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Saturn - shadow or Crepe Ring?

Started by kulginov, 03/25/2007 09:17PM
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Dmitri Kulginov
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The place where the Crepe Ring used to be is very contrasty and dark this season. Is it the ring that has become better visible because of the angle it is seen at, or is it the shadow of the rings on the globe?

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Lawrence Regira
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The February 2006 Sky and Telescope has an article about Saturn. The ring shadow spends 6 months from our point of view north of the rings and 6 months south of the rings. Right now the shadow of the rings is south of the ring system and in line with the crepe ring.

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