Index - Saturn [Known since Antiquity] - [Gas Giant] - [Rings] - [Moons] - [Size and Distance] - [Seasons]


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Saturn's rotation axis is tilted from vertical. As a result, the amount of sunlight reaching Saturn's northern and southern hemispheres changes as it orbits the Sun. Like Earth, Saturn has seasons.

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April 2005