Oddly enough, there's no mention of the actual person who made this draw-dropping animation (Erik Wernquist) in any of the English news articles about the Emmy nomination or award. I'm a little miffed that JPL seems to be taking all the credit for Erik Wernquist's FANTASTIC work.The award is for the animation, which is why "YouTube" is listed as the medium on www.emmys.com, but no mention of him is given. This is really disappointing.
Members of the JPL Media Relations and Public Engagement offices, and leaders of the Cassini Mission received an Emmy for Outstanding Original Interactive Program at the Television Academy's 2018 Creative Arts Emmy Awards at the Microsoft Theater on Saturday, Sept. 8, 2018, in Los Angeles. L to R:Alice Wessen, Jia-Rui Cook, Preston Dyches, Phil Davis, Linda Spilker (holding the Emmy), Gay Hill, Veronica McGregor, Stephanie L. Smith, Bill Dunford, Earl Maize, Julie Webster, Jess Doherty.Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
The image was first published in July 2018 – read more here about how the image was created, and enjoy a video featuring further stunning visuals here.
Quote from: jacqmans on 01/14/2019 12:56 pmThe image was first published in July 2018 – read more here about how the image was created, and enjoy a video featuring further stunning visuals here. Link?
Saturn scientists will continue work to figure out how the rings formed. The new evidence of young rings lends credence to theories that they formed from a comet that wandered too close and was torn apart by Saturn's gravity - or by an event that broke up an earlier generation of icy moons.
Yes, evidence has been growing in recent years that both the rings and inner moons were formed in a relatively young event. That the estimated age for both happens to coincide is probably not an accident.E.g, https://www.seti.org/seti-institute/press-release/moons-saturn-may-be-younger-dinosaurs This is part of the astrobiological preference for Europa. We may be too early for recognisable life on Enceladus...
The interiors of Europa and other watery moons in the outer solar system might be too geologically inactive to support life
I don't see how those assumptions are unreasonable given what we know about Enceladus. What alternative seems likely?More to the point crater counting has many assumptions required which are little better than throwing darts at a dartboard blindfolded. We have no idea of the actual historical impact rate, especially if there was a huge breakup event in the system in recent history as Saturn's rings suggest.