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This is what the sky would look like if Saturn was the same distance away as the moon (Original Post)
ErikJ
Aug 2014
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onehandle
(51,122 posts)1. I want to live there. nt
BillZBubb
(10,650 posts)2. What would the tides look like?
CincyDem
(6,385 posts)4. I think the bigger question is...
...would the earth maintain it's solar rotation? More likely, given the mass differential, Earth would become a rotational moon of Saturn.
Wouldn't that be fun.
Renew Deal
(81,869 posts)7. And how much daylight would there be?
Because I bet that thing would reflect a lot of light.
Squinch
(50,993 posts)3. That is very cool, but it feels a little too much like they are close enough to see right into the
bathroom window.
rocktivity
(44,577 posts)5. And now for something completely similiar
rocktivity
markpkessinger
(8,401 posts)9. Cool film, but . . . the Schubert "Ave Maria?" . . .
. . . which, btw, in German is not the Roman Catholic "Ave Maria," but iw rather about a giirl who got knocked up who is praying to the Virgin Mary. What an odd choice@
Blue Owl
(50,487 posts)6. Almost like Putin rearing his head in Palin's airspace
n/t
Uncle Joe
(58,405 posts)8. This is what it would look like if Uranus was that close.
Thanks for the thread, ErikJ.
kentauros
(29,414 posts)10. However,
Wouldn't the pressure from the solar "wind" as well as the greater heat basically boil off all of Saturn's gas and liquid-gas mass? Then what would it look like?