The rings of Saturn are said to “disappear” every 15 years. Explain this phenomenon.

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The rings of Saturn are said to “disappear” every 15 years.Explain this

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The Saturns rings keep tilting in different directions as viewed from the Earth due to changing geometry as it moves around the Sun At times when the geometry is very favourable the rings appear face on spread out and clearly visible This had happened in the year 2000 In the present situation the rings of the planet are tilted edgeon to Earth making them impossible to see and that was the    See Answer
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