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It's a ravioli! It's a UFO! It's ... a moon
cnn ^

Posted on 03/10/2017 7:52:46 AM PST by BenLurkin

NASA on Thursday released pictures of Pan, one of Saturn's many moons, and its distinctive shape is drawing comparisons to flying saucers and stuffed pasta.

The images of the moon come courtesy of NASA's Cassini spacecraft, and reveal the UFO-like form of the tiny satellite, which has an average radius of just 8.8 miles. Cassini's Twitter account tweeted a gif showing the raw images.

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According to NASA's website, Pan's strange shape comes from what is called an equatorial ridge, a characteristic it shares with one of its sister moons, Atlas.

The ridge has formed over the course of Pan's history because it orbits Saturn inside the planet's rings, collecting stray particles as it goes, said Preston Dyches, a spokesman for NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.

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TOPICS: Astronomy; Science
KEYWORDS: nasa; saturn; science

The images of Saturn's moon, Pan, were taken on March 7.
1 posted on 03/10/2017 7:52:46 AM PST by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

Its either a fortune cookie.... or a camel toe.


2 posted on 03/10/2017 7:54:17 AM PST by bar sin·is·ter
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To: BenLurkin

3 posted on 03/10/2017 7:54:36 AM PST by Red Badger (If "Majority Rule" was so important in South Africa, why isn't it that way here?.......)
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To: bar sin·is·ter

GMTA!....................


4 posted on 03/10/2017 7:54:57 AM PST by Red Badger (If "Majority Rule" was so important in South Africa, why isn't it that way here?.......)
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To: BenLurkin

Mohammed’s turban?...................


5 posted on 03/10/2017 7:57:24 AM PST by Red Badger (If "Majority Rule" was so important in South Africa, why isn't it that way here?.......)
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To: Red Badger

Yes but my mind appears to be a bit dirtier than yours.


6 posted on 03/10/2017 8:01:08 AM PST by bar sin·is·ter
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To: BenLurkin

Pan looks more like a shallow pot, maybe a slow cooker


7 posted on 03/10/2017 8:06:10 AM PST by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: BenLurkin

“Well, Doc, to me, it looks like a chicken lying in a wheelbarrow playing a harmonica. What does that tell you about me?”

“You are one sick SOB. Get out of my office and never come back! Chicken in a wheelbarrow playing a harmonica. Crazy. Everyone knows it’s a Filet-O-Fish with the top half of the bun gone. Will someone please stop that bell ringing?”


8 posted on 03/10/2017 8:13:35 AM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: BenLurkin

I’ve got a bad feeling about this....


9 posted on 03/10/2017 8:24:04 AM PST by thulldud
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To: Red Badger

Distracted by your tagline:
“If “Majority Rule” was so important in South Africa, why isn’t it that way here?.......”

The political philosophy involved is neo-Bolshevism: a universal democracy where a single party sets the voting agenda. So long as The Party has sole control of the agenda, they’re all for majority rule (knowing the designated outcome); if it’s not, they’ll do absolutely anything to subvert opposition parties until The Party has sole control. That’s why the Left is so utterly freaked out in the USA now: they were certain they’d have that control, but were completely blindsided by Trump whose mandate is to dismantle their system with a chainsaw before they have a chance to resume power.


10 posted on 03/10/2017 8:26:55 AM PST by ctdonath2 (Understand the Left: "The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the Revolution.")
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11 posted on 03/10/2017 8:29:25 AM PST by SparkyBass
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To: ctdonath2

12 posted on 03/10/2017 8:31:43 AM PST by Red Badger (If "Majority Rule" was so important in South Africa, why isn't it that way here?.......)
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To: Red Badger
"STRENGHT"? Maybe ignorance IS bliss...
13 posted on 03/10/2017 8:41:47 AM PST by bruin66 (Time: Nature's way of keeping everything from happening at once.)
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To: bruin66

I wondered if anyone would notice that. I think it’s intentional...............


14 posted on 03/10/2017 8:43:27 AM PST by Red Badger (If "Majority Rule" was so important in South Africa, why isn't it that way here?.......)
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To: Red Badger

And the goal of power, is power.


15 posted on 03/10/2017 8:48:02 AM PST by ctdonath2 (Understand the Left: "The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the Revolution.")
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To: BenLurkin

I came here for the Ravioli.


16 posted on 03/10/2017 8:55:41 AM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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