/dev/null Posted October 8, 2009 Posted October 8, 2009 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091007/ap_on_...turn_giant_ring
Chef Jim Posted October 8, 2009 Posted October 8, 2009 I saw that on BBC news this evening. Holy crap they said if they were visible from earth with the naked eye they would appear larger than the moon.
DC Tom Posted October 8, 2009 Posted October 8, 2009 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091007/ap_on_...turn_giant_ring I'm slightly surprised they found it. Planetary observations are generally never done with a wide-enough field of view to see something that big. I wouldn't be surprised if, now that they know what to look for, they found something similar around Jupiter or Uranus. Now let the "giant rings around Uranus" jokes commence...
Beerball Posted October 8, 2009 Posted October 8, 2009 I'm slightly surprised they found it. Planetary observations are generally never done with a wide-enough field of view to see something that big. I wouldn't be surprised if, now that they know what to look for, they found something similar around Jupiter or Uranus. Now let the "giant rings around Uranus" jokes commence... OK, explain this to me smart guy: Before the discovery Saturn was known to have seven main rings named A through E
/dev/null Posted October 8, 2009 Author Posted October 8, 2009 Watch it live tomorrow starting at 6:15 EST on NASA's website http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/
DC Tom Posted October 8, 2009 Posted October 8, 2009 OK, explain this to me smart guy: That's wrong. Not including this discovery, Saturn has nine rings, named D through E. Yes, you read that right. Nine rings. D through E.
Beerball Posted October 8, 2009 Posted October 8, 2009 That's wrong. Not including this discovery, Saturn has nine rings, named D through E. Yes, you read that right. Nine rings. D through E. that's impossible
DC Tom Posted October 8, 2009 Posted October 8, 2009 that's impossible No, it's not. The D-ring is innermost. The E-ring (excepting the recent discovery) is outermost. There are seven rings in between. Whoever wrote the AP piece probably googled "outermost ring of Saturn" and found it was the E-ring, and figured they were named starting from A going outwards. Basically, they were stupid.
DrDawkinstein Posted October 8, 2009 Posted October 8, 2009 i just wanted to stop in and say... URANUS! *runs from thread, giggling*
Steely Dan Posted October 8, 2009 Posted October 8, 2009 Here's the link for the NASA article; http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/spitzer/...r-20091006.html
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