Multiple Choice
Why do scientists think the Cassini spacecraft did not observe "spokes" on the rings duringthe first year of its visit with Saturn?
A) The "spokes" observed before were a phenomenon of the Voyager 2 camera.
B) The "spokes" are not a regular phenomenon of Saturn's rings. They occur only in certainseasons.
C) The "spokes" are related to Saturn's magnetic field and the Cassini spacecraft was locatedinside Saturn's magnetic field, while Voyager 2 was not.
D) The Cassini spacecraft was not looking in the right part of Saturn's ring system to see the"spokes."
E) To see the "spokes," a particular alignment of the rings with the Sun is necessary and it tookone year for that alignment to reoccur.
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