Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: Drew68

So they are saying that the rings reflexivity would be enough to see in daylight on Earth at Saturn’s distance which is 9x Earth’s?


12 posted on 01/28/2015 3:40:42 PM PST by cicero2k
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]


To: cicero2k
So they are saying that the rings reflexivity would be enough to see in daylight on Earth at Saturn’s distance which is 9x Earth’s?

The rings on this "Super Saturn" (which is actually a brown dwarf, 10-40 times the mass of Jupiter) are 120 million kilometers in diameter. Given that Saturn is 1.2 billion kilometers away from the Earth at its closest approach, I'm sure rings this size would be visible in daylight.

120 million kilometers is pretty big. By comparison, the Earth is 150 million kilometers away from the Sun.

15 posted on 01/28/2015 5:03:53 PM PST by Drew68
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 12 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson