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Cassini Confirms New Moon of Saturn

pipcorona writes ""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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  1. Re:So everythings a moon now? by Daedalus-Ubergeek · · Score: 5, Informative

    I do believe our own moon is named Luna, which would be where you get the word "Lunar", although you rarely ever hear anybody call the moon by its actual name.

  2. Re:So everythings a moon now? by metroplex · · Score: 5, Informative
    Actually, in all Romance Languages (those derived by latin), the Earth's moon is called something like "Luna".
    • Italian: Luna
    • French: Lune
    • Spanish: Luna
    • Portuguese: Lua
    • Romanian: Luna
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