Setting the standard...
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19 years 4 months ago #6808
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Carrying around my 20" obsession is going to kill me,
but what a way to go.
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The width of the rings as about the distance from here to the Moon.
So, if you were to put the Earth at one end of the rings, you could put the moon on the other side of the rings and everything would be to scale, they are that wide (approx 300,000Km).
Remember that the next time you see Saturn!
So, if you were to put the Earth at one end of the rings, you could put the moon on the other side of the rings and everything would be to scale, they are that wide (approx 300,000Km).
Remember that the next time you see Saturn!
Dave L. on facebook , See my images in flickr
Chairman. Shannonside Astronomy Club (Limerick)
Carrying around my 20" obsession is going to kill me,
but what a way to go.
+ 12"LX200, MK67, Meade2045, 4"refractor
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