Icy Moon Formation & The Rings, recent or ancient? |
Icy Moon Formation & The Rings, recent or ancient? |
Dec 8 2016, 05:04 AM
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The bulge of Saturn and the moons migrating outward faster than expected (for Rhea 10 times faster) adds to the evidence that Saturn's moon system is younger than the planet itself.
Cornell press release page page Related but somewhat different information for the one who is interested in Saturn's shape from Paris observatory. |
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Dec 8 2016, 07:48 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1083 Joined: 19-February 05 From: Close to Meudon Observatory in France Member No.: 172 |
The bulge of Saturn and the moons migrating outward faster than expected (for Rhea 10 times faster) adds to the evidence that Saturn's moon system is younger than the planet itself. Cornell press release page page Related but somewhat different information for the one who is interested in Saturn's shape from Paris observatory. Dear TheAnt, thanks a lot for the info And here is the link to the very nice (and educational) video put online by the Paris Observatory : http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x52esp2_s...osysteme_school (French) http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x52eoio_s...osysteme_school (English) It explains, inter alia, how the satellites were created looong ago from an even bigger (and more massive) ring system and how thery are still created today but with much smaller sizes. Enjoy |
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Dec 9 2016, 05:50 AM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8783 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
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Dec 9 2016, 11:46 AM
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If the inner moons are relatively young, then why are they more heavily cratered than an ancient Lunar Mare? Just look at Tethys; huge impact basins and pockmarked on literally it's entire surface. It doesn't look "young". I'm skeptical.
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Dec 9 2016, 02:05 PM
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Crater counting might suggest a higher age in such a highly populated region. The moons should have formed by impacting. Who knows how hard their surfaces are, and which impact velocities are required to cause cratering.
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May 2 2017, 02:36 AM
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If the inner moons are relatively young, then why are they more heavily cratered than an ancient Lunar Mare? Any world with a single process shaping the entire landscape will show that one process everywhere; it doesn't matter if it happened four billion years ago or in the nineteenth century. Accretion and saturation impacts will leave a surface that shows saturation with impact craters everywhere. Whatever stuff accreted the saturnian moons in Saturn orbit wouldn't be the same population that cratered the Moon. |
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Nov 30 2017, 03:57 PM
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Any world with a single process shaping the entire landscape will show that one process everywhere; it doesn't matter if it happened four billion years ago or in the nineteenth century. Accretion and saturation impacts will leave a surface that shows saturation with impact craters everywhere. Whatever stuff accreted the saturnian moons in Saturn orbit wouldn't be the same population that cratered the Moon. But the craters don't look fresh like craters formed just 100 million years ago would look. Look at Tycho on the Moon. It does not look like craters on Tethys or Rhea. |
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