#PPOD: Taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on September 12, 2007, this image of Saturn's outermost large moon Iapetus has been assembled from infrared, green, and ultraviolet-filtered images (IR1/GRN/UV3). The large craters Engelier and Gerin are near the top right. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI/CICLOPS/Kevin M. Gill
[#ActuScience@IRAP ] A young IRAP PhD student formulates a new #theoretical model of the giant #magnetospheres of the planets #Jupiter and #Saturn: "By considering only the global motion of the #plasma (coming from the moons #Io and #Enceladus), it is possible to understand it simply as... a competition between various rotation resistances!"
"A fresh, icy crust hides a deep, enigmatic ocean. Plumes of water burst through cracks in the ice, shooting into space. An intrepid lander collects samples and analyses them for hints of life."
You ever hear a fact that utterly blows your mind? That would be impossible to believe if there weren't photographic evidence?
Saturn's rings can be counted like rings on a treestump. They tell the story of the entire Saturn system's history.
What's more, they aren't rings, they are spirals. The gravitational mechanics of Saturn's rings work similarly to galactic arms, only wound more tightly.
The density waves that are formed by "shepherd moons" aren't one-directional, either. In one of the pics attached, the gravitational wake of the moon Daphnis can be seen throwing up waves perpendicular to the plane of the rings.
Via Mike Acs on Flickr, an image of what I believe was the proposed Saturn MLV-11.5 configuration -- basically a Saturn IB with four five-segment solid boosters strapped to it.
The idea was to hit a middle spot for payload between the IB's 18.6 tonnes and the Saturn V's 118 -- around 40 tonnes.
Researchers suggest a global ocean lies 15 miles beneath the surface of Saturn’s moon, Mimas - a shocking discovery that could redefine what a habitable world looks like
Have you ever wanted to visit SHIRO!'s website with your actual Saturn's NetLink browser? Now you can! Just head to http://shiro.reye.me and check out my story on how it came together:
📷 an artist's illustration of Mimas in orbit around Saturn. The small moon resembles Star Wars' Death Star, thanks to a massive crater. Credit: Frédéric Durillon/Animea Studio/Observatoire de Paris - PSL, IMCCE
Mimas’s surprise ocean prompts an update of the rule book for moons
The shifting orbit of one of Saturn’s moons indicates that the satellite has a subsurface ocean, contradicting theories that its interior is entirely solid.
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