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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:reaching the point... by rokzy · · Score: 4, Interesting

    it's only silly if you insist on being Earth-centric and demanding that each moon be a significant fraction of the planet's size.

  2. Never dug into the site that far. by Sheetrock · · Score: 3, Interesting
    I was unaware they had a high-resolution spacelab. Although I suppose it makes sense to put prototypes through a number of unusual conditions to harden them for satellite use.

    I wonder how much of the equipment in space runs Linux?

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  3. Re:Asimov's view... by Alsee · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Or we could just accept that human languages tend to contain overloaded words such as "the Moon" and "a moon". Just like a Polish national can polish their silverware.

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  4. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Comment removed based on user account deletion

  5. Re:Asimov's view... by Stephen+Williams · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Terra's moon, Luna

    A lot of moons in the Solar System have Greek names, not Roman names. Following this convention, the Moon's name would be Selene, I think.

    -Stephen

  6. Re:*Earth* is gonna have a ring... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting
    Earth is going to have a ring of space crap around it in a few years...

    It already does (go to the the J-Track 3D section).