Linda Spilker
Linda Spilker
exciting rings trying understand
We're trying to understand how the rings are evolving. To me, that will be the most exciting time.
anytime disappear evolving might rings tells
I don't think Saturn's rings will disappear anytime soon, but this tells us how the rings are evolving and how long they might last.
core hydrogen liquid
We think the core is made of liquid hydrogen and helium.
call moon
We call this 'Cold Faithful'. The moon is one thousandth as big as our moon and has one, one-hundredths of Earth's gravity.
fashion liquid maybe reservoir surface water
We're inferring that there is a liquid water reservoir under the surface and it's erupting in a geyser-like fashion, maybe like the Yellowstone geysers you would see.
biggest
This could be one of the biggest discoveries of the decade.
appeared surface surprised
I think it surprised me in just how Earthlike Titan's surface appeared to be.
suspect
I suspect there are more moons there than we know off.
anywhere formed planet
If it had formed anywhere other than around Saturn, it would be a planet in its own right.
almost saturn solar
In a sense Saturn is almost like a miniature solar system.