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Date Saturnicentric latitude Rings major axis Rings minor axis
Earth Sun outer edge inner edge outer edge inner edge
D/M/Y [deg] [deg] [arcsec] [arcsec] [arcsec] [arcsec]
20 05 2013 17.548 18.599 42.2 28.1 12.7 8.5
30 05 2013 17.361 18.704 41.9 27.8 12.5 8.3
09 06 2013 17.215 18.809 41.4 27.5 12.3 8.1
19 06 2013 17.119 18.913 40.9 27.2 12.0 8.0
29 06 2013 17.079 19.016 40.2 26.8 11.8 7.9
09 07 2013 17.096 19.119 39.6 26.3 11.6 7.7

Saturncentric latitude pf Earth (cyan) and Sun (yellow) in 2013
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    Columns description:
    (1) Date
    (2) The saturnicentric latitude of the Earth referred to the plane of the ring, positive towereds the north [deg].
    (3) Saturnicentric latitude of the Sun referred to the plane of the ring; positive towerds the north [deg].
    (4) Major axis of the outer edge of outer ring of Saturn
    (5) Major axis of the inner edge of inner ring of Saturn
    (6) Minor axis of the outer edge of outer ring of Saturn
    (7) Minor axis of the inner edge of inner ring of Saturn