Friday, 24 October 2014

Something Weird Is Going On Inside Saturn's Moon Mimas

Something Weird Is Going On Inside Saturn's Moon Mimas


There's something strange going on below the surface of Saturn's Death Star-looking moon Mimas, a new study suggests. Mimas' rotation and its orbit around Saturn make the moon look like it's rocking and back forth and oscillating similar to the way a pendulum swings. That rocking motion is called libration.

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