Cassini mission finds out that Saturn's rings are made up of a crushed moon's particles
I've always been fascinated by Saturn's rings. It makes Saturn looks so unique and beautiful. But have you ever wondered what those rings are made of?
Well according to this article, the Cassini mission found out that those particles are the remains of a crushed moon. So, basically one moon became many small moons, if you consider those particles making up the rings as tiny moons.
Pretty fascinating, isn't it?
Saturn's rings are pretty awesome.
It's probably my favorite thing to check out with a scope, never managed to get any decent images because it's so small & my gear isn't ideal. Still gotta try though :P.
Great. I never had the privilege of seeing Saturn with a telescope. I should sometime :)
This is not bad at all though. What telescope setup are you using? I have viewed saturn through a telescope with a 3in aperture, i could make out the rings but it was No where near as good as this.
Thanks. Its a skywatcher 8" newtonian reflector (F5.9) which isn't ideal for planetary stuff (maksutov cassegrains give a better view), Saturn does appear much smaller in the eyepiece but the same detail is visible.
This was taken with a hacked up webcam, using a DSLR doesn't work because the planets appear tiny in the image with low resolution when cropped. The smaller webcam sensor with higher pixel density gives a more magnified image, that's why it appears so large :).
Jupiter is great too if you ever get the chance to have a look, its much bigger and easier to see details. Spins really fast too!
@hmushtaq These Saturn's rings are really beautiful I have visited the images of Saturn's rings on internet. these are so charming...
They are very beautiful indeed :)
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