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Questions about Saturn, the sixth planet from the Sun.

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Is it possible for a septuple eclipse to happen on Saturn considering there are 7 moons capa...

The possibility that the Sun is along the same line is $ \displaystyle \frac { \text {(angular size of the Sun as seen from Saturn)}°} {360°} = \frac {0.05} {360} $; let’s be generous and round it off …
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How fast do the poles of Jupiter and Saturn precess?

What you’re looking for are on pages 22 and 23 and are the mathematical formulas for the direction of the North poles of Jupiter and Saturn. … These start by $ \alpha_0 $ and $ \delta_0 $ and are rather long for Jupiter, quite short for Saturn. …
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Do moons experience periods of no sunlight when orbiting "behind" their planet?

See for example https://pwg.gsfc.nasa.gov/stargaze/Shipprc2.htm So, we know that Iapetus orbits Saturn in 79.3215 days, at an average distance of 3,560,820 km. …
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Are the Jupiter-Saturn conjunctions and winter solstice related?

The last time a Jupiter–Saturn conjunction happened near a solstice was in June 2000. … You can find a list of Jupiter–Saturn conjunctions happening within ±24 hr of a solstice at https://astronomie.quebec/conjsols.html. …
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