Are the rocks and dust in the ring stationary or do they orbit the planet? If they do, then aren't they technically satelites or is there a minimum size that an object should be before it could be classified as a satelite? If so, why do we call the small satelites we send to space satelites?
2006-06-29 02:45:28 · 9 answers · asked by Hrodulf 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
They are called super-minors as in there is so many of them, we cannot know which is which so we don't catalogue them. They smash to bits and collide and mould together by heat to large ones, catalogueing is very hard and it will have to be a live stream catalogue. Remember "super minors".
The rocks are orbiting and so are gas and dust too. All like that and is at least a half smaller than the planet orbits it.
"super minors" and the "satellites" catalogue belongs to the solar system catalogues but "super minors" belong to the "minor satellites" catalogue that belongs to the "satellite" catalogue. For Americans and Candanians "cataloge or catalog".
Things the size of a tennis ball can be a satellite, ie, satellite means orbiting object in cyrillic it came from "сателлите". As translate of middle European Cyrillic. To Western European "dialect" of "Translit" it means orbiting mass or orbiting object saturn to some standards got it's name from the orbiting disc and took pick of a Greek god featuring Saturn "orb god" and as you think orbiting don't you. So people chose this name for being a Greek god and having orbit in it.
2006-06-29 09:11:45 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 1⤋
The rocks and stuff orbit the planet but they're too small to call a satelite. AND they're part of a ring, the actual satelites of Saturn are orbiting in a different pattern. The ones we wend to space are called satelites just because that's what they are. They were sent to orbit a planet. Not be part of a ring or a belt.
2006-06-29 02:48:40 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Technically they are satellites as the term satellite is fairly broad and basically means any object orbiting a larger object, in fact the Earth is a satellite of the Sun as it orbits it.
Dictionary.co.uk states "A natural object moving round a larger object in space" which is rather vague and innaccurate as a satellite can also be artificial (man-made).
You could say each individual rock orbiting Saturn is a satellite or the ring system as a whole is a satellite as there is no single definition that states a satellite has to be natural or man-made, spherical or irregular, metallic, rocky or icy.
2006-06-29 04:47:55 · answer #3 · answered by Kevin C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The rings round Saturn are in easily actuality abode dirt and the perfect way the moons are formed is through this dirt smacking into another virtually. Saturn's moons more advantageous faraway from the celestial body itself are regularly higher once you consider that of this. it really is only now being advice that different planet's satellites are formed from those rings, or diverse ringed planets. I study this very few weeks in the previous in a technology daily article. no longer something is precise besides the undeniable fact that. in uncomplicated phrases theories.
2016-11-15 10:09:02 · answer #4 · answered by kaszinski 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The rocks are mixed with frozen water and other substances to form the rings. They are part of the rings. They are called Saturn's rings.
2006-06-29 02:49:42 · answer #5 · answered by Answer King 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hey, we could send all the crackheads to Saturn.
2006-06-29 02:50:21 · answer #6 · answered by Kango Man 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
and yes there is a minimum size although I cant remember off the top of my head what it is
2006-06-29 02:49:52 · answer #7 · answered by Celestial Dragon 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they're too small to be separate satellites and are a part of a structure
2006-06-29 05:18:26 · answer #8 · answered by shiara_blade 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
'coz it's made up of rocks and dust particles
2006-06-29 05:07:07 · answer #9 · answered by sushant k 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋