters in size are the brightest<\/span><\/p>\n

Tilt: <\/b>Saturn has a tilt of 26.73 degrees, Earth 23.45 degrees and Jupiter 3 degrees.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 Currently, gas giants Neptune, Uranus and Saturn have a substantial tilt, suggesting that this feature did not arise during the formation stages. Jupiter \u2014 also a gas giant \u2014 is the only exception.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What is the reason for the tilt of Saturn?<\/b><\/h5>\n

Role of Neptune: <\/b>Various theories suggest that Saturn got its tilt due to gravitational interactions with its neighbour Neptune. But the new study argues that Saturn is no longer under Neptune\u2019s gravitational influence.<\/span><\/p>\n

Role of Titan: <\/b>As per observations from NASA\u2019s Cassini spacecraft, Titan \u2014 Saturn\u2019s largest satellite \u2014 may have been responsible for the tilt which orbited Saturn from 2004-2017.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 Titan is migrating from Saturn at about 11 centimetres per year, 100 times faster than previous estimates. Titan\u2019s fast migration caused the planet to tilt further, reducing Nepturn\u2019s gravitational influence on Saturn.<\/span><\/p>\n

Role of Former Moon (Chrysalis):<\/b> Scientists conducted simulations of the planet\u2019s axis of rotation and how it has changed over time. It revealed that a former moon could be involved, as removing the moon gives Saturn its tilt, according to the model.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 Chrysalis likely orbited Saturn for several billion years, roughly 160 million years ago, Chrysalis became unstable and came too close to its planet. This encounter likely pushed the moon away or destroyed it.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: The post is based on the article \u201cSaturn\u2019s mysterious rings & extreme tilt: Former moon may be responsible\u201d published in Down To Earth on 23rd September 2022 What is the News? According to a new study, a pre-existing moon named \u2018Chrysalis\u2019 likely left Saturn with its bright rings and extreme tilt. What are the… Continue reading Saturn\u2019s mysterious rings & extreme tilt: Former moon may be responsible<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1738,9],"tags":[10504,10514],"class_list":["post-207625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","category-public","tag-down-to-earth","tag-dte","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1700380604},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=207625"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207625\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}