there are no rocky moons...

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Adam — 10/31/2004 10:12:24 AM (archived)

...in orbit around Saturn EP. Most are at least half ice(s) and probably more so. Enceladus is probably all slush.

Even the one most thought would be rocky - Phoebe - turned out to be dirty ices. Hyperion is the next most likely rocky one - bet it's not either.

Adam

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Titan appears to be remarkably flat. - Jacob Samorodin - 10/30/2004 4:27:00 PM
- What gives? Impacts pound Titan's surface "flat". - E.P. Grondine - 10/31/2004 12:00:01 AM
  - Smaller "Rocky" moons have no atmosphere - E.P. Grondine - 10/31/2004 12:06:00 AM
    - there are no rocky moons... - Adam - 10/31/2004 10:12:24 AM
      - "rocky" with parens - like "flat" (n/t) - E.P. Grondine - 10/31/2004 11:06:08 PM
- Is Titan's rotation synchronized with its orbit (like our Moon?) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 10/30/2004 7:24:24 PM
  - Due to the eccentricity of its orbit, it has high tidal forces pulling on it. - REB - 11/2/2004 1:27:53 PM
    - tidal forces less than the Moon - A Crowl - 11/3/2004 3:30:12 AM
      - re: tidal forces less than the Moon - REB - 11/3/2004 8:27:11 PM
  - Yes (n/t) - phil - 10/30/2004 8:46:34 PM
- More computer models down the drain - phil - 10/30/2004 4:49:14 PM
  - You are as hooked on finger-pointing and conspiracies as tax-leech (in your own way) - alcaray - 11/1/2004 5:31:06 PM
    - please read and think before replying - phil - 11/2/2004 8:05:17 PM
      - You imply someone does take them seriously in a way that is improper. (n/t) - alcaray - 11/3/2004 8:30:56 PM
      - re: Uhmm, like what Titan has 'revealed' lately. - Marcia - 11/2/2004 9:51:55 PM
        
        Titan still a mystery - phil - 11/3/2004 6:22:01 AM
  - Any pre-Cassini model about Titan was almost worthless - Gary - 10/30/2004 5:47:02 PM
  - Future Titan surface-rovers might end up stuck. (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 10/30/2004 4:55:53 PM
    - re: Future Titan surface-rovers might end up stuck. - Doug Ellison - 10/31/2004 8:23:03 AM
      - Try a helicopter instead - LJK - 11/3/2004 1:41:07 AM
        
        I like balloon's - REB - 11/3/2004 10:51:53 PM
        
        Dirigibles better... - Adam - 11/4/2004 12:22:41 PM
        
        re: I like balloon's - LJK - 11/3/2004 11:19:12 PM

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