SpaceWordGame

A fun way to get up to speed on space jargon, by proposing better meanings for exciting-sounding words from way way up beyond the atmosphere. There are many fabulous words used in the space business every day -- bring them into your workplace with you, fresh with new meanings, and impress your co-workers. With a nod to Douglas Adams and John Lloyd who did something much more powerful for placenames, this was inspired by The Snowball Herminator, who takes all credit and no responsibility.

2011-02-22

Encke Gap

The Encke Gap (or previously, the Encke Division) is a gap in Saturn's ring system. It occurs in the so-called outermost 'A'-ring, and is about 325km wide. The gap is caused by the presence of the very small moon Pan. While its named after Johann Encke, he is not known to have observed it himself, he gets the honour for his general contributions to the observations of the rings.

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2011-02-22

Encke Gap

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