Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/09/13

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Subject: [Leica] Saturn
From: raimo.m.korhonen at uusikaupunki.fi (Raimo K)
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2013 17:23:15 +0300
References: <CAH1UNJ3OXZZ=pWLqob03WW+=NMS7Ert2p_1yPqdFrpgqZmH=tg@mail.gmail.com> <CABmfTOVMRCHLQaRVW-etsRUhPiMsqTJz-zvSV5i__ckxFWNZMg@mail.gmail.com>
 
Oh. What I have heard, the rings consist of all the baggage their airlines 
have lost over time... ;-)
All the best!
Raimo K


----- Original Message ----- 
From: Marty Deveney 
To: Leica Users Group 
Sent: Friday, September 13, 2013 3:22 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Saturn


The rings of Saturn consist of ice crystals and probably meteorite
particles describing circular orbits around the planet's equator. In all
likelihood these are fragments of a former moon that was too close to the
planet and was destroyed by its tidal effect (?Roche limit).

Brockhaus Encyclopaedia

Cited in W.G. Sebald 'The Rings of Saturn'**


On Friday, 13 September 2013, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote:

> http://gizmodo.com/saturn-looks-simply-stunning-from-cassini-1306120883
>
> Cheers
> Jayanand
>
In reply to: Message from jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj) ([Leica] Saturn)
Message from benedenia at gmail.com (Marty Deveney) ([Leica] Saturn)