http://joshuacolwell.com/blog/index.php/2006/great-view-of-saturns-rings/ Science, astronomy, politics, movies, and various minutiae. Tue, 13 Mar 2012 23:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://joshuacolwell.com/blog/index.php/2006/great-view-of-saturns-rings/comment-page-1/#comment-58 JC Sat, 02 Sep 2006 16:41:12 +0000 http://joshuacolwell.com/blog/?p=55#comment-58 Cassini imaging team member John Weiss, above, clarifies the explanation for this picture. While it's still a very cool picture, there's more going on here than the self-gravity wakes. Cassini imaging team member John Weiss, above, clarifies the explanation for this picture. While it’s still a very cool picture, there’s more going on here than the self-gravity wakes.

]]> http://joshuacolwell.com/blog/index.php/2006/great-view-of-saturns-rings/comment-page-1/#comment-56 John W. Fri, 01 Sep 2006 19:05:56 +0000 http://joshuacolwell.com/blog/?p=55#comment-56 Oh, dear. That caption needed a bit more re-writing than it got, I see. We at first thought it was the near-arm/far-arm asymmetry, but a closer inspection showed that the real culprit is planet-shine on the rings. The self-gravity wakes may be important to that, but we're not sure yet. Oh, dear. That caption needed a bit more re-writing than it got, I see. We at first thought it was the near-arm/far-arm asymmetry, but a closer inspection showed that the real culprit is planet-shine on the rings. The self-gravity wakes may be important to that, but we’re not sure yet.

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