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by bstout
Tue Oct 13, 2009 11:43 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Giant Dust Ring Discovered Around Saturn (2009 Oct 13)
Replies: 19
Views: 2929

Re: Saturn dust ring question

I was puzzled by the inclination of the dust ring, too, and I wish the APOD description mentioned why it is tilted. But one of its links, http://www.universetoday.com/2009/10/07/spitzer-sees-giant-ring-around-saturn/ , does describe that the ring is caused by Saturn's moon Phoebe, and fits precisely...
by bstout
Wed Sep 24, 2008 12:40 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: Eggs in orbit (APOD 23 Sep 2008)
Replies: 26
Views: 10387

I confess I don't understand jesusfreak's and bystander's responses to my earlier post. I was pointing out that when you go to the APOD main page, and click on the picture, you get this picture: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image0809haumea_nasa_big.jpg which lists the old designations of the Kui...
by bstout
Tue Sep 23, 2008 1:29 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: Eggs in orbit (APOD 23 Sep 2008)
Replies: 26
Views: 10387

Wrong picture for "Largest Known Kuiper Belt Objects&qu

What's the official name for the secondary APOD picture, the more detailed one you go to when you click on the primary picture? Anyway, there's a mistake on this one, and I don't mean that it's different from the primary picture. (The primary picture shows Haumea and its moons, the secondary one sho...