Chrysalis (hypothetical moon)
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Chrysalis (hypothetical moon)
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In the astronomy of the Solar System, Chrysalis is a hypothetical moon of Saturn, named in 2022 by scientists of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology using data from the Cassini–Huygens mission. The moon would have been torn apart by Saturn's tidal forces, somewhere between 200 and 100 million years ago. Up to 99% of the moon's mass would have been swallowed by Saturn, with the remaining 1% forming the rings of Saturn. The origin of Saturn's rings from the destruction of a satellite has bee
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Hypothetical moon of Saturn
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysalis_(hypothetical_moon)
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2022-09-15T22:10:05Z
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2024-09-09T02:38:50Z
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