Picture Gallery

Search For: 

Discovery of the Rings of Uranus

Discovery of the Rings of Uranus
Previous Image | Next Image
Description:
(a) Light from a star is reduced as the rings move in front of it.
(b) With sensitive light detectors, astronomers can detect the
variation in light intensity. Such dimming led to the discovery of
Uranus’s rings. Of course, the star vanishes completely when
Uranus occults it.

Picture Stats:
Views: 698
Filesize: 245.4kB
Height: 900 Width: 1212
Source: https://biology-forums.com/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;id=18219
Return to Gallery