Sentences with phrase «ring were fainter»
In this view, all that can be seen of Saturn's D ring is the faint and narrow arc as it stretches from top right of the image.
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... The thin ring «extends to more than twice the known ring diameter» (or a total of 340,000 miles), and is so faint it can not be photographed except with a large telescope.
And at the root of all this tangled physics is the place where the corona starts, right above the sun's surface — the faint ring made visible during an eclipse.
The sun is directly behind the planet — an alignment not visible from Earth — which allowed astronomers to discover two faint outer hoops, never before seen, and to observe in unprecedented detail the microscopic particles that make up the rings.
The brightness of the planet's faint rings and dark moons has been enhanced for visibility.
From the inside out, the «Cassini division» in faint red at left is followed by the A ring in its entirety in this ultraviolet - light image.
The bright spiral disk may also be surrounded by a much fainter, outer ring of stars, possibly stripped from at least one, former satellite galaxy.
Jupiter is a gaseous planet with a very faint ring system.
The Jovian system is a busy place: Jupiter has a very strong magnetic field, a faint ring system and over 60 rocky moons orbiting around it.
The new dusty rings are extremely faint and required long exposures to capture their image.
It also observed Jupiter's ring system, which is much fainter than Saturn's, and composed mostly of dust.
Neptune's rings have been given names: the outermost is Adams (which contains three prominent arcs now named Liberty, Equality and Fraternity), next is an unnamed ring co-orbital with Galatea, then Leverrier (whose outer extensions are called Lassell and Arago) and finally the faint but broad Galle.
The 27 - minute film, an exploration of medical torture that enlists seizure - quick strobe effects, jarring, ring - modulated vocals, and loud high - end - heavy noise passages, is probably not for the faint of heart.
According to Wirecutter and Twitter reports, the device's ringed bottom is leaving ring stains — yes, actual rings — ranging from very faint to very obvious on wooden tables.