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Word: fringed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...thin, elegant discs than scientists spotted two new moons no more than 600 km (370 miles) across at the edge of the ring system. They were designated 513 and S-14, because they are the 13th and 14th to be discovered. 513 circles Saturn just outside the so-called Fring, which is about 80,000 km (50,000 miles) from the planet's cloud tops -the gaseous sphere has no real surface. 514 revolves just inside that ring. Like dogs herding sheep along a narrow road, the outer moon seems to be keeping ring particles from flying off into...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Visit to a Large Planet | 11/24/1980 | See Source »

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