Showing posts with label Prometheus Creating Saturn Ring Streamers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Prometheus Creating Saturn Ring Streamers. Show all posts
Monday, August 2, 2010
Prometheus Creating Saturn Ring Streamers
What's causing those strange dark streaks in the rings of Saturn? Prometheus. Specifically, an orbital dance involving Saturn's moon Prometheus keeps creating unusual light and dark streamers in the F-Ring of Saturn. Now Prometheus orbits Saturn just inside the thin F-ring, but ventures into its inner edge about every 15 hours. Prometheus' gravity then pulls the closest ring
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