12 Feb 06 APOD ... Phoebe: Comet Moon of Saturn

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12 Feb 06 APOD ... Phoebe: Comet Moon of Saturn

Post by tvkrys » Sun Feb 12, 2006 6:12 pm

How does the size of Phoebe compare to the comet (or fragments) that crashed into Jupiter awhile back?
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Post by orin stepanek » Mon Feb 13, 2006 12:51 am

This might help.

http://www.nineplanets.org/sl9.html

I think Shoemaker Levy 9 was about 10 km.

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Post by tvkrys » Mon Feb 13, 2006 3:21 am

WOW! Phoebe's 20-100 times larger than SL9 unbroken!!! Thanks for the link, Orin!
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Post by orin stepanek » Mon Feb 13, 2006 4:22 am

Your welcome. By the way here's link.
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap060212.html
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