Open AccessSaturn’s Powerful Winds Explain Changes in the Length of Its Day
Author(s) -
Katherine Kornei
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2022eo220146
Subject(s) - saturn , day length , meteorology , atmospheric sciences , astrobiology , environmental science , physics , astronomy , biology , planet , photoperiodism , horticulture
Atmospheric winds moving at more than 7,000 kilometers per hour distort Saturn’s magnetic field, revealing why spacecraft have measured changes in the length of a day on the ringed world.
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