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Spectacular Video of Saturn Moons Disturbing Its Rings
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Posted on 10/20/2009 5:52:24 PM PDT by Reaganesque
Click here to view the amazing video!
Sir Isaac Newton would be amazed by this awesome video, showing Saturn moons causing gravitational waves as they orbit near its F Ring. These images can only be taken every 15 years, during Saturn's equinox. Thankfully, Cassini is there now.
In the video you can see Prometheus (in the inner side) and Pandora (on the outer side), disturbing and smoothing the rings one after the other, which is why they are called shepherd moons. Things get even more spectacular in the Keeler gap, inside the A ring. There, Daphnis surfs the ring creating beautiful twirls.
TOPICS: Astronomy
KEYWORDS: catastrophism; disturbed; moon; rings; saturn
There are several other pictures from Cassini of Saturn's rings that are quite spectacular as well. Check it out!
Here's one:
The description from NASA...
"These photos are very rare. You can only take them during the equinox, when the sunlight hits its rings at an angle that makes them look their best. That was one of the reasons that made NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory seek more funding to extend the mission."
To: Reaganesque
Awesome, thank you for sharing!
To: Reaganesque
Cool, thanks for sharing.
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posted on
10/20/2009 5:56:09 PM PDT
by
DeusExMachina05
(I will not go into Dhimmitude quietly.)
To: Reaganesque
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posted on
10/20/2009 6:02:13 PM PDT
by
rawcatslyentist
(Ifanationexpects tobe ignorantandfree,inastateofcivilization,itexpects whatneverwas andnever will be)
To: Reaganesque
To: KevinDavis
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posted on
10/20/2009 6:45:10 PM PDT
by
buccaneer81
(ECOMCON)
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posted on
10/20/2009 7:13:32 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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For other space news go to: http://www.spacetoday.net
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posted on
10/20/2009 7:21:39 PM PDT
by
KevinDavis
(Can't Stop the Signal!)
To: Reaganesque; KevinDavis
If I have a daughter, I’d like to maybe give her the name of a celestial body.
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posted on
10/20/2009 7:41:06 PM PDT
by
wastedyears
(Clyde Shelton is my hero.)
To: wastedyears
You don’t want anybody touching her ... oh
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posted on
10/20/2009 8:14:57 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(http://tyrannysentinel.blogspot.com)
To: wastedyears
Well, I am sure their is a list of them somewhere.
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posted on
10/20/2009 8:15:46 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(http://tyrannysentinel.blogspot.com)
To: KevinDavis
That is pretty cool. You can see the gravity “waves”
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posted on
10/20/2009 8:17:20 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(http://tyrannysentinel.blogspot.com)
To: Reaganesque
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posted on
10/20/2009 8:38:16 PM PDT
by
ForGod'sSake
(You have two choices and two choices only: SUBMIT or RESIST with everything you've got!)
To: KevinDavis
Wow super cool thanks for the ping.
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posted on
10/20/2009 9:19:09 PM PDT
by
Captain Beyond
(The Hammer of the gods! (Just a cool line from a Led Zep song))
To: GeronL
No, it’s an out-of-the-ordinary name, coupled with it being the name of a celestial body.
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posted on
10/20/2009 11:12:55 PM PDT
by
wastedyears
(Clyde Shelton is my hero.)
To: KevinDavis
Thanks for the ping. That is really awesome video.
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posted on
10/21/2009 3:07:12 PM PDT
by
colorado tanker
(Mr. Flyingsaucerballoonboymediawhoreman - this Bud's for you!)
To: Reaganesque
Wow! Thank you, a very interesting video.
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posted on
10/21/2009 6:12:27 PM PDT
by
BlueStateBlues
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posted on
10/24/2009 4:50:39 AM PDT
by
Molly Pitcher
(We are Americans...the sons and daughters of liberty...*.from FReeper the Real fifi*))
To: Reaganesque
Einstein’s brilliance just keeps on shining. Gravity truly does warp Space and Time.
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