Major Moons of Saturn Converted to Musical Notes (IMAGE)

University of Toronto

Major Moons of Saturn Converted to Musical Notes

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The orbital periods, scaled frequencies, and musical notes of Saturn's major moons. The frequencies have been increased by 27 octaves from their true values by astrophysicists at the University of Toronto so they can be heard by human ears.

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Credit: SYSTEM Sounds/NASA/JPL-Caltech/Elisabetta Bonora/Marco Faccin

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