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This adorable graph shows the normal optical depth, a measurement of opacity, of Saturn's F ring. The spike indicates an opaque clump in the otherwise-translucent ring. Cassini scientists nicknamed these features "kittens." The clump is a moonlet of Saturn and is nicknamed "Mittens."
Credit: Morgan Rehnberg

1 posted on 09/25/2017 10:45:16 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

Sounds like the area around Saturn is *littered* with these. Turns the whole area into a clowder, or rather a kindle.


2 posted on 09/25/2017 9:01:01 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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To: BenLurkin

These “kittens” that are so rarely seen, but are said to have formed from particles coming together out in space, is this a theory or a fact? If they think it is a fact, how do they think that they know this fact?


6 posted on 09/26/2017 3:33:30 PM PDT by Bellflower (Who dares believe Jesus?)
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