snoons@lemmy.ca to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 23 days agoSaturn seen with infruled lightlemmy.caimagemessage-square3linkfedilinkarrow-up158
arrow-up158imageSaturn seen with infruled lightlemmy.casnoons@lemmy.ca to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 23 days agomessage-square3linkfedilink
minus-squaregandalf_die_12te@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·23 days agointeresting. why are the rings brighter than the planet’s surface? that makes little sense in my head.
minus-squaresnoons@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-222 days agoIce I guess. *https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/webb-captures-saturn-in-infrared/ …the rings are extremely bright because they are made of highly reflective water ice. Fig. 1 mfw saturns rings are icy
minus-squareLegoBrickOnFire@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·22 days agoOw… My guess was blackbody radiation because of all the friction creating heat. But reflective ice makes more sense
interesting. why are the rings brighter than the planet’s surface? that makes little sense in my head.
Ice I guess.
*https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/webb-captures-saturn-in-infrared/
Fig. 1 mfw saturns rings are icy
Ow… My guess was blackbody radiation because of all the friction creating heat. But reflective ice makes more sense