Perhaps the most representative characteristic of Planet Saturn are his ringsbut, although he carries with them millions of yearsit was discovered that At some point they were going to disappear.
The process is known as rain of rings. In it, micrometeorites that approach the planet and radiation from the Sun “disturb the small dusty pieces of matter in the ring, electrifying them”.
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These transformed particles enter Saturn’s magnetic timelines and rotate near its atmosphere, whose gravity attracts them and they vaporize in the planet’s clouds.
When will Saturn’s rings disappear?
It can be thought that this process, like a large part of those that occur in space, can take thousands or millions of yearsbut this one in particularr is very close to being carried out.
According to the European Space Agency, Saturn’s rings They will disappear in 2025but that’s not all, they will do temporarily.
The rings will disappear from our sight because Saturn is going to tilt towards Earth, By doing this, due to its fine characteristics it will become a practically invisible line, but the planet will not stay still.
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When you finish your 29 year orbitSaturn will tilt again and in 2032 it will reach its peakwhere in addition to showing its rings again, there will be better visibility of its moons.
Despite everything, scientists maintain that the rings will disappear permanently one day, but they do not know if we will be able to witness them.