Comments on: F ring and Mimas http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/02/f-ring-and-mimas/ I am an astronomer, writer, and skeptic. I likes reality the way it is, and I aims to keep it that way. My real name is Phil Plait, and I run the Bad Astronomy blog. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:37:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Troy http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/02/f-ring-and-mimas/comment-page-1/#comment-62234 Troy Fri, 04 Jan 2008 09:42:32 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/02/f-ring-and-mimas/#comment-62234 Mimas of the 9 craters, and the rings of doom. Mimas of the 9 craters, and the rings of doom.

]]> By: CR http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/02/f-ring-and-mimas/comment-page-1/#comment-62233 CR Fri, 04 Jan 2008 06:33:02 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/02/f-ring-and-mimas/#comment-62233 Thanks, Supernova! Thanks, Supernova!

]]> By: Remek http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/02/f-ring-and-mimas/comment-page-1/#comment-62232 Remek Fri, 04 Jan 2008 00:52:16 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/02/f-ring-and-mimas/#comment-62232 Edward C: At the time the crater was made, quite slim odds. It's important to remember, though, that most all the large impact basins/craters on Saturn's moons are very, very old (a billion years and older). So, though the odds were still very slim even in those times, they were a whole lot higher than they would be in the present millennia. Edward C:

At the time the crater was made, quite slim odds. It’s important to remember, though, that most all the large impact basins/craters on Saturn’s moons are very, very old (a billion years and older). So, though the odds were still very slim even in those times, they were a whole lot higher than they would be in the present millennia.

]]> By: Chris C http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/02/f-ring-and-mimas/comment-page-1/#comment-62231 Chris C Thu, 03 Jan 2008 16:43:45 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/02/f-ring-and-mimas/#comment-62231 Edward, If you're talking about Mimas... 1:1 If you're talking about any other moon... slim. to almost none. Until it happens. Edward,

If you’re talking about Mimas… 1:1

If you’re talking about any other moon… slim.

to almost none.

Until it happens.

]]> By: Edward C http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/02/f-ring-and-mimas/comment-page-1/#comment-62230 Edward C Thu, 03 Jan 2008 16:24:00 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/02/f-ring-and-mimas/#comment-62230 What are the odds of a stray object of the size that caused a 1/3rd the diameter of the moon crater, to actually hit the moon? What are the odds of a stray object of the size that caused a
1/3rd the diameter of the moon crater, to actually hit the moon?

]]> By: Gary Ansorge http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/02/f-ring-and-mimas/comment-page-1/#comment-62229 Gary Ansorge Thu, 03 Jan 2008 16:09:20 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/02/f-ring-and-mimas/#comment-62229 I personally would love a deep probe of,,,Neptune!!! ,,,Mainly because I wonder what's under the clouds, or if it has a solid surface. GAry 7 I personally would love a deep probe of,,,Neptune!!!
,,,Mainly because I wonder what’s under the clouds, or if it has a solid surface.

GAry 7

]]> By: Michael Lonergan http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/02/f-ring-and-mimas/comment-page-1/#comment-62228 Michael Lonergan Thu, 03 Jan 2008 07:15:21 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/02/f-ring-and-mimas/#comment-62228 Nice image. Interesting ways that the mind is either fooled or tricks us. Lugosi, there's just something nasty about sending a probe to Uranus. Nice image. Interesting ways that the mind is either fooled or tricks us.

Lugosi, there’s just something nasty about sending a probe to Uranus.

]]> By: Supernova http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/02/f-ring-and-mimas/comment-page-1/#comment-62227 Supernova Thu, 03 Jan 2008 05:47:34 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/02/f-ring-and-mimas/#comment-62227 Oh, and the ring/moon shot is awesome. Oh, and the ring/moon shot is awesome.

]]> By: Supernova http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/02/f-ring-and-mimas/comment-page-1/#comment-62226 Supernova Thu, 03 Jan 2008 05:46:36 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/02/f-ring-and-mimas/#comment-62226 Happy to oblige: <b>Fry:</b> "Hey, as long as you don't make me smell Uranus." *laughs* <b>Leela:</b> "I don't get it." <b>Professor:</b> "I'm sorry, Fry, but astronomers renamed Uranus in 2620 to end that stupid joke once and for all." <b>Fry:</b> "Oh. What's it called now?" <b>Professor:</b> "Urectum. Here, let me locate it for you." <b>Fry:</b> "Hehe, no, no, I think I'll just smell around a bit over here." <a href="http://www.gotfuturama.com/Multimedia/EpisodeSounds/1ACV08/11.mp3" rel="nofollow">MP3</a> Happy to oblige:

Fry: “Hey, as long as you don’t make me smell Uranus.” *laughs*
Leela: “I don’t get it.”
Professor: “I’m sorry, Fry, but astronomers renamed Uranus in 2620 to end that stupid joke once and for all.”
Fry: “Oh. What’s it called now?”
Professor: “Urectum. Here, let me locate it for you.”
Fry: “Hehe, no, no, I think I’ll just smell around a bit over here.”

MP3

]]> By: CR http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/02/f-ring-and-mimas/comment-page-1/#comment-62225 CR Thu, 03 Jan 2008 05:19:51 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/02/f-ring-and-mimas/#comment-62225 Odd illusion or not, it's just a cool picture! Re: Uranus... Anyone else want to post the Futurama bit with Prof Farnsworth explaining to Fry that Uranus was renamed? Odd illusion or not, it’s just a cool picture!

Re: Uranus… Anyone else want to post the Futurama bit with Prof Farnsworth explaining to Fry that Uranus was renamed?

]]> By: man on the moon http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/02/f-ring-and-mimas/comment-page-1/#comment-62224 man on the moon Thu, 03 Jan 2008 04:17:33 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/02/f-ring-and-mimas/#comment-62224 One word: sweet! Ok, that's three. Six. Eight. D'oh! I think I voted for that one (or one rather like it) in the poll a few days back. If not, I vote to change my vote. One word: sweet!

Ok, that’s three. Six. Eight. D’oh!

I think I voted for that one (or one rather like it) in the poll a few days back. If not, I vote to change my vote.

]]> By: Christian X Burnham http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/02/f-ring-and-mimas/comment-page-1/#comment-62223 Christian X Burnham Thu, 03 Jan 2008 03:59:43 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/02/f-ring-and-mimas/#comment-62223 I love the chessboard optical illusion (linked to above). The illusion is so powerful that the first time I saw it I had to get out Gimp to cut out the two squares and manually compare them. I love the chessboard optical illusion (linked to above). The illusion is so powerful that the first time I saw it I had to get out Gimp to cut out the two squares and manually compare them.

]]> By: Lugosi http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/02/f-ring-and-mimas/comment-page-1/#comment-62222 Lugosi Thu, 03 Jan 2008 03:21:06 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/02/f-ring-and-mimas/#comment-62222 All these pictures from Saturn are getting boring. I think we should send a probe to Uranus. No particular reason, except that it would make for some great proctology jokes. All these pictures from Saturn are getting boring. I think we should send a probe to Uranus. No particular reason, except that it would make for some great proctology jokes.

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