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by veaxvoid 1088 days ago
any idea why the ring of Saturn is disconnected near the planet??? what is going on there?
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Aaron2222 1088 days ago
My guess would be that the 'gap' in the rings is just not getting any sunlight due to being behind Saturn. Remember that the sun will be at a different angle to Saturn than the JWST.
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pixelfarmer 1088 days ago
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/images/pia00335-full-disk-color-ima...
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rydgel 1087 days ago
That's called a shadow.
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h2odragon 1088 days ago
rendering bug. expected to be patched in the next driver update.
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VladimirGolovin 1087 days ago
Looks like shadow.
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