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Close-Up Look at Saturn’s Aurora
- Object NameObject NameA name or catalog number that astronomers use to identify an astronomical object.Saturn
- Release DateFebruary 16, 2005
- Science ReleaseSaturn’s Auroras Defy Scientists’ Expectations
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Claire Andreoli
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, Maryland
claire.andreoli@nasa.gov