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The Rain On Saturn Falls Mainly From Space

Posted by Soulskill on from the bring-an-umbrella dept.

The Bad Astronomer writes "Astronomers have discovered that the source of water in Saturn's upper atmosphere is none other than the geysers erupting from its moon Enceladus. The geysers spew water into space, most of which is lost. A small amount, though, falls to Saturn... equivalent to only about 7.5 kilos/second over the entire planet (PDF). A typical rainfall on Earth is 42 trillion times heavier."

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  1. Re:Conservation. by Nidi62 · · Score: 3, Funny

    I believe the Japanese space program can probably help with that.

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  2. Re:Space by Unkyjar · · Score: 4, Funny

    Then your answer is no, you can't imagine what mythology/traditions would have arisen if rain came from the moon?

  3. Wait, that title... by hey! · · Score: 3, Funny

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  4. Re:Space by Chemtox · · Score: 5, Funny

    Imagination is a lot harder than knowledge.

    I would imagine it is.

    But I don't know. =/