Bleriot
Cassini image directed at Bleriot.
Discovery
Discovered byCassini Imaging Team
Discovery date2005
Orbital characteristics
Eccentricity≈ 0.000
Inclination≈ 0.0
Satellite ofSaturn
GroupA ring moonlet
Physical characteristics
Mean diameter
1,500 metres (4,900 ft)
assumed synchronous

    Bleriot (or Blériot), is the informal name for a propeller moonlet within Saturn's A Ring. The moon is about 1,500 metres (4,900 ft) across, making it the largest of these propeller moonlets. It has been tracked by the Cassini Imaging Team for the past decade.[1][2]

    Bleriot has been subject to some scientific studies due to its large size and has helped scientists improve their understanding the interactions between objects within Saturn's rings.[3][4] The orbit of Bleriot has some anomalies such as that it sometimes is much further behind or ahead than is predicted to be.[3][5]

    The name comes from French aviator Louis Blériot, who was the first person to fly across the English Channel.[2][3]

    Due to its small size, Bleriot cannot be directly imaged, it can only be noticed by the "propeller-shaped" disturbances it creates around it.[6]

    See also

    References

    1. ↑ "My God. It's full of propellers". SYFY Official Site. 2017-05-10. Retrieved 2023-09-23.
    2. 1 2 "Catalog Page for PIA21447". photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2023-09-23.
    3. 1 2 3 "NASA Cassini Images: Tiny Moons In Saturn's Rings". International Business Times. 2017-05-11. Retrieved 2023-09-23.
    4. ↑ "Catalog Page for PIA12792". photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2023-09-23.
    5. ↑ Beatty, J. Keally (2010-07-16). "Strange Twists in Saturn's Rings". Sky and Telescope. Retrieved 2023-09-23.
    6. ↑ Seiß, Martin; Albers, Nicole; Sremčević, Miodrag; Schmidt, Jürgen; Salo, Heikki; Seiler, Michael; Hoffmann, Holger; Spahn, Frank (2018-12-12). "Hydrodynamic Simulations of Moonlet-induced Propellers in Saturn's Rings: Application to Blériot". The Astronomical Journal. 157 (1): 6. arXiv:1701.04641. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/aaed44. ISSN 1538-3881.


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