07 Oct '09 12:24>
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/space/10/07/space.saturn.ring/index.html
This one is invisible in visual wavelengths, only found because the dust sized particles are about 80 degrees Kelvin and Spitzer saw the IR signature. It also explains the dark and light side of Iapitus, it always has the same face forward into the dust so the dark side was peppered by the dust over eons of time. Great work, Spitzer dudes!
This one is invisible in visual wavelengths, only found because the dust sized particles are about 80 degrees Kelvin and Spitzer saw the IR signature. It also explains the dark and light side of Iapitus, it always has the same face forward into the dust so the dark side was peppered by the dust over eons of time. Great work, Spitzer dudes!