Comments on: When Moons and Rings Collide

By: Mike Jackson

Mike Jackson — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 06:01:19 +0000

Thanks, Jerry. I understand what is happening now. Somehow the movie had me thinking that it was wobbling north/south near the equatorial (without crossing the actual equitorial line).

By: Mr. glitters

Mr. glitters — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 01:43:35 +0000

Very cool, but yes it could be awsome if it was in color

By: web

web — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 01:00:09 +0000

This is very coo I wonder if it is in color?

By: jerry

jerry — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 22:21:00 +0000

You are looking from a prospective roughly perpendicular to the position of Promethius. Think of the motion of a bike pedal ring relative to a cyclist's foot.

By: Liede-Marie

Liede-Marie — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 17:45:39 +0000

There is an article on this in the Nov/Dec "StarDate", The Univ. of TX at Austin McDonald Observatory, pg 15 by Rebecca Johnson.

By: dollhopf

dollhopf — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 07:12:16 +0000

Mechanical determinism at it's best. Particles behave like they ought to. All determined by the law of cause and effect. The ancients would have been fascinated, but maybe this Saturnian landscape looks so terribly dead, because ET's free will cannot emerge within 17th century determinism.

By: Mike Jackson

Mike Jackson — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 05:34:32 +0000

Thanks, azzclown. ( : No doubt mass, velocity and distance are involved as well.

I was hoping for an answer involving perspective and orbits.

By: Ken

Ken — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 04:54:44 +0000

Mike I can answer your question!

Gravity.

Throw a rock up in the air, you'll miraculously see the same thing happen.

By: Mike Jackson

Mike Jackson — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 04:50:08 +0000

Wow. Just wow!

Anybody want to explain what is happening in the movie that causes Prometheus to appear to be impossibly reversing course as it nears the ring?

The people who designed these space explorers deserve medals.

By: baryogenesis

baryogenesis — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 04:33:05 +0000

Well, I for one voted for these particular movies , when was it, last year during the contest at Carolyn Porco's site, as my favorites. I still e-mail the links to people.