Friday, November 28, 2014

Phoebe the Visitor

Today's Pluto Picture of the Day shows Saturn's icy moon Phoebe (detailed view here). Phoebe orbits opposite other moons in Saturn's system and appears to be composed differently from the rest of the icy moons around Saturn, leading to the possibility that it is a visitor from another part of the Solar System.

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