Prometheus is another shepherd moon of Saturn’s F ring. The gravitational tug of shepherd moons and their often eccentric orbits help shape unique structures in Saturn’s rings.
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Atlas is a tiny shepherd moon just outside Saturn’s A ring. Very little is know about this moon.
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Introduction
Pan
Atlas
Prometheus
Pandora
Janus
Epimetheus
Mimas
Pallene [...]
Pan is the innermost known moon of Saturn. It is a shepherd moon that creates the Encke Gap in Saturn’s A ring.
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The moons of Saturn, now numbering 47 (when Cassini-Huygens launched from the Earth in 1997 there were only 18 known moons orbiting Saturn,) have changed planetary scientists’ view of our solar system yet [...]
When it is a vidcast. The number one and two podcasts listed in Apple iTunes’ “Today’s Top Podcasts” list are vidcasts, with three more in the top 20. There cannot possibly be as many iPods with video purchased yet as there are older video-free iPods; the new iPod came out a few [...]
With video now available for your iPod, your cellphone, your television, your computer, your car, your sunglasses, and your refrigerator, there is only one place left for video to go. Before I tell you where that is (it should be obvious by now,) let me highlight recent announcements about the future of video.
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Marshall Brain, founder of the website “How Stuff Works” and author of several books and futurist writings (”The Robotic Nation” and “The Day You Discard Your Body”) has launched a new site exploring the paradox of God. If medical miracles really happen, then why have amputees been ignored?
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Marshall Brain used his engineering and computer science experience to help an Internet audience learn How Stuff Works, and then turned his attention to exploring The Robotic Nation. While finding Robotic Nation Evidence everywhere and contemplating on how this may lead to The Day You Discard Your Body, Brain has also written several [...]
Dear Apple (with greetings, and apologies, to Disney/ABC),
Thank you. Thank you for finally providing legal downloads of television shows. I just deleted all the episodes of “Lost” I downloaded via Bittorrent and from now on I will pay US$1.99 per episode (plus tax in my state) the day after that episode airs on [...]
Tivo and Bittorrent have allowed viewers to cull through the dreck of mainstream network television and the onslaught of nearly 18 minutes per hour of commercials to create an experience they will not give up easily. With vidcasting, viewing video entertainment has become an absolute joy again. Of special note is Rocketboom, hosted [...]