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To: knife6375

In that link, and in the original post, the rings don’t appear to be formed at the equator of the planet.

I wonder why???


9 posted on 12/31/2012 7:57:10 AM PST by Noob1999 (Loose Lips, Sink Ships)
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To: Noob1999

It must be an illusion caused by the position of the shadow, which of course need not be at the equator (for any planet not in the ecliptic and/or having a rotational axis not perpendicular to the ecliptic).


10 posted on 12/31/2012 8:57:18 AM PST by Erasmus (Zwischen des Teufels und des tiefen, blauen Meers)
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