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Wednesday, September 20, 2006

Saturn shows new ring

Saturn showed off a new ring in a snapshot just taken by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft.

The spacecraft, which entered the orbit of Saturn in July 2004, also revealed other dazzling features of the ringed planet, including wispy fingers of icy material stretching out tens of thousands of miles from the moon

The spacecraft, which entered the orbit of Saturn in July 2004, also revealed other dazzling features of the ringed planet, including wispy fingers of icy material stretching out tens of thousands of miles from the moon Enceladus.
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2 comments:

  1. Anonymous11:26 AM

    Beamster
    which is the new ring? Looking at the picture, I can't tell...

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  2. Anonymous11:27 AM

    If you look at the pic...I know its not very clear, but there is a faint outter ring, very thin that is just before the spay plume of ice crystals. Its too faint to be seen from earth.

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