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New Ring Discovered Around Saturn

Posted by CowboyNeal on

HunahpuMonkey writes "BBC News is reporting that 'scientists using the Cassini probe have found a new ring and one, possibly two, new objects orbiting Saturn.' The article also notes that the discoveries are in the planet's contorted F-ring region. The ring of new material seems to be associated with Saturn's moon Atlas."

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  1. Re:Stupid Question by Nos. · · Score: 5, Informative

    There's a good article here about what exactly makes up a moon. I can tell you its not about gravity since basically every object with mass has gravity.

  2. Re:Stupid Question by rokzy · · Score: 5, Informative

    "satellite" means orbiting a planet.
    "moon" means natural satellite.
    "Moon" means Earth's moon.