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Saturn scaled one in 500 million

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November 18, 2019

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Everyone's favourite planet. This model was made using MATLAB R2016a on a global map of the planet made by Bjorn Jonsson, with the contrast enhanced, the exact same method I've used with Jupiter . The rings were mare using a image of a section of the ring, projecting them in cylindrical coordinates.
The file's names explained: name_1_x_10_y.stl is 1 : x * 10y. So _1_6_10_7 is 1:600000000 or one in 60 million.

Saturn

Saturn is the second largest planet on the Solar System, the planet with the brighter ring system by far, rivalling with the reflection of the planet. It has the most pronounced polar flattening of all the Solar system planets, nearly 10% (Earth's one is 0.3%), after its fast rotation (in ten hours). Jupiter spins a little faster but it is more massive than Saturn, so it flattening is lower (6%). The rings of Saturn are composed of tiny particles of ice, from micrometers to meters in size, that forms a continuos disk with different densities along its radius, with the presence of moonlets embebed in the ring. Planet's rings are stable thanks to the gravitational influence of the planet, and the presence of shepherd moons, like Prometheus and Pandora, that prevents the accretion of the disk material into a denser moon. Saturn is also known for having several kinds of moons, like the planet-sized moon Titan, which even has an atmosphere; medium size icy moons, like Mimas, Enceladus, Tethys, Dione, Rhea and Iapetus; irregular moons, like Phoebe; a moon with chaotic rotation: Hyperion; horseshoe orbit moons: Janus and Epimetheus; and trojan moons, like Telesto and Calypso, which orbits along with Tethys, and Helene and Polydeuces, which orbits along with Dione. Saturn is uncommon among gas giants at not having trojan asteroids. However there are minor planets whose orbits cross that of the outer planets, they are known as centaurs (like Chiron and Chariklo).
  • Type: Planet. Gas giant.
  • Orbit: Sun.
  • Orbital period: 29.4571 yr.
  • Composition: Hydrogen, helium atmosphere; metallic hydrogen mantle, rocky core.
  • Density: 0.687 g/cm3.
  • Dimensions: 120536 km × 108728 km
  • Model scale: 1:5x108 (24cm) 1:1x109 (12cm)

References

  • Surf to STL function for MATLAB

Other astronomical objects

Object

Scale [1:x]

K = 103 (thousand)
M = 106 (million)
G = 109 (billion)

Image

Inner Solar System

Mercury20M, 60M, 120M
Venus60M, 120M, 250M
Earth60M, 120M, 250M
Luna10M, 20M, 60M
Mars20M, 60M, 120M
Phobos and Deimos200K, 500K

Man-made

Salyut 740, 48, 80, 160

Near Earth Asteroids

Moshup and Squannit8K, 20K, 40K
Ra-Shalom20K, 40K
Castalia8K, 20K, 40K
Bacchus8K, 20K
Bennu3K, 8K
Ryugu3K, 8K, 20K
Geographos40K, 80K
Phaethon40K, 80K
Itokawa3K, 8K
Eros80K, 200K, 500K
Nereus3K, 8K
Didymos and Dimorphos8K, 20K
Mithra20K, 40K
Golevka8K
Toutatis40K, 80K

Main Asteroid Belt

Gaspra200K
Annefrank40K, 80K
Braille20K, 40K
Vesta2M, 4M, 10M
Å teins40K, 80K, 200K
Iris2M, 4M
Hebe1M, 2M, 4M
Lutetia500K, 1M, 2M
Julia1M, 2M, 4M
Mathilde500K, 1M
Juno2M, 4M
Ceres4M, 10M
Pallas4M, 10M
Kleopatra2M, 4M
Ida500K, 1M
Psyche2M, 4M
Interamnia2M, 4M
Hygiea2M, 4M, 10M
Antiope1M, 2M

Jovian System

Jupiter500M, 1G
Amalthea2M, 4M
Thebe1M, 2M
Io20M, 60M
Europa20M, 60M
Ganymede60M, 120M
Callisto60M, 120M

Saturn System

Saturn500M, 1G
Pan, Daphnis and Atlas80K, 200K, 500K, 1M
Prometheus and Pandora 1M, 2M
Janus and Epimetheus2M, 4M
Mimas2M, 4M, 10M
Methone, Anthe and Pallene40K, 80K
Enceladus4M, 10M
Tethys4M, 10M, 20M
Telesto and Calypso200K, 500K
Dione4M, 10M, 20M
Helene500K, 1M
Rhea10M, 20M
Titan60M, 120M
Hyperion2M, 4M
Iapetus10M, 20M
Phoebe1M, 2M, 4M

Uranian System

Uranus250M, 500M, 1G
Puck1M, 2M, 4M
Miranda4M, 10M
Ariel10M, 20M
Umbriel10M, 20M
Titania10M, 20M
Oberon10M, 20M

Neptunian System

Neptune250M, 500M, 1G
Larissa2M, 4M
Proteus2M, 4M, 10M
Triton20M

Comets

Tempel 140K, 80K, 200K
Wild 240K, 80K
Churyumov-Gerasimenko20K, 40K, 80K
Hartley 220K, 40K, 80K
Borrelly40K, 80K, 200K
Halley80K, 200K

Centaurs and TNOs

Hidalgo500K, 1M
Chariklo2M, 4M
Pluto and Charon10M, 20M
Styx, Nix, Kerberos and Hydra500K, 1M
Haumea, Namaka and Hiʻiaka10M, 20M
Arrokoth200K, 500K, 1M
Largest TNOs and their moons10M, 20M

Extrasolar

Exoplanets120M, 250M, 500M
Nearest white dwarfs120M, 250M
HD 189733 b1G
Pulsars200K, 500K
Cygnus X-1 accretion disk10M, 20M
M87* photon ring1.5*1014

Sky maps

Heliosphere7.5*1013, 1.5*1014
Constellations-
CMBR2*1028

Ancient

Earth (540 Mya to 20 Mya)60M, 120M, 250M
Luna (4 Gya)20M, 60M

Speculative

Planet Nine250M, 500M
Cube planet60M, 120M, 250M

Science Fiction

Ghroth4M, 10M
Arda60M, 120M
Life Foundation rocket160, 200, 350, 500
B61210, 20, 32, 40
Mesklin500M, 1G
Arrakis60M, 120M
Borg cube8K, 20K, 40K
Pern60M, 120M
Europa Monolith200K, 500K
Leonora Christine500, 600, 1K, 3K
Rama80K, 200K, 500K
Death Star500K, 1M, 2M
Starkiller Base2M, 4M, 10M
Z-9540, 80, 160, 200
Eternia60M, 120M
Visitors mothership20K, 40K
Wheel of Time Earth60M, 120M, 250M
Nirn, Secunda and Masser20M, 60M, 120M
ID mothership2M, 4M, 10M
ID troop transporter200, 350, 500, 1K
Heptapod spaceship1K, 3K, 8K
Gaijin flowership3K
Red Moon60M, 120M
Halo Array4M, 10M, 20M, 60M
Gem Homeworld 120M, 250M, 500M
Citadel of Ricks200K
The Skeld40, 80, 160, 200, 350, 500

Misc

Mars (1962 reconstruction)60M, 120M
Flat Earth250M
Expanding Earth60M, 120M
Spaceship of Ezekiel80, 160

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