... The solar wind and Saturn's rings and satellites supply the particles that are trapped in the radiation belts. ... The rotation period of 10 hr 39 min 25 sec for Saturn's interior was measured by Voyager 1 while passing through the ...
... In 1962 the space probe Mariner 2, on its way to Venus, noted that the solar wind contained recurrent fast streams, whose sources appeared to rotate with the Sun. ...
... solar system, with a highly irregular shape and an extraordinarily complex "tumbling ... rotation is the result of two different types of motion with periods of 5.4 and 7.3 ...
... Appendix 1c: Solar System Data 3 . Miscellaneous Data. ... in kilometers per second Axial incl Inclination of the rotation axis in degrees (obliquity) Oblate Oblateness Ascend Longitude ...
... The solar wind streams off of the Sun at a speed of several hundred km/s, creating a ... termination shock is created to make the solar wind subsonic; the region between the ...
... Spotting Sunspots . Views of the Solar System Copyright ї 1997 by Calvin J. Hamilton . All rights reserved.. ... A spot near the equator will take about 25 days to complete one rotation. ...