Thursday, January 29, 2015

Its Never Good Enough

Astronomers have found a gigantic planet, much larger than Jupiter with a ring system that dwarfs Saturn's. The rings have cloud spaces in them that indicate multiple moons spinning in the rings, much like our own ringed giant.

I wonder if that means that have to reclassify Saturn as a dwarf ring giant.

On yeah, I'm still smarting from Pluto's reclassification. 

Originally delved up at space.com.

© Provided by Forbes Artist’s conception of the extrasolar ring system circling the young giant planet or brown dwarf J1407b. Credit: Ron Miller

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