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	<title>Comments on: Stunning New Images of Saturn&#039;s Rings</title>
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		<title>By: Shaula Brant</title>
		<link>http://www.universetoday.com/2008/12/31/stunning-new-images-of-saturns-rings/comment-page-1/#comment-48180</link>
		<dc:creator>Shaula Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description>Fantastic picture of Saturn&#039;s ring structure.

With four out of four of our solar system&#039;s gas giants possessing ring structures, I would expect this to be true and common occurrence with very many star systems we discover that have giant exo-planets in orbit about them.

I wonder if ring structures would be limited to planets that lay beyond a certain distance from their host star or if with some of the giant exo-planets we have discovered so far that are very close to their host star could have ring structures as well.  I would have my doubts that giant planets close to their parent star would have ring structures;  I would doubt they would have as I think tidal forces from the parent star would prevent this.

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Fantastic picture of Saturn&#039;s ring structure.</p>
<p>With four out of four of our solar system&#039;s gas giants possessing ring structures, I would expect this to be true and common occurrence with very many star systems we discover that have giant exo-planets in orbit about them.</p>
<p>I wonder if ring structures would be limited to planets that lay beyond a certain distance from their host star or if with some of the giant exo-planets we have discovered so far that are very close to their host star could have ring structures as well.  I would have my doubts that giant planets close to their parent star would have ring structures;  I would doubt they would have as I think tidal forces from the parent star would prevent this.</p>
<p>Would this be a correct assumption?</p>
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		<title>By: Steve</title>
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		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 20:54:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The Bad Astronomer stole &quot;embiggen&quot; from the Simpsons. In the episode &quot;Lisa the Iconoclast&quot; Jebediah Springfield, the founder of the town, is credited with saying &quot;A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man.&quot; (Of course, Lisa complains that &quot;embiggen&quot; isn&#039;t a word.)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Bad Astronomer stole &#034;embiggen&#034; from the Simpsons. In the episode &#034;Lisa the Iconoclast&#034; Jebediah Springfield, the founder of the town, is credited with saying &#034;A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man.&#034; (Of course, Lisa complains that &#034;embiggen&#034; isn&#039;t a word.)</p>
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		<title>By: Sci-Fi Si</title>
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		<dc:creator>Sci-Fi Si</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 17:57:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>WOW! That is a fab picture of Saturn&#039;s rings.</description>
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