OT: Saturn has more rings than thought

[Snuffy]

New telescope detects more rings ....

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,561500,00.html?test=latestnews

 

[cheezyflier]

pretty cool how new stuff like this gets discovered all the time.

 

[Lionheart]

Thats wild. They must have missed this with Pioneer 10 and 11, and Voyager.

Thanks for the heads up Snuffy.



Bill

 

[boxcar]

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Whoa! Amazing stuff!

First impression here: it's the residual from an incredibly massive impact
eons ago, as it's inclination to the main rings is 27 degrees difference.
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