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Cassini Finds New Saturn Moon that Makes Waves - May. 10, 2005
In a spectacular kick-off to its first season of prime ring viewing, which began last month, the Cassini spacecraft has confirmed earlier suspicions of an unseen moon hidden in a gap in Saturn's outer A ring. A new image and movie show the new moon and the waves it raises in the surrounding ring material.
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05/10/2005 7:10:43 PM PDT by
NormsRevenge
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05/10/2005 7:19:28 PM PDT by
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05/10/2005 7:21:20 PM PDT by
KevinDavis
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The view from the surface of that moon must be unbelievable.
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05/10/2005 7:26:24 PM PDT by
Brett66
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Interesting. It appears to be a dirty snowball made from the material that comprised the ring at that distance from Saturn's cloud tops.
I'll bet that if we were able to shove it out of orbit towards the sun, we'd eventually see it as a comet.
Probably is so tiny due to it's orbit within the Roche limit.
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05/10/2005 7:35:18 PM PDT by
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05/10/2005 7:35:46 PM PDT by
Molly Pitcher
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Are there any other moons in our solar system of comparable size to our own?
8 posted on
05/10/2005 7:37:41 PM PDT by
gop4lyf
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Have they got a picture of anyone mooning the Cassini from Saturn?
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Very cool picture. Thanks.
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05/10/2005 9:36:14 PM PDT by
Loud Mime
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