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On Apr 6, 2005, at 11:37 AM, George Huxtable wrote:
>
> So the result is that whenever the Earth or the Sun pass through
> Saturn's
> ring-plane, the rings disappear. The Earth-crossings are always
> grouped, in
> time, around a Sun-crossing. At present, Saturn's rings remain quite
> wide
> (they were at their widest in 2002) so the rings remains a fine
> spectacle.
> But they are gradually closing, and will vanish around August-September
> 2009. Catch them soon.
Sorry about this, but, humorously, should we put out a press release?
SATURN'S RINGS VANISHING!!!
