{"id":2478,"date":"2013-04-21T20:27:03","date_gmt":"2013-04-21T20:27:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thetravellerslastjourney.com\/shai\/?p=2478"},"modified":"2019-07-14T01:07:46","modified_gmt":"2019-07-14T01:07:46","slug":"lucretius-the-nature-of-things-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetravellerslastjourney.com\/shai\/2013\/04\/21\/lucretius-the-nature-of-things-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Science Review: Saturn’s magnetic ring rain"},"content":{"rendered":"
Concept<\/strong>: Saturn’s magnetic ring rain.<\/div>\n
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Source<\/strong>: Nature News and Views<\/a><\/em>, based on an original research Letter\u00a0(April 11, 2013)<\/a><\/em>.<\/div>\n
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    Background<\/strong>: Rings made up of water ice, most of which can be described by Newtonian forces, but those small enough require an explanation of the Lorentz force. If they gain a high enough charge:mass, then they move along the magnetic field. Saturn’s field is unique as it is symmetric about its rotation axis.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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    Results<\/strong>: Water movement measured by H3+ proxy, in terms of its ion emissions. Describe the planet’s “ring rain”<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Concept: Saturn’s magnetic ring rain. Source: Nature News and Views, based on an original research Letter\u00a0(April 11, 2013). Background: Rings made up of water ice, most of which can be described by Newtonian forces, but those small enough require an explanation of the Lorentz force. If they gain a high enough charge:mass, then they move […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[159,242,16,17],"tags":[],"metadata":[],"class_list":["post-2478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-posts","category-evernote-entries","category-science","category-science-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2519,"url":"https:\/\/thetravellerslastjourney.com\/shai\/2013\/04\/07\/science-review-geoneutrinos\/","url_meta":{"origin":2478,"position":0},"title":"Science Review: Geoneutrinos","author":"Pala","date":"April 7, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Concepts: Geoneutrinos Source: A News\u00a0piece in Nature\u00a0(April 3, 2013). 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