Enceladus geysers mask the length of Saturn's day

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Geysers on Saturns little moon Enceladus are throwing off Saturns internal clock making it hard to measure the length of Saturns day. Credits: NASA
Geysers on Saturn's little moon Enceladus are throwing off Saturn's internal clock, making it hard to measure the length of Saturn's day. Credits: NASA

In a David and Goliath story of Saturnian proportions, the little moon Enceladus is weighing down giant Saturn’s magnetic field so much that the field is rotating slower than the planet. This phenomenon makes it nearly impossible to measure the length of the Saturn day using techniques that work at the other giant planets.


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