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Tiny Moon feeds largest ring around saturn

By: MrFkas send a private message
Paris : France | 2 months ago  
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PARIS: Anew mega ring has discovered around Saturn. Scientist believe that its genesis is a small moon of a distant giant planet.

Phoebe, a Saturnian satellite measuring only 214 kilometres (133 miles) across, probably provides the record-breaking tenuous circle of dusty and icy debris.

The circle starts about six million kilometres (3.7 million miles) from Saturn and extends outwardly by another 12 million kms (7.4 million miles), within the orbit of Phoebe. and it is the largest ring identified so far in the Solar System.

"This is one supersized ring," Verbiscer was quoted by NASA as saying.

"If you could see the ring, it would span the width of two full moons' worth of sky, one on either side of Saturn."

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Post a Comment Comments: 4
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    Posted By PeterPeng210 PeterPeng210 | 2 months ago
    The world is really amazing.
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    Posted By spike-breaker08 spike-breaker08 | about 1 month ago
    wow! that's an interesting find!
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    Posted By wasem wasem | 24 days ago
    thx for sharing this
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    Posted By wasem wasem | 24 days ago
    keep up the good work
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