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Revealed: Saturn's secret 'doughnut' ring ... big enough to contain one billion Earths
Daily Mail Reporter ^
| 9:44 PM on 07th October 2009
Posted on 10/07/2009 3:46:06 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
Saturn's biggest and never-been-seen before ring has been discovered.
The 'super-sized' halo was found by Nasa's Spitzer Space Telescope. To get a sense of its size it has a vertical height which is about 20 times the diameter of the planet, which is nine times the size of our planet. Furthermore, the entire volume of the ring could hold about one billion Earths.
The bulk of the ring starts about 3.7million miles from Saturn itself and extends outward about another 7.4million miles.
With it being so huge many will ask how come it was not seen before. This is because the ring is extremely diffuse and doesn't reflect much visible light but its dusty particles, despite being very cold, shine with infrared light, or heat radiation which Spitzer is able to see.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Astronomy; Science
KEYWORDS: astronomy; catastrophism; immanuelvelikovsky; phoebe; phoebering; retrograde; saturn; science; velikovsky; worldsincollision
Photos at the website...
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
In before the Cop pictures
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posted on
10/07/2009 3:48:04 PM PDT
by
DannyTN
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
“’dough-nut’ ring” ... Was Kirsty Alley close by with a cup of coffee?
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posted on
10/07/2009 3:48:41 PM PDT
by
A CA Guy
( God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
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posted on
10/07/2009 3:51:15 PM PDT
by
fr_freak
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
“Mmnmm ... giant space donut”
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posted on
10/07/2009 3:54:18 PM PDT
by
LiberConservative
("Sarah Palin irritates all the right people." -Dennis Miller)
To: LiberConservative
It was from when Saturn farted
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posted on
10/07/2009 3:56:21 PM PDT
by
GeronL
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
That would be huge in the sky if it were visible.
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posted on
10/07/2009 4:06:35 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Seniors, the new shovel ready project under socialized medicine.)
To: LiberConservative
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posted on
10/07/2009 4:08:00 PM PDT
by
Oztrich Boy
(Thank you. I'm here all week. Try the veal.)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Wow, neat stuff. My son is an astronomy fan, he’ll love this article. Thanks for posting :)
To: LiberConservative
I can see all the intergalactic cop cars.
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posted on
10/07/2009 4:26:23 PM PDT
by
CaptRon
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
The 'super-sized' halo was found by Nasa's Spitzer Space Telescope.The problem, according to NASA officials, was that the spitzer telescope would not stay reliably pointed at the approved target. An even more perplexing problem was that project funds were draind as each new improper target was aquired. The project team was ready to remove the spitzer but stopped short when they learned the optics in the replacement were faulty.
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posted on
10/07/2009 4:35:51 PM PDT
by
70times7
(Serving Free Republics' warped and obscure humor needs since 1999!)
To: DannyTN
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posted on
10/07/2009 4:38:48 PM PDT
by
rednesss
(fascism is the union,marriage,merger or fusion of corporate economic power with governmental power)
To: rednesss
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posted on
10/07/2009 4:45:53 PM PDT
by
DannyTN
To: rednesss
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach; Swordmaker; 75thOVI; aimhigh; Alice in Wonderland; AndrewC; aragorn; ...
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posted on
10/07/2009 6:40:44 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
To: A CA Guy
Guy...where have you BEEN??
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posted on
10/07/2009 6:52:03 PM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(I wear a yellow ribbon for ForgotenKnight, my army hero grandson.)
To: A CA Guy
Guy...where have you BEEN??
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posted on
10/07/2009 6:52:48 PM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(I wear a yellow ribbon for ForgotenKnight, my army hero grandson.)
To: fr_freak
Wow. That’s amazing. I wonder how it formed.
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posted on
10/07/2009 10:59:56 PM PDT
by
Daniel II
(I'm Jim Thompson, this is my brother Jimmy, and this is my other brother Jimmy)
To: Monkey Face
Baby turned 1, have a couple of busy weeks at USC and the wife is also taking college classes.
Being on the net and sleep have been lacking. :-(
Hope all is well.
Thomas was also Baptized.
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posted on
10/08/2009 8:57:39 AM PDT
by
A CA Guy
( God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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posted on
01/04/2019 12:43:46 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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