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pokerfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-13-11 02:41 PM
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Five of Saturn’s Moons in One Breathtaking Photo


http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/09/12/7733761-saturnian-moons-merge-into-a-quintet?chromedomain=cosmiclog
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-13-11 02:51 PM
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1. Cool! Two of them aren't really round, are they?
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pokerfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-13-11 02:57 PM
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2. probably not massive enough for gravity to force them into spheres
Current Saturn moon count: sixty-two plus hundreds more moonlets within the rings.
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BlueJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-13-11 04:02 PM
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7. Yes I noticed the one at top center is only half a moon.
:spank:
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pokerfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-13-11 05:41 PM
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8. you have a good eye, my friend
In fact, upon closer inspection, they're all only half a moons! WTF is going on in the Saturn system?

:P
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dtexdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-13-11 03:05 PM
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3. Yeah, vacuum will do that -- take one's breath.
;-)

But cool pic.
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Raster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-13-11 03:43 PM
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6. vacuum will do that....
:rofl:
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Pharaoh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-13-11 03:22 PM
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4. great shot!
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FSogol Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-13-11 03:40 PM
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5. Cool, thanks for posting. n/t
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