Listen "51 - How Can You Measure The Length of Days On Other Planets? Feat. Dr Christopher Mankovich"
Episode Synopsis
Measuring the length of a day on Earth is relatively easy thanks to the Sun and stars. But it isn't as easy on some of the other planets, and astronomers had to get pretty clever to actually achieve those measurements. We spoke to Dr Chris Mankovich who was able to measure the length of a day on Saturn via an ingenious method.
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