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Saturn at Equinox
Wednesday, Sep 30, 2009 3:06PM / Standard Entry / Members only
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I'm probably the only one that cares about this, but I'm posting it anyway.

Astronomy Picture of the Day

Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
2009 September 30

Saturn at Equinox
Credit: Cassini Imaging Team, ISS, JPL, ESA, NASA
Explanation: How would Saturn look if its ring plane pointed right at the Sun? Before last month, nobody knew. Every 15 years, as seen from Earth, Saturn's rings point toward the Earth and appear to disappear. The disappearing rings are no longer a mystery -- Saturn's rings are known to be so thin and the Earth is so near the Sun that when the rings point toward the Sun, they also point nearly edge-on at the Earth. Fortunately, in this third millennium, humanity is advanced enough to have a spacecraft that can see the rings during equinox from the side. Last month, that Saturn-orbiting spacecraft, Cassini, was able to snap a series of unprecedented pictures of Saturn's rings during equinox. A digital composite of 75 such images is shown above. The rings appear unusually dark, and a very thin ring shadow line can be made out on Saturn's cloud-tops. Objects sticking out of the ring plane are brightly illuminated and cast long shadows. Inspection of these images may help humanity understand the specific sizes of Saturn's ring particles and the general dynamics of orbital motion.
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JRS
posted on Monday, Oct 5, 2009 2:25PM [Report]

I care....

This is way cool! Thank goodness for technology....I think Neptune has rings but they don't go all the way around the planet. Really weird stuff, these planet rings.

Thanks for posting this up! =)
Unikorn
posted on Friday, Oct 2, 2009 4:55AM [Report]

Cool pic! Thanks for this!
moonchild72
posted on Thursday, Oct 1, 2009 1:43PM [Report]

Of COURSE you'd blog about this!!! :)
It's a cool photo of Saturn :)
mdgilbert1986
posted on Thursday, Oct 1, 2009 1:57AM [Report]

It's an amazing picture
pokedpenguin19
posted on Wednesday, Sep 30, 2009 3:33PM [Report]

dang this pix is so cool :D

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I live in the Blue Mountains west of Sydney, Australia (no, I'm not weird or am I?). I love ferrets and golden Labradors, hanging with friends, listening to music and most of all reading. I have a Diploma in Laboratory Technology: Pathology Testing which makes me a fully qualified Laboratory Aide (in other words a lab lacky), I want to be an Ancient History teacher or maybe a lecturer (my friend said I should do that, 'aim high' he said) and I want to travel to Europe and Egypt and possibly to parts of Asia.

I like swimming, basketball even though I haven't played since High School, NRL (National Rugby League) to watch not play, and Cricket I like to watch One Day Internationals (ODIs) especially! I haven't played cricket since High School either.

I don't really have a favourite food as such, I only eat when I'm hungry but I LOVE Asian food, I could live off it...he he...the noodle dishes are yummy. My favourite fruit is blueberries...YUM!!! Give me something with blueberries and I'll be your friend for life...he he...just kidding!!!

As I love books so I would like to work in a bookstore while I save for uni, if not, Australian Customs would be awesome, they pay pretty well! The joy of working for the Government!!!

I'm tall 177cm and for those of you that use the imperial measurements, that's approx. 5ft 10in. I have blue eyes and long, brown curly/wavy hair.

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