Sentences with phrase «planetary rings»

The solar system's largest planetary ring is even more extensive than scientists thought.

Actually, planetary rings do not relate to a planet's origin.

Robin Canup came to the moon problem from studies of planetary rings such as those girding the gas giants.

The scientists» findings could help to increase the understanding of the basic properties of granular gases such as soot agglomeration in flue gases on Earth or in astrophysical phenomena such as cosmic dust in planetary rings in space.

The world's first internal tooth shaving process offers enhanced planetary ring gear precision, minimising transmission noise.

Astronomers have discovered a gargantuan planetary ring system and possibly a moon around another star

Your story on planetary rings and moon formation (8 December, p 18) is interesting, but Earth's moon seems too massive...

Six of the eight planets are orbited by natural satellites (moons) after Earth's Moon and each of the outer planets is encircled by planetary rings of dust and other particles.

Some of them, such as Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune, additionally possess planetary rings — a collection of still smaller bodies of different sizes that also orbit a planet.

«Scientists solve planetary ring riddle: Universal particle distribution of Saturn's rings.»

It is likely that planetary rings also exist beyond the Solar System.

It wouldn't be so surprising that we are witnessing Saturn's spectacular display right now if planetary rings were popping up all the time, but they are not.

Haumea is a much larger object further out in the solar system, and together with the centaurs can help scientists learn more about planetary rings in general, writes Amanda A. Sickafoose, astronomer at MIT and the South African Astronomical Observatory, in a Nature commentary.

The new data from the Cassini mission allows them to better understand how planetary rings behave and to apply that knowledge to previously gathered data from Voyager 2.

In many cases, he applies dynamical methods to Saturn's rings and other planetary ring systems.

Chancia and Hedman are well - versed in the physics of planetary rings: both study Saturn's rings using data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, which is currently orbiting Saturn.

Researchers shed light on scientific phenomenon which helps to better understand evolution of interstellar dust and planetary rings in space

Both Chancia and Hedman are experts on planetary rings, as they study Saturn's rings using data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.

In other words, it is generic for all planetary rings which have particles to have a similar nature.»

In a breakthrough study, an international team of scientists, including Professor Nikolai Brilliantov from the University of Leicester, has solved an age - old scientific riddle by discovering that planetary rings, such as those orbiting Saturn, have a universally similar particle distribution.

Through theoretical modeling, Aurélien Crida of the University of Nice Sophia - Antipolis and Sébastien Charnoz of the University of Paris Diderot found that the moon - formation action begins at the edge of a planetary ring, where a satellite can take shape without being shredded by the gravitational pull of the planet.

Computer simulations suggest that planetary rings are not durable.

You reported research suggesting that Earth might once have had a planetary ring, like Saturn (8 December 2012, p 18).

David Minton, assistant professor of Earth, atmospheric and planetary sciences, and Andrew Hesselbrock, a doctoral student in physics and astronomy, developed a model that suggests that debris that was pushed into space from an asteroid or other body slamming into Mars around 4.3 billion years ago and alternates between becoming a planetary ring and clumping up to form a moon.

These systems are widely spread in nature in the form of aerosols and smoke on the Earth, or in the form of interstellar dust, planetary rings and proto - planetary discs in space.

Planetary rings have long been associated with claims that planets evolved.

In addition, the engine supplies torque to the planetary ring gear through the smaller electric generator; hence, some of the gas / engine power goes to the wheels.

Battery depleted, high - speed cruising: The planetary ring gear is again released, shifting the drive motor to a higher gear ratio.