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Jul 29 2010, 01:33 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2998 Joined: 30-October 04 Member No.: 105 |
This might be a way for an orbiter to move closer to the ring plane without crossing the ring plane:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/...00726094749.htm "The late Dr Forward -- a renowned physicist who worked in the United States and from his second home in Scotland -- believed it was possible to use 'displaced orbits' to deploy more satellites to the north or south of the Earth's equator, helping to meet the growing demand for communications." --Bill -------------------- |
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Dec 2 2010, 07:59 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 555 Joined: 27-September 10 Member No.: 5458 |
I'm not aware of any detected meteors with Saturn either. It does seem like it would be a relatively common occurrence but I don't think Cassini would be able to pick up the flashes easily. If it were able to take a fast paced video, it would be more likely but the duration of the flashes would be so quick that a photo would likely be shear luck if even possible. As Frank said above, most particles are going to be tiny and many wouldn't cause a flash at all and those that did would be relatively dim. Now if one of the inner moons decided to kamakaze inward, well that'd be something pretty damn spectacular!
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