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, 24 Nov 2009 19:24:38 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 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.

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]]> 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.

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