01-28-2015, 05:27 AM
"Astronomers say they have discovered a planet with a gigantic ring system that is 200 times larger than that around Saturn."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-31001936
Image as if Saturn had these rings, seen from Earth. Moon on the left for scale. It'd be interesting to calculate "ring light" levels on Earth if that was Saturn.
![[Image: _80548357_80548355.jpg]](http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/80548000/jpg/_80548357_80548355.jpg)
General system picture. Saturn, eat your heart out.
![[Image: _80548358_80546402.jpg]](http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/80548000/jpg/_80548358_80546402.jpg)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-31001936
Image as if Saturn had these rings, seen from Earth. Moon on the left for scale. It'd be interesting to calculate "ring light" levels on Earth if that was Saturn.
General system picture. Saturn, eat your heart out.
Mike Miller, Materials Engineer
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"Everbody's always in favor of saving Hitler's brain, but when you put it in the body of a great white shark, oh, suddenly you've gone too far." -- Professor Farnsworth, Futurama
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"Everbody's always in favor of saving Hitler's brain, but when you put it in the body of a great white shark, oh, suddenly you've gone too far." -- Professor Farnsworth, Futurama