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Hyperion strikes back
TheAnt
post Oct 17 2014, 10:55 PM
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An analysis of Cassini data from 2005 have shown that static electricity from Hyperion briefly did strike the space probe with static electricity when it passed the moon at a distance of 2000 km.
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TheAnt
post Oct 20 2014, 08:30 PM
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Thank you for the explanation ynyralmaen.

Spacecom did a page with this story also, and they did indeed mention charged dust.
It's nice to get that detail confirmed. =)

Now with ynyralmaen's hint of some other interesting news arriving soon I wonder if that other body might be the "Death star" Mimas since said space orientated website got this piece about the libration and what that might mean for the contents of the core of that moon.
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post Oct 20 2014, 10:27 PM
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QUOTE (TheAnt @ Oct 20 2014, 08:30 PM) *
Spacecom did a page with this story also, and they did indeed mention charged dust.


There is certainly a lot of dust in the Saturnian system - the first thing that comes to my mind is the rings (and the spokes). But the satellites are dusty as well and as Cassini's images have shown, some of the small ones look really weird.
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- TheAnt   Hyperion strikes back   Oct 17 2014, 10:55 PM
- - nprev   So, I guess it's safe to nickname Hyperion ...   Oct 18 2014, 12:41 AM
- - brellis   Was this event entirely random, or was Cassini fly...   Oct 18 2014, 05:31 PM
- - nprev   Hyperion doesn't have an intrinsically generat...   Oct 18 2014, 05:47 PM
- - dvandorn   A flux tube was my first thought, too. But the on...   Oct 18 2014, 09:30 PM
- - nprev   You're probably right (and welcome back, BTW, ...   Oct 18 2014, 10:36 PM
|- - ynyralmaen   All the inactive/airless bodies build up charge. S...   Oct 19 2014, 08:17 PM
|- - dvandorn   QUOTE (nprev @ Oct 18 2014, 04:36 PM) ......   Oct 20 2014, 01:04 AM
- - ngunn   Hey - really good explanation of the situation. ...   Oct 19 2014, 09:24 PM
|- - ynyralmaen   QUOTE (ngunn @ Oct 19 2014, 09:24 PM) I e...   Oct 20 2014, 07:11 AM
|- - ngunn   QUOTE (ynyralmaen @ Oct 20 2014, 08:11 AM...   Oct 20 2014, 08:44 PM
|- - ynyralmaen   QUOTE (ngunn @ Oct 20 2014, 08:44 PM) I m...   Oct 21 2014, 05:21 PM
- - TheAnt   Thank you for the explanation ynyralmaen. Spaceco...   Oct 20 2014, 08:30 PM
- - Bjorn Jonsson   QUOTE (TheAnt @ Oct 20 2014, 08:30 PM) Sp...   Oct 20 2014, 10:27 PM

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