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Cassini Captures Best View Yet Of Saturn's Ring Currents
NASA / JPL ^
| December 12, 2007
| M. Buckley
Posted on 12/30/2007 8:43:23 PM PST by SunkenCiv
Scientists have gotten their best "look" ever at the invisible ring of energetic ions trapped in Saturn's giant magnetic field, finding that it is asymmetric and dynamic, unlike similar rings that appear around Earth. Using the Magnetospheric Imaging Instrument on NASA's Cassini spacecraft, a team led by Dr. S. Krimigis of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) discovered that Saturn's ring of energetic ions - called a "ring current" - is a warped disc that is deflected by the solar wind out of the equatorial plane on the planet's night side and thickens dramatically on the day side.
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TOPICS: Astronomy; Science
KEYWORDS: catastrophism
This is an artist's concept of the Saturnian plasma sheet based on data from the Cassini Magnetospheric Imaging Instrument. It shows Saturn's embedded "ring current," an invisible ring of energetic ions trapped in the planet's magnetic field...The plasma sheet thins gradually toward the nightside. The view is from above Saturn's equatorial plane, which is represented by grid lines. The moon Titan's location is shown for scale. The location of the bow shock is marked, as is the flow of the deflected solar wind in the magnetosheath. -- Credit: NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (NASA/JPL/JHUAPL)
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12/30/2007 8:43:25 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
To: 75thOVI; AFPhys; Alice in Wonderland; AndrewC; aristotleman; Avoiding_Sulla; BenLurkin; Berosus; ...
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12/30/2007 8:43:59 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
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12/30/2007 8:48:34 PM PST
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BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
:’) Thanks, and it’s pretty. ;’)
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12/30/2007 9:00:53 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
Fascinating.
I think you may have seen the link to maybe an ATS thread or ref’d article about the electric solar system or some such . . . which, I think, has all kinds of implications regarding this era and the END TIMES.
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12/30/2007 9:18:37 PM PST
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Quix
(GOD ALONE IS GOD; WORTHY; PAID THE PRICE; IS COMING AGAIN; KNOWS ALL; IS LOVING; IS ALTOGETHER GOOD)
To: Quix
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12/30/2007 9:23:22 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
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12/30/2007 9:30:20 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
Is Cassini named for Oleg?
To: SunkenCiv
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12/30/2007 9:45:39 PM PST
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Quix
(GOD ALONE IS GOD; WORTHY; PAID THE PRICE; IS COMING AGAIN; KNOWS ALL; IS LOVING; IS ALTOGETHER GOOD)
To: ValerieTexas
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12/30/2007 10:15:51 PM PST
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JRios1968
(Faith is not believing that God can. It is knowing that God will. - Ben Stein)
To: ValerieTexas
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12/30/2007 10:31:57 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
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To: JRios1968
To: ValerieTexas
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12/31/2007 5:56:18 AM PST
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JRios1968
(Faith is not believing that God can. It is knowing that God will. - Ben Stein)
Saw
this on Andrew Collins' website (I was looking for something else), but didn't want to just eat his bandwidth; alas, I liked his image very well, but didn't look long enough to come up with the NASA original.
solar magnetic field nasa
Google
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12/31/2007 9:35:47 AM PST
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SunkenCiv
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12/31/2007 9:36:00 AM PST
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SunkenCiv
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To: JRios1968
Thanks from me as well. :’)
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12/31/2007 9:38:26 AM PST
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SunkenCiv
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To: JRios1968
Thanks from me as well. :’)
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12/31/2007 9:38:39 AM PST
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SunkenCiv
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To: JRios1968
Thanks from me as well. :’)
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12/31/2007 9:38:57 AM PST
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SunkenCiv
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To: JRios1968
Thanks from me as well. :’)
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12/31/2007 9:39:04 AM PST
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SunkenCiv
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To: JRios1968
Thanks from me as well. :’)
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12/31/2007 9:39:17 AM PST
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SunkenCiv
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