Titan’s shadow transit

A.J. Smadi from Washington State Due to Saturn’s large axial tilt, its moons transit the planet infrequently — only during ring plane crossings, which occur twice during the planet’s 29.5-year orbit. The evening of Sept. 20/21 was the last chance to see the entire shadow of Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, cross the planet’s disk untilContinue reading “Titan’s shadow transit”
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