Remember that great line from Star Wars? Well we get a chance to use it again with the moon that has been described as resembling Star Wars' Death Star. We are talking about of Mimas, one of Saturn's moons. As you can see in the photo that accompanied the Dvice article you can see the massive, 81-mile-wide Herschel impact crater. However, viewed in infrared we see the Mimas has an ummm uniquely different cast. Yep that Pac-man.
NASA was using the Cassini spacecraft to capture highest resolution temperature scans of Mimas when this unusual picture came up. So what caused this unusual result? Well, NASA scientists suspect the temperatures are revealing differences in texture on the surface. Which means that when the large body that struck Mimas making the Herschel impact crater, the dust kicked up settled in the odd pattern that absorbs, which makes the odd pattern instead of the more natural gradation of temperatures.
Dvice article
Oh...and FYI we have a conversation going on in the comments....LMAO Dorn may well have called this....
NASA was using the Cassini spacecraft to capture highest resolution temperature scans of Mimas when this unusual picture came up. So what caused this unusual result? Well, NASA scientists suspect the temperatures are revealing differences in texture on the surface. Which means that when the large body that struck Mimas making the Herschel impact crater, the dust kicked up settled in the odd pattern that absorbs, which makes the odd pattern instead of the more natural gradation of temperatures.
Dvice article
Oh...and FYI we have a conversation going on in the comments....LMAO Dorn may well have called this....
2 comments:
It's Pac Man! Are you sure NASA isn't playing an early April Fools Day Prank?
LMAO Dorn!!!! You know! I think you have hit the nail right on the head....! It was just SOOOOOOO strange that I bit..but you are most likely dead on! Oh this is funny! Got me!
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