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Re: Saturn's rings. was: Jupiter satellites.
From: Fred Hebard
Date: 2005 Apr 6, 11:47 -0400
From: Fred Hebard
Date: 2005 Apr 6, 11:47 -0400
On Apr 6, 2005, at 11:37 AM, George Huxtable wrote: > > So the result is that whenever the Earth or the Sun pass through > Saturn's > ring-plane, the rings disappear. The Earth-crossings are always > grouped, in > time, around a Sun-crossing. At present, Saturn's rings remain quite > wide > (they were at their widest in 2002) so the rings remains a fine > spectacle. > But they are gradually closing, and will vanish around August-September > 2009. Catch them soon. Sorry about this, but, humorously, should we put out a press release? SATURN'S RINGS VANISHING!!!
