file Bright "Gored Clump" and "Jet" in Saturn's F Ring

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8 years 5 months ago #2818 by Dawn
Wow, that is a cool image! You suppose there's maybe a clump of ices that, because of their interaction with the small moons, start outgassing periodically, causing that rotating plume-looking thing? Is that what they're calling "gores"? That's kind of what I gathered, anyway, and it's especially cool to think that these rings are dynamic, changing all the time. Thanks Todd!

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8 years 5 months ago #2828 by Todd
A gore is where the orbit of Prometheus collides with the F ring creating channels. As it leaves, it draws ring material into a stream. The process is generally responsible for maintaining the ring's shape.

phys.org/news/2014-06-image-prometheus-gores-streamers-saturn.html

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8 years 5 months ago #2834 by ben evans
that is "awesome" to effect a ring so large is mind boggling

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