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2. How much of a temperature drop would it be for those in the shadow of the rings?

Wed Nov 14, 2012, 04:36 AM

Nov 2012

It would be like a weird season within fall/winter/spring as the shadow passed over.

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If the Earth had rings like Saturn [View all] sakabatou Nov 2012 OP

K/R! nt MADem Nov 2012 #1

I don't think it would be that dark a shadow Warpy Nov 2012 #3

At least one of Saturn's rings are the result of a moon Gore1FL Nov 2012 #16

The night time reflection might make up for it. Gore1FL Nov 2012 #15

The secessionists Turbineguy Nov 2012 #4

Give it time. With all the space junk now in orbit...nt Javaman Nov 2012 #5

There are plans in the making to clean up the junk sakabatou Nov 2012 #6

Really? I hope so. Javaman Nov 2012 #9

I would miss seeing... N_E_1 for Tennis Nov 2012 #7

You would always know the direction you were heading. bloomington-lib Nov 2012 #8

What would the ancients have thought of them? tclambert Nov 2012 #10

thats what I wonder FreedomRain Nov 2012 #13

Eratosthenes did it with shadows sakabatou Nov 2012 #17

Huh.... sakabatou Nov 2012 #12