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Semi-major axis

The source for the orbital characteristics (https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet/saturnfact.html) gives two different values for the semi-major axis of the orbit of Saturn: 9.582 AU and 9.53707032 AU. Which value should be used? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.99.12.251 (talk) 21:22, 14 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Saturn during Opposition

Mie scattering, light scattering from solids, is narrow angled, typically about 5 degrees. Rayleigh light scattering from gases is wide-angled. Therefore, the enhanced back-sunlight scattering during opposition, the opposition effect (or the opposition surge), is more prominent in the solid icy rings than in the gaseous planet's surface. Urila (talk) 09:45, 21 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

See: https://www.planetary.org/space-images/opposition-surge-of-saturns-rings Urila (talk) 16:40, 21 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

WP:URFA/2020

Looking at this article for WP:URFA/2020 and also for a potential TFA on 2020-12-21:

• Have the two items above been resolved?
• There are MOS:SANDWICH and image layout problems everywhere. If knowledgeable editors will delete those that are least useful (decorative), I am willing to go through and improve the layout. There are considerable images here that are not aiding our understanding of the topic; by reducing those, we can get a better layout on the ones that stay.
• There are considerable duplicate links. See WP:OVERLINK, but some may be deemed necessary and retained (editor discretion). Installing this script will add an item to your toolbox that shows duplicate links in red: User:Evad37/duplinks-alt
• There is some sporadic, uncited text. Samples in the "Voyager flybys" section. The entire article should be scanned for uncited or outdated text.
• Updates? For example, In April 2014, NASA scientists reported the possible beginning of a new moon within the A Ring, which was imaged by Cassini on 15 April 2013.[114]

This is overall in better shape than Jupiter. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 19:27, 8 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]