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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 OP
I want to live there. nt onehandle Aug 2014 #1
What would the tides look like? BillZBubb Aug 2014 #2
I think the bigger question is... CincyDem Aug 2014 #4
And how much daylight would there be? Renew Deal Aug 2014 #7
That is very cool, but it feels a little too much like they are close enough to see right into the Squinch Aug 2014 #3
And now for something completely similiar rocktivity Aug 2014 #5
Cool film, but . . . the Schubert "Ave Maria?" . . . markpkessinger Aug 2014 #9
Almost like Putin rearing his head in Palin's airspace Blue Owl Aug 2014 #6
This is what it would look like if Uranus was that close. Uncle Joe Aug 2014 #8
However, kentauros Aug 2014 #10

CincyDem

(6,362 posts)
4. I think the bigger question is...
Tue Aug 12, 2014, 10:59 PM
Aug 2014


...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.

Squinch

(50,949 posts)
3. That is very cool, but it feels a little too much like they are close enough to see right into the
Tue Aug 12, 2014, 10:57 PM
Aug 2014

bathroom window.

markpkessinger

(8,399 posts)
9. Cool film, but . . . the Schubert "Ave Maria?" . . .
Wed Aug 13, 2014, 03:17 AM
Aug 2014

. . . 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@

kentauros

(29,414 posts)
10. However,
Wed Aug 13, 2014, 10:02 AM
Aug 2014

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?

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