“Ravioli, pierogi, empanadas…what do you see?” NASA said on its Instagram page.
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It’s been six years since the closest image of Saturn’s innermost moon was taken, but many may have seen their first photo of the strangely shaped object last week, which NASA shared on Instagram. not.
And many could not help but notice the similarities between the moon, known as bread, and some famous dishes.
“Ravioli, pierogi, empanadas…what do you see?” NASA stated on his Instagram page The post was accompanied by two images depicting different angles of the moon. “There are no wrong answers.”
Many commenters agreed that bread actually resembles one of these three foods, but some have more creative interpretations.
“This is Bowser’s shell,” one user said, referring to the turtle-like race of characters from the Super Mario series.
“A macaron packed with cream,” one person commented.
photograph Photographed in 2017 During the Cassini spacecraft’s closest encounter with Pan yet, NASA said on Instagram that “the level of detail seen on the small moon has increased from previous observations.”
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The closest image taken in 2017 after bread was discovered in 1990
Two images shared by NASA show this. Cassini’s My perspective changed on March 7, 2017 when I passed within 25,300 miles of Pan.
This view shows the back side of Pan, the northern and southern hemispheres on opposite sides of the moon’s path as it orbits Saturn.
This unique-looking moon was first photographed by Voyager 2 in 1981, but Mark R. Showalter, a senior scientist at the SETI Institute, analyzed old spacecraft photos and formally identified the object. It wasn’t until 1990 that I discovered it. According to NASA.
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How do scientists explain bread’s unique shape?
breadLike Saturn’s other moon Atlas, it has a prominent ridge along its equator and a distinctive flying saucer shape, which others have likened to a walnut.
The thin ridge around Pan’s equator is thought to have formed after the moon was formed.
Cassini imaging scientists believe that Pan formed within Saturn’s rings, and that material from the rings was deposited on top of them, forming the rounded shape of its central mass. Scientists believe that Pan has a core of icy material that is denser than the surrounding soft mantle.
Because of Pan’s weak gravity, the ring’s material simply settled on top of it and continued to pile up, rather than flattening out like larger objects, NASA said.
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What is the origin of the name of bread?
Saturn’s moons were originally named after the Greco-Roman Titan and its descendants.
But the reason is Saturn has 146 moons, scientists finally had to start choosing names from more myths. The Greek god of nature and the forest, known as Pan, was a satyr, a human-like creature with the hind legs and hooves of a goat.
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