New Rings Found Around Saturn

[mdvaldosta]

The recent discovery of new rings around Saturn has prompted speculation that the Cassini mission will find previously unidentified moons orbiting around the planet.Â* “Just like the old maxim that says ‘where there’s smoke there’s fire’, at Saturn, where there’s a new ring there’s bound to be a moon,” said Jeff Cuzzi, Cassini interdisciplinary scientist [...]

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[hhayes]

that is so cool. saturn is a beautiful planet.

 

[elluko]

and Pluto is now considered a dwarf planet.

 

[White2000GT]

I think Astronomers were just bored when they decided that deal with Pluto.
But that Saturn deal is pretty cool. Now I wonder if they will also find more rings and/or moons around Neptune as well.

 

[andcuriouser]

A bunch of other stuff is considered to be dwarf planets now, right?

I think the new definition of "planet" is: Are you round?

 

[elluko]

yeah, and three new planets were found. but they are considered dwarf planets as well.