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Posted by Sky Kapitan on August 23, 2005, 12:42 pm
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Saturnian moon Hyperion strikes me as a possible captured-meteor
candidate. It's odd orbital and rotational patterns could thus be
explained, along with the swiss-cheese texture and low interior mass.
If one were to model such a capture event, including a still-spewing
tail and its contribution to the host's ring system, would it result in
something like what we see with Saturn?
What if another gas giant captures a comet, in the far-flung future?
Will its rings also become highly visible?
kk
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