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Saturn's Moons Built From Ring Material

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the lookit-all-them-moons-up-there dept.

LiquidCoooled writes "Two of Saturn's small moons look eerily like flying saucers, new observations by the Cassini spacecraft reveal. The moons, which lie within the giant planet's rings, may have come by their strange shape by gradually accumulating ring particles in a ridge around their equators."

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  1. Or Maybe... by nhstar · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Saturn's Rings are made of moon material? Is this chick or egg?

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    1. Re:Or Maybe... by Wellspring · · Score: 2, Interesting

      Does the mother create the egg? Or does it self-generate?

      This is actually a semiserious question

  2. Re:Moon with a wall by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Mod parent up informative. Also, I'd suggest checking out Richard Hoagland's hilarious batshit insane conspiracy theories about it ... there's some very interesting facts in there too if you filter out the crazy conclusions. It's a weird moon.