With Prof Carolin Crawford talking about saturn for the next hour - Follow the hashtag #JourneyaroundSaturn where I'll be live tweeting it!
— Claire Nicholson (@Sci_Sparks) June 30, 2014
If you had an ocean big enough saturn would float! #JourneyaroundSaturn
— Claire Nicholson (@Sci_Sparks) June 30, 2014
Saturn also has a great storm like Jupiter's red spot that pops up temporarily 500km/s swirling clouds #JourneyaroundSaturn
— Claire Nicholson (@Sci_Sparks) June 30, 2014
Some storms are strong enough to "swallow" one Earth #JourneyaroundSaturn
— Claire Nicholson (@Sci_Sparks) June 30, 2014
Giant hexagon on saturn's pole gives meteorologists indications of weather without problems of mountains #JourneyaroundSaturn
— Claire Nicholson (@Sci_Sparks) June 30, 2014
The size of objects in Saturn's rings range for a dust grain to small pebbles or rocks #JourneyaroundSaturn
— Claire Nicholson (@Sci_Sparks) June 30, 2014
Saturn has over 60 named moons - phoebe is a potato shaped moon #JourneyaroundSaturn
— Claire Nicholson (@Sci_Sparks) June 30, 2014
Hyperion one of Saturn's moons is spongy with a low density and probably a dead comet #JourneyaroundSaturn
— Claire Nicholson (@Sci_Sparks) June 30, 2014
There's liquid on the surface of Titan that reflects the suns light #JourneyaroundSaturn
— Claire Nicholson (@Sci_Sparks) June 30, 2014
Although its not liquid water - methane rivers and lakes that follow a rough cycle #JourneyaroundSaturn
— Claire Nicholson (@Sci_Sparks) June 30, 2014
Enceladus one of saturns mooms almost "resurfaces" itself after an impact #JourneyaroundSaturn
— Claire Nicholson (@Sci_Sparks) June 30, 2014
Q: how do we know what's inside a planet?
— Claire Nicholson (@Sci_Sparks) June 30, 2014
A: Its about flying spacecraft around planets, sending light to the planets and using spectroscopy #JourneyaroundSaturn
— Claire Nicholson (@Sci_Sparks) June 30, 2014
Q: would you be able to stand on Saturn's rings?
— Claire Nicholson (@Sci_Sparks) June 30, 2014
A: unfortunately not as they're just rings of rubble #JourneyaroundSaturn
— Claire Nicholson (@Sci_Sparks) June 30, 2014
A: About 70 mins
— Claire Nicholson (@Sci_Sparks) June 30, 2014
A: About 70 mins
— Claire Nicholson (@Sci_Sparks) June 30, 2014
They're ending Cassini's mission by a controlled crash landing into Saturn #JourneyaroundSaturn
— Claire Nicholson (@Sci_Sparks) June 30, 2014
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