Scientists analyzing images taken with the American automatic interplanetary station "Cassini" have discovered some rather strange glowing objects.
The size of these objects is about 1 kilometer in diameter. These objects moved through the Saturnian F ring, leaving behind them distinct luminous traces of their trajectory.
Scientists called these tracks mini-jets (mini-jets). The amazing discovery will be presented in Vienna (Austria) at the European Science Conference.
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“I believe that the F ring is the most mysterious ring around Saturn. And the latest discovery with the Cassini probe demonstrates that this ring is even more dynamic than we ever thought, said researcher Carl Murray of Queen Mary University, London, UK.
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“The photographs taken by Cassini show that the Saturnian F ring is like a zoo. There are many strange luminous objects here that create amazing bright pictures as they move."
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Scientists assumed there were such unusual objects orbiting Saturn, but now they know a lot more about them. It turns out that some of these objects collide with each other and "die", while others survive in collisions and only change the direction of their movement, all the same leaving behind luminous traces and drawing intricate figures.
For reasons not yet understood, all these objects are concentrated precisely near the F ring.