Forty years’ worth of observations have shown that particles from Saturn's rings are hailing down into the atmosphere, slamming into the hydrogen there and heating the planet up
. “It was really a surprise for me. I just plotted the different light distribution data together, and then I realized, wow— it’s the same.”
All of the measurements showed extra UV light coming from low latitudes on Saturn, beneath the rings. We know thatas they are bombarded by radiation and particles from the sun, micrometeorites and electromagnetic fields, but it seems that the planet itself is being affected by that disintegration as well. As tiny shards of ice rain down from the rings onto the planet, they heat up the upper atmosphere and cause the extra UV brightness.
, in addition to chemistry and mixing deeper down within the atmosphere, but despite all the observations over the years, we just don’t know enough about Saturn’s interior to be sure.
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