▲ 637 ▼ A Ripple in Space (mander.xyz) submitted 2 months ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to c/science_memes@mander.xyz 46 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] yucandu@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago (5 children) whose camera is that permalink fedilink source hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] Zykino@programming.dev 3 points 2 months ago (4 children) Picture or artistic impression? If picture I want it as wallpaper! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] yucandu@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (3 children) I found the real photos: 2005 Cassini probe - https://assets.science.nasa.gov/content/dam/science/psd/photojournal/pia/pia06/pia06237/PIA06237.jpg 2009 - https://images-assets.nasa.gov/image/PIA11653/PIA11653~orig.jpg 2017 - https://i.imgur.com/By2xu9B.png permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] KyuubiNoKitsune@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 months ago (2 children) Woah, I wonder why the one ripple is going in the one direction and the other is going in a different direction. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] notabot@piefed.social 3 points 2 months ago (1 child) From wikipedia: As it orbits, it creates gravitational ripples on the edges of the Keeler gap as ring particles are attracted toward the moon and then fall back down toward the ring. The waves made by the moon in the inner edge of the gap precede it in orbit, while those on the outer edge lag behind it, due to the differences in relative orbital speed. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] KyuubiNoKitsune@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 2 months ago Crazy, the universe is amazing. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Zykino@programming.dev 3 points 2 months ago (4 children) Picture or artistic impression? If picture I want it as wallpaper! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] yucandu@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (3 children) I found the real photos: 2005 Cassini probe - https://assets.science.nasa.gov/content/dam/science/psd/photojournal/pia/pia06/pia06237/PIA06237.jpg 2009 - https://images-assets.nasa.gov/image/PIA11653/PIA11653~orig.jpg 2017 - https://i.imgur.com/By2xu9B.png permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] KyuubiNoKitsune@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 months ago (2 children) Woah, I wonder why the one ripple is going in the one direction and the other is going in a different direction. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] notabot@piefed.social 3 points 2 months ago (1 child) From wikipedia: As it orbits, it creates gravitational ripples on the edges of the Keeler gap as ring particles are attracted toward the moon and then fall back down toward the ring. The waves made by the moon in the inner edge of the gap precede it in orbit, while those on the outer edge lag behind it, due to the differences in relative orbital speed. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] KyuubiNoKitsune@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 2 months ago Crazy, the universe is amazing. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] yucandu@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (3 children) I found the real photos: 2005 Cassini probe - https://assets.science.nasa.gov/content/dam/science/psd/photojournal/pia/pia06/pia06237/PIA06237.jpg 2009 - https://images-assets.nasa.gov/image/PIA11653/PIA11653~orig.jpg 2017 - https://i.imgur.com/By2xu9B.png permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] KyuubiNoKitsune@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 months ago (2 children) Woah, I wonder why the one ripple is going in the one direction and the other is going in a different direction. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] notabot@piefed.social 3 points 2 months ago (1 child) From wikipedia: As it orbits, it creates gravitational ripples on the edges of the Keeler gap as ring particles are attracted toward the moon and then fall back down toward the ring. The waves made by the moon in the inner edge of the gap precede it in orbit, while those on the outer edge lag behind it, due to the differences in relative orbital speed. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] KyuubiNoKitsune@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 2 months ago Crazy, the universe is amazing. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] KyuubiNoKitsune@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 months ago (2 children) Woah, I wonder why the one ripple is going in the one direction and the other is going in a different direction. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] notabot@piefed.social 3 points 2 months ago (1 child) From wikipedia: As it orbits, it creates gravitational ripples on the edges of the Keeler gap as ring particles are attracted toward the moon and then fall back down toward the ring. The waves made by the moon in the inner edge of the gap precede it in orbit, while those on the outer edge lag behind it, due to the differences in relative orbital speed. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] KyuubiNoKitsune@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 2 months ago Crazy, the universe is amazing. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] notabot@piefed.social 3 points 2 months ago (1 child) From wikipedia: As it orbits, it creates gravitational ripples on the edges of the Keeler gap as ring particles are attracted toward the moon and then fall back down toward the ring. The waves made by the moon in the inner edge of the gap precede it in orbit, while those on the outer edge lag behind it, due to the differences in relative orbital speed. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] KyuubiNoKitsune@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 2 months ago Crazy, the universe is amazing. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] KyuubiNoKitsune@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 2 months ago Crazy, the universe is amazing. permalink fedilink source parent