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Cassini Discovers Rings Around Saturn's Moon Rhea

04/13/2008 05:17AM

Cassini Discovers Rings Around Saturn's Moon Rhea

Researchers using NASA’s Cassini spacecraft have found evidence of material orbiting Rhea, Saturn's second largest moon. This finding is the first time that rings have been found around a moon.


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  • Joestat [Joe Statkevicus]
  • 04/18/2008 07:16PM
Now that a ring has been detected around Rhea, it is only a matter of time before a moon will be found orbiting another moon. An example would be a Phobos or Deimos sized body orbiting Umbriel for instance. Just a thought!<br><br>Regards . . . Joe S.