This picture was taken by the Cassini spacecraft in 2015, just at the last moment the shadow of Saturn is still covering the main ring. Like Earth, Saturn tilts on its axis. As Saturn tilts more the shadow on its rings gets shorter or longer. The highest point of tilt recently was 2009, and won鈥檛 cross the rings again until 2029. The rings of Saturn are massive, they cover 戮 of the distance between the Earth in the moon, an entire 282,000 kilometers. [1][2]
The rings aren鈥檛 the only interesting feature of Saturn, it also has an astonishing 53 confirmed moons and 9 provisional moons. One of the moons, named Titan, has a dense atmosphere and has a possibility for life. Titan is still larger than the planet Mercury, even though it is a moon. As a candidate for life Saturn, unlike its moon, is very unlikely. This is because the temperature, radiation, and pressure levels are too high. [3]
