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- Astronomers have discovered 62 new moons orbiting the ringed planet Saturn. Space must be really really massive, even in our so called cosmic backyard we con
by maskedinvader 3y ago
- Astronomers have discovered 62 new moons orbiting the ringed planet Saturn.
Space must be really really massive, even in our so called cosmic backyard we continue to discover new moons. Incredible.
- walrus01 3y agoOn a scale of how far their gravity well extends to suck things up, Saturn and Jupiter are both like the vacuums of the solar system, collecting long period orbit rocks and rubble piles. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hill_sphere https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hill_sphere
- dehrmann 3y agoSome of these moons are smaller than the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs.
- hackernewds 3y agoHypothetically*
- pavlov 3y agoThe crater isn't hypothetical: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicxulub_crater https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicxulub_crater