Technical facts about this news release:
| About the Object |
| Object Name: |
Saturn |
| Object Description: |
Planet |
| Distance: |
The semi-major axis of Saturn's orbit about the sun is 9.5 astronomical units (A.U.) or roughly 1.4 billion km. |
| Dimensions: |
The planet (without rings) has a diameter of roughly 75,000 miles (120,000 km) at the equator. |
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| About the Data |
| Data Description: |
The image was created from Hubble data from proposals 11566 and 11984: J. Nichols et al.
The science team comprises: J. Nichols, S. Badman, and E. Bunce (University of Leicester), J. Clarke (Boston University), S. Cowley (University of Leicester), F. Crary (Southwest Research Institute), M. Dougherty (Imperial College, London), J.-C. Gerard and D. Grodent (University of Liege), K. Hansen (University of Michigan), W. Kurth (University of Iowa), D. Mitchell (JHU/APL), W. Pryor (Central Arizona College), T. Stallard and L. Talboys (University of Leicester), and S. Wannawichian (Boston University). |
| Instrument: |
ACS/SBC |
| Exposure Date(s): |
January - March 2009 |
| Filters: |
F115LP (UV) and F125LP (UV) |
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| About the Release |
| Credit: |
NASA, ESA, and J. Nichols (University of Leicester) |
| Release Date: |
February 15, 2010 |
| Color: |
This image was originally black and white and recorded only overall brightness. These brightness values were translated into a range of bluish hues. Such color "maps" can be useful in helping to distinguish subtly varying brightness in an image. |
| Orientation: |
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