Topic: SPACE PICTURES THIS WEEK: Rings Gored, Blue "Eye," More

[sam]

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/03/photogalleries/week-in-space-pictures-32/photo3.html

[Rik]

Three looks like my retinas on a bad day.

[Clive]

I like num 4. 

[Simon]

I best num 3 like.

[captainhaddock]

Outstanding, I wonder what Keppler will show us.

[sam]

Outstanding, I wonder what Keppler will show us.

Well its mission priorities are:

    * Determine how many terrestrial and larger planets there are in or near the habitable zone of a wide variety of spectral types of stars
    * Determine the range of sizes and shapes of the orbits of these planets
    * Estimate how many planets there are in multiple-star systems
    * Determine the range of orbit size, brightness, size, mass and density of short-period giant planets
    * Identify additional members of each discovered planetary system using other techniques
    * Determine the properties of those stars that harbor planetary systems

This probably means not many fantastic images...