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- Tue Jun 02, 2009 4:02 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: Spokes on Saturns Rings (2009 June 2)
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Re: Spokes on Saturns Rings (2009 June 2)
Chris P Wrote: "There are no mechanisms known that could explain ripples or variations in the flatness of the rings. Such a thing would violate simple orbital dynamics." Shouldn't an object passing near or through the rings be able to, at least temporarily, displace areas of ordinary "...
- Tue Jun 02, 2009 6:50 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: Spokes on Saturns Rings (2009 June 2)
- Replies: 10
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Spokes on Saturns Rings (2009 June 2)
Why not a purely optical phenomenon? Slight variations in the flatness of the rings or certain alaignements in ice chunks/crystals ought to be able to produce effects similar to this one when the rings are almost on edge in reference to the sun.