Comment on A Ripple in Space

• notabot@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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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  • KyuubiNoKitsune@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Crazy, the universe is amazing.

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