Posted on 09/09/2007 6:03:17 AM PDT by sig226
Explanation: Some moons wouldn't survive the collision. Tethys, one of Saturn's larger moons at about 1000 kilometers in diameter, survived the collision, but sports today the expansive impact crater Odysseus. Sometimes called the Great Basin, Odysseus occurs on the leading hemisphere of Tethys and shows its great age by the relative amount of smaller craters that occur inside its towering walls. Another large crater, Melanthius, is visible near the moon's terminator. The density of Tethys is similar to water-ice. The above digitally enhanced image was captured in July by the robot Cassini spacecraft in orbit around Saturn as it swooped past the giant ice ball.
have to say it.
That’s no moon, it’s a space station.
Melanthius was also one of the minor characters who plays an important role in the context of Homer's epic poem, The Odyssey. He is a disloyal goatherd, treating Odysseus with contempt when Odysseus meets him by the fountain dedicated to the nymphs with Eumaeus, disguised as a beggar. Melanthius also mocks him at the palace in Ithaca and he meets his end at the hands of Odysseus. Melanthius helps the suitors and betrays Odysseus. When Odysseus wins, Odysseus seizes Melanthius, takes him to a court, chops Melanthius' nose and ears off with a sword, pulls off Melanthius' genitals to feed to the dogs, and chops Melanthius' hands and feet off.
Ouch.
I wonder why this basin was named after him, whether the painter or the betrayer of Odysseus.
So Odysseus was Muslim???...
This might be a clue. While Nebraska and the moon are short of water, plenty of water, more than we can use, and oil too, is right there and obviously we have the tech to get there.
Oh, and Iapetus only has a mean density of 1.0830 g/cm³ meaning that it is mostly composed of ice! It is an iceball with a 735 km radius!
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