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SATURN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A giant planet that is surrounded by three planar concentric rings of ice particles; the 6th planet from the sun
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
gas giant; Jovian planet (any of the four outermost planets in the solar system; much larger than Earth and gaseous in nature (like Jupiter))
outer planet ((astronomy) a major planet whose orbit is outside the asteroid belt (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto))
superior planet (any of the planets whose orbit lies outside the earth's orbit)
Holonyms ("Saturn" is a member of...):
solar system (the sun with the celestial bodies that revolve around it in its gravitational field)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(Roman mythology) god of agriculture and vegetation; counterpart of Greek Cronus
Example:
Saturday is Saturn's Day
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
Roman deity (a deity worshipped by the ancient Romans)
Domain category:
Roman mythology (the mythology of the ancient Romans)
Context examples:
In the early days of the mission, Voyager 1 flew by Jupiter, Saturn, and important moons of each.
(Voyager 1 Fires Up Thrusters After 37 Years, NASA)
In partnership with an international team, a group of Brazilian astronomers discovered the existence of a ring around a dwarf planet near Pluto, similar to those of the giant Saturn.
(Brazil astronomers discover ring around dwarf planet near Pluto, Agência Brasil)
The first map showing the global geology of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, has been completed and fully reveals a dynamic world of dunes, lakes, plains, craters and other terrains.
(The First Global Geologic Map of Titan Completed, NASA)
Using radar data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, recently published research presents a new scenario to explain why some methane-filled lakes on Saturn's moon Titan are surrounded by steep rims that reach hundreds of feet high.
(New Models Suggest Titan Lakes Are Explosion Craters, NASA)
The two datasets shed light on atmospheric processes of not just Jupiter but also fellow gas giants Saturn, Uranus and Neptune as well as those of giant exoplanets now being discovered; they even shed light on atmospheric processes of Earth's cyclones.
(NASA's Juno Navigators Enable Jupiter Cyclone Discovery, NASA)
Located 226 light-years away in the constellation Taurus, the planet lies in a stellar system known as K2-288, which contains a pair of dim, cool M-type stars separated by about 5.1 billion miles (8.2 billion kilometers) - roughly six times the distance between Saturn and the Sun.
(Citizen Scientists Find New World with NASA Telescope, NASA)
Now with Saturn out of this house for nearly three-and-a-half months, you may be able to find the perfect setting.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
Its ancient surface is one of the most heavily cratered of all of Saturn's moons.
(Regarding Rhea, NASA)
New kinds of organic compounds, the ingredients of amino acids, have been detected in the plumes bursting from Saturn's moon Enceladus.
(New Organic Compounds Found in Enceladus Ice Grains, NASA)
The final plunge will take place on the day side of Saturn, near local noon, with the spacecraft entering the atmosphere around 10 degrees north latitude.
(Cassini Spacecraft Makes Its Final Approach to Saturn, NASA)
