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Friday 1 April 2011
1st April 2011 Seeing Impacts in Planet Rings
Over the years, lines have been observed in the rings of Jupiter. These lines can be traced back to when a comet is known to have hit Jupiter in 1993.
Sources
SETI - How to Catch a Comet
Greg Laden - Ripples in Planetary Rings Are Traces of Decades-Old Cometary Collisions
NASA - Forensic Sleuthing Ties Ring Ripples to Impacts
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