c/onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone · snoons@lemmy.ca · 7 Sep 2026 22:15

Saturn seen with infruled light

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@snoons@lemmy.caOP · 8 Sep 2026 · edited

Ice I guess.

*www.nasa.gov/…/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

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- @LegoBrickOnFire@lemmy.world · 8 Sep 2026
  
  Ow… My guess was blackbody radiation because of all the friction creating heat. But reflective ice makes more sense
  
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