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Small moons are acting as shepherds using their gravity to herd dust and boulders in Jupiter's faint rings, NASA scientists reported on Tuesday.

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STONERS
May 2, 2007, 12:22 a.m.
Pictures of Jupiter's faint rings revealed the moons Metis and Adrastea herding rocks with their gravitational pull.
"The boulder-sized particles are definitely being controlled by these shepherding satellites"
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BrianJJohnson
May 2, 2007, 2:28 a.m.
wish we could get up close pictures of the volcano...an eruption bigger than earth (?) (the moon anyhow) lol.
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joeblowe
May 2, 2007, 1:36 p.m.
Now moons are "shepards?" Is there ANYTHING some journalist won't anthropomorphize?
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Truzseeker
May 2, 2007, 5:24 p.m.
Its OK to launch these research toys, but NASA needs to get away from the liquid fuel stuff, and start thinking seriously about other forms of propulsion and not stuff like ions, or solar wind, but something much more serious like gravitational.
I think they are looking at American Anti-grav for some answers.
I believe the knowledge and technology are now present for serious space exploration, but NASA just drags its heals for the money.
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aceofspades1
May 2, 2007, 6:08 p.m.
Truzseeker - a new satellite is about to be launched - it's payload is a giant rubber band, the end of which will be returned to the earth's surface - future launchings are expected to be done by the super slingshot method. It was designed by the officer from the Army Engineers who was responsible for the drainage canal walls in New Orleans
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GHOSTWHOWALKS
May 2, 2007, 8:43 p.m.
Giant rubber bands, LOL.
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mamasan
May 2, 2007, 9:07 p.m.
I thought it said
"huge erections seen on jupitor"
I was so offended!!!
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truthiness
May 2, 2007, 11:19 p.m.
the pictures look no different than the animations...hmmm