The Birth of Saturn's Moonlets | Smithsonian
WEBJun 14, 2010 · Saturn has two main types of moons: the first are regular moons, like Enceladus, that are similar to moons around other giant planets and orbit in Saturn's equatorial plane. The others are tiny,...
First Known Belt of Moonlets in Saturn’s Rings - Science@NASA
WEBOct 24, 2007 · A narrow belt harboring moonlets as large as football stadiums discovered in Saturn's outermost ring probably resulted when a larger moon was shattered by a wayward asteroid or comet eons ago, according to …
Moons of Saturn - Wikipedia
WEBDiscovery. Saturn (overexposed) and the moons Iapetus, Titan, Dione, Hyperion, and Rhea viewed through a 12.5-inch telescope. Early observations. Before the advent of telescopic photography, eight moons of Saturn were discovered by direct …
Moonlet - Wikipedia
WEBA moonlet in Saturn's A ring. A moonlet, minor moon, minor natural satellite, or minor satellite is a particularly small natural satellite orbiting a planet, dwarf planet, or other minor planet. Up until 1995, moonlets were only hypothetical components of Saturn's F-ring structure, but in that year, the Earth passed through Saturn's ring plane.
First Saturn moonlets found | Astronomy.com
WEBOct 24, 2007 · The moonlets may be the result of the break-up of a ring-moon similar to Pan — Saturn’s innermost 20-mile diameter moon — that was smashed by a comet or meteor, the team concluded.
Cassini Finds 'Missing Link' Moonlet Evidence in Saturn's Rings
WEBMar 29, 2006 · The moonlets' existence could help answer the question of whether Saturn's rings were formed through the break-up of a larger body or are the remnants of the disk of material from which Saturn and its moons formed.
The recent formation of Saturn's moonlets from viscous …
WEBJun 10, 2010 · The low density of Saturn’s small moons and their icy composition, closeness to the rings and rapid tidal timescales have long suggested that their origin may be linked to the planet’s icy...
Cassini Finds 'Missing Link' Moonlet Evidence in Saturn's Rings
WEBMar 28, 2006 · The propeller moonlets represent a hitherto unseen size-class of particles orbiting within the rings. Scientists with NASA's Cassini mission have found evidence that a new class of small moonlets resides within Saturn's rings. There may be as many as 10 million of these objects within one of Saturn's rings alone.
Saturn’s rings explained - Science News
WEBDec 12, 2010 · Saturn’s majestic rings are the remnants of a long-vanished moon that was stripped of its icy outer layer before its rocky heart plunged into the planet, a new theory proposes.
The birth of Saturn's baby moons | Nature
WEBJun 9, 2010 · Figure 1: Saturn's moonlets. Saturn's small moons (white) reside both inside and outside the outer edge of Saturn's main (A and B) rings. Seven reside at a distance of 2.20–2.55 Saturn...