us.2u Posted February 28, 2005 Share Posted February 28, 2005 Most of us know Saturn is the 6th planet from the sun & that is encircled by a broadband of rings. Astronomers in the 1600's were mystified now they have been studied by telescopes & space probes. In 2004,the Cassini space probe arrived at Saturn to study the giant gas planet it's rings & moons. It carried a mini-probe,called Huygens,to investigste Saturns moon..."Titan" Scientists believe Titans atmosphere was similar to the air here that existed billions of years ago.....has this been proven? & are we any closer to learning the make-up of Saturns rings? have we learnt anthing from these investigations?...Has this been a wasted enterprise or are we benefitting?...us.2u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noshi Posted February 28, 2005 Share Posted February 28, 2005 Alot of this information will take a bit of time to find out, I know when I was taking astronomy, one of the well thought theories for the rings are moons that came to close to the planet and ripped itself apart (theres a certain distance any moon can come to the planet before it will just calapse). They can show that the rings slowly change and shrink and grow...but I haven't read anything resently about it and information from cassini to be definite information will probably take some time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
us.2u Posted February 28, 2005 Author Share Posted February 28, 2005 Thanks Noshi I will look forward to the arrival of new info....us.2u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Tycho?] Posted March 1, 2005 Share Posted March 1, 2005 The rings are mostly ice. I dunno, check for yourself: http://www.google.com http://www.wikipedia.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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