Comment on A Ripple in Space

yucandu@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Zykino@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Picture or artistic impression? If picture I want it as wallpaper!

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  • yucandu@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I found the real photos:

    2005 Cassini probe - assets.science.nasa.gov/content/…/PIA06237.jpg

    2009 - images-assets.nasa.gov/image/…/PIA11653~orig.jpg

    2017 - i.imgur.com/By2xu9B.png

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    • KyuubiNoKitsune@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Woah, I wonder why the one ripple is going in the one direction and the other is going in a different direction.

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      • notabot@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        From wikipedia:

        As it orbits, it creates gravitational ripples on the edges of the Keeler gap as ring particles are attracted toward the moon and then fall back down toward the ring. The waves made by the moon in the inner edge of the gap precede it in orbit, while those on the outer edge lag behind it, due to the differences in relative orbital speed.

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