To: metmom; DaveLoneRanger; editor-surveyor; betty boop; Alamo-Girl; MrB; GourmetDan; Fichori; ...
I heard there are rings around Uranus too.
3 posted on
10/08/2009 9:56:39 AM PDT by
llevrok
(As a matter of fact, yes I DO care if Jimmy cracks corn !)
To: GodGunsGuts
From the NASA press release,
"Astronomers have long suspected that there is a connection between Saturn's outer moon Phoebe and the dark material on Iapetus," said Hamilton. "This new ring provides convincing evidence of that relationship."
To: GodGunsGuts
This picture shows a slice of Saturn's largest ring, as seen in infrared light by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. The observatory viewed the ring edge-on from its Earth-trailing orbit around the sun. It detected the infrared light, or heat, form the ring's dusty material.
The ring has a diameter equivalent to 300 Saturns lined up side to side. And it's thick too -- about 20 Saturns could fit into its vertical height. The ring is tilted about 27 degrees from Saturn’s main ring plane.
The Spitzer data were taken by its multiband imaging photometer and show infrared light with a wavelength of 24 microns.
Spitzer image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Virginia
7 posted on
10/08/2009 10:05:15 AM PDT by
Pontiac
(Your message here.)
To: GodGunsGuts
8 posted on
10/08/2009 10:05:48 AM PDT by
Rebelbase
(This is the time of year when ACORNS fall.)
To: GodGunsGuts
According to Algore, the AllWise, the newly discovered ring around Saturn is caused by a buildup of exhaust fumes from SUV’s in the USA. That is why we must pass cap and tax immediately.
To: GodGunsGuts
But what about Uranus? What we really want to know is if there are rings around Uranus.
13 posted on
10/08/2009 10:37:08 AM PDT by
Still Thinking
(If ignorance is bliss, liberals must be ecstatic!)
To: GodGunsGuts
Will this help or hurt in finding a buyer?
14 posted on
10/08/2009 10:37:59 AM PDT by
TBP
(Obama lies, Granny dies.)
To: GodGunsGuts
The moon was most likely formed by a collision with a Mars sized object when the earth was still molten. The cores merged to form the earth's current core and la large amount of the mantle formed the moon. This is why the moon's face is locked toward earth and the earth's axis is tilted , causing the seasons.
This stuff around Saturn was likely caused by a smaller more recent collision.
Uranus had a big collision It's axis is tilted on it's side. It's pole is horizontal, of course if you're on Uranus , our pole is messed up.
Very easy explanation. There is a lot of crap floating around up there.
23 posted on
10/08/2009 2:24:25 PM PDT by
Wacka
24 posted on
10/08/2009 3:19:36 PM PDT by
SunkenCiv
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