Saturn Moon Full of Holes


	Saturn Moon Full of Holes

invictus

7-5-2007 4:25 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/a26254d9-60ae-4bc0-aba1-1243bbbbd726/02457354-E46B-4D23-A4E8-DCF678420050/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/07/05/hyperion_spa.html?category=space&guid=20070705083030&dcitc=w19-506-ak-0008" href="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/07/05/hyperion_spa.html?category=space&guid=20070705083030&dcitc=w19-506-ak-0008" style="font-size: 11px;">dsc.discovery.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/07/05/hyperion_spa.html?category=space&guid=20070705083030&dcitc=w19-506-ak-0008"><SPAN class="primeColor">Saturn Moon Full of Holes</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/07/05/hyperion_spa.html?category=space&guid=20070705083030&dcitc=w19-506-ak-0008"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/dsc.discovery.com/img/EBE10CFC-379E-4BB3-9133-74D0F21EA6EE" alt="Spongy Moon" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/07/05/hyperion_spa.html?category=space&guid=20070705083030&dcitc=w19-506-ak-0008"><P><B>July 5, 2007</B> — In the family of eclectic moons circling Saturn, 
Hyperion stands alone, not only for its irregular 
shape and chaotic rotation, but because of its 
oddly porous surface, new research culled from 
the Cassini space probe shows.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/07/05/hyperion_spa.html?category=space&guid=20070705083030&dcitc=w19-506-ak-0008"><P>"The most striking visual aspect of Hyperion is 
its sponge-like appearance, which is unlike that 
of any other object imaged to date,"  writes 
Cornell University planetary scientist Peter 
Thomas, lead author of a paper about Hyperion 
appearing in this week's issue of the journal 
<I>Nature.</I></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/07/05/hyperion_spa.html?category=space&guid=20070705083030&dcitc=w19-506-ak-0008"><P>The eighth-largest of Saturn's brood is peppered 
with relatively well-preserved craters that 
measure between two and 10 kilometers (1.2 to 6.2 miles) in 
diameter. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/07/05/hyperion_spa.html?category=space&guid=20070705083030&dcitc=w19-506-ak-0008"><P>Scientists theorize that Hyperion's 
spongy surface, which comprises about 40 percent 
of the moon by volume, limits how much debris is 
stirred up during impacts.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/07/05/hyperion_spa.html?category=space&guid=20070705083030&dcitc=w19-506-ak-0008"><P>"The high porosity may be the crucial factor 
in crafting this unusual surface," said Thomas.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/02457354-E46B-4D23-A4E8-DCF678420050/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>