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Saturn Watch.

Authors :
Cowen, Ron
Source :
Science News. 8/21/2004, Vol. 166 Issue 8, p115-116. 3/4p. 1 Color Photograph, 1 Black and White Photograph.
Publication Year :
2004

Abstract

The article reports that an analysis of images taken by the Cassini spacecraft in early June 2004, several weeks before the craft settled into orbit about Saturn, has revealed two tiny moons orbiting the ringed planet. The newly detected moons, each of which takes about a day to orbit Saturn, lie between the paths of two larger satellites, Mimas and Enceladus. The moons provide new evidence that the Kuiper belt, a reservoir of icy bodies at the solar system's outer edge, might not have quite as many small, house-size comets as planetary scientists have assumed.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00368423
Volume :
166
Issue :
8
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Science News
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
14198443
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.2307/4015468