We’ve really let ourselves go during the pandemic, but apparently we’re not alone. Caltech researchers has recently published a new study of the sixth planet in our solar system that presents substantial evidence that the center of our ringed neighbor is not as solid as many assumed, but is a “diffuse” core that revolves around “composed of ice, rock, and gas.” This diffuse core extends around 60% of Saturn’s radius, a huge jump of 10 to 20% of the radius of a planet that would occupy a traditional core. ” explain Technology reviewwriting earlier this week. We believe that the feeling we are experiencing today is what many young people today would call “seen”.
Caltech astronomers believe Saturn is soft and trembling around the center because it iss rocky ice materials are soluble in hydrogen, which in turn allows the planet’s core to act more as a fluid than as a a more conventional solid. The team’s new model “suggests that Saturn’s diffuse core contains rocks and ice that add up to more than 17 times the mass of the entire Earth.”
If Saturn was no longer enough, the planet also seemingly always barefoot. The new theory put forward by Caltech explains that “as the nucleus oscillates, it creates gravitational perturbations that affect the surrounding rings, creating” subtle “waves that can be measured.”
Apparently, there are many implications of the new model, which are a little too technical to delve into, but suffice it to say that the sixth planet in our solar system is a big, fat, unbalanced boy. It’s not that anyone judges it; scientists hope that NASA’s upcoming Juno mission to Jupiter may reveal similar planetary revelations, which we are sure will make Saturn feel much less self-aware. And maybe ourselves.
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