more moons for saturn

[Sheryll]

On 12/9/00 10:03:28 PM, Kimberly Snow wrote:<br>
>From SpaceViews:<br>
><br>
>Mysterious Effect May<br>
>Influence Spacecraft<br>
>Trajectories<br>
><br>
>By Leonard David<br>
>Senior Space Writer<br>
>SPACE.com<br>
><br>
>Space probes using Earth to<br>
>slingshot their way outward<br>
>into<br>
>the solar system appear to<br>
>have received an extra boost<br>
>by a<br>
>mysterious force - perhaps an<br>
>unknown component of gravity.<br>
><br>
>Scientists hope to confirm the<br>
>unusual effect as the Stardust<br>
>spacecraft whips by Earth this<br>
>coming January.<br>
><br>
<br>
If this has been a constant, maybe there model is in error. Maybe they just have the basic measurement of gravity wrong. <br>
<br>
Sheryl<br>

[johnm]

Most of what we know of gravity, weak and strong forces, comes from theory.<br>
<br>
Measurements of these minute entities are mapped against mathematics to come with an answer. What matters here are the measurements and how reproducible they are.<br>
<br>
And, gravity is unipolar, like weak and strong forces, but does not appear to have a "repulsion zone" in the distance/force equation (like magnetic, electronic, strong and weak nuclear forces. This lack of repulsion is why "black holes" can form and their centers be the size of a simple point in space.<br>
<br>
Anyone seen a graviton wave? The theory predicts such a beast. If the theory is correct.<br>
<br>
John M.<br>
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br>
Reality is fractal. It has a pattern with no discernable pattern. The finer you divide it, the more it remains the same.<br>

[snow]

More Saturn Moons Discovered: Astronomers announced last week the<br>
discovery of four more moons orbiting Saturn, bringing to ten the<br>
number of moons discovered around the planet since October. The four<br>
moons were first spotted in September by astronomers Brett Gladman of<br>
France's Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur and JJ Kavelaars of McMaster<br>
University in Canada, and confirmed by additional observations in<br>
November. Gladman, Kavelaars, and others also discovered four moons<br>
announced in October and two more reported last month, bringing to 28<br>
the total number of moons orbiting the planet. Like the onces<br>
announced in recent months, these moons are believed to be small<br>
bodies, perhaps no more than a few kilometers in diameter, in distant<br>
orbits. Such moons did not likely form at the same time as Saturn but<br>
were captured later by Saturn's gravity, perhaps from the Centaur<br>
family of small icy bodies that orbit the Sun between Saturn and<br>
Uranus.<br>
<br>
(spaceviews)<br>