The latest Hubble Space Telescope Observation reveals a twist in the story of Moon of Uranus. Instead of the expected radiation “sunburn”, Moons Ariel, Umble, Titania and Oberon literally collect cosmic dust. This suggests that the heterogeneous inclination of the planet is not scorched by their backside according to the prediction, but instead coat the front ends of two outer moon in a type of space-grime. In this result, astronomers scratch their heads, as it is exactly the opposite of what they expected under the distorted magnetic field of Uranus.
No radiation
According to NASA data Vyager 2 In the decades of flybi and modeling in 1986, scientists meant spin in the sidewalk of Uranus. Magnetic field Destroy the follower side of each moon (“back window”) with charge particles, blacking it. The back parts were expected to look dull and dark. Instead, Hubble’s ultraviolet data tells a different story: Titania and Oberon (distant pair) are actually deep on their major faces – contrary to the prediction of that radiation hypothesis. In other words, the effect radiation damage is not at all. Instead, it seems that the magnetosphere of Uranus is largely remembered these moon.
A cosmic windshield effect
Kick by space dust Uranous Moon from far and wide. Micromatorites continuously pummels those distant satellites that do small grits inward in millions of years. Titania and Oberon solve through this dust cloud, collecting debris on their front like a bug on the windshield of a car. This cosmic “Bug Splatter” coats their major faces with a slightly darker, red tint.
Meanwhile, Ariel and Ambriel ride in the shadow of their elder brothers and sisters and look at the same glow on both sides. Big Moon of Uranus passes at a slow pace Cosmic Car wash, dust your fronts instead of catching UV burn. In other words, a dusty windshield – not radiation – is portraying these moon. It is a reminder that space can surprise us, sometimes nothing is more foreigner than plain chronic dust.