Thats right the Saturn satellite Rhea, may have rings surrounding it. The Cassini detected lowered levels of electron activity coming from around the moon Rhea. The most obvious and plausible explanation is that the moon has a ring, or multiple rings filled with stellar debris, very similar to the ring surrounding it's parent planet, Saturn. The ring would be not nearly as dense as those found around Saturn, but a ring none the less.
This is the first discovery of a moon that has a ring, no stellar body other than planets have been found to have rings. This is an interesting discovery, and has yet to be verified visually, but possibly in the near future by Cassini or other spacecraft could visually confirm this.
Friday, March 7, 2008
Saturns Moon Has A What?
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