Saturn near opposition, June 2018, Hubble Space Telescope (HST) image. Saturn has a diameter of around 120,000 kilometres, and has a spectacular ring
Saturn near opposition, June 2018, Hubble Space Telescope (HST) image. Saturn has a diameter of around 120,000 kilometres, and has a spectacular ring system. It orbits the Sun at a mean distance of around 1400 million kilometres. The relative motion of Saturn and Earth around the Sun produces different views of the tilted ring system, with this relatively open view occurring near opposition (the closest approach to Earth). A Saturn year lasts 29 Earth years. Image obtained on 6 June 2018 (in the Saturnian northern hemisphere summer) by the HST as part of the Outer Planet Atmospheres Legacy (OPAL) project.
Size: 4000px × 2460px
Photo credit: © ASA, ESA, A. Simon (GSFC) and the OPAL Team, and J. DePasquale (STScI)/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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