16 Aug
2004
16 Aug
'04
3:01 p.m.
More details in tomorrow's issue of News but I thought y'all might be interested to know that two more Saturnian satellites have been spotted. One measures about 3 kilometers and the other about 4. Both were found by Cassini. That brings Saturn's count up to 33. I wonder how long it will take Cassini to bring that number past Jupiter's 63. I also wonder just how small an orbiting chunk of stuff has to be before they stop calling it a natural satellite (or moon). I mean, what would one call an orbiting 5 or 10 meter wide piece of ice or rock? Patrick BTW, these data are now incorporated in my Solar System Fact Sheet located via the "Solar System Fact Sheet" link at http://www.trilobyte.net/paw . Cheers! Patrick