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aerogi
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I rarely post here, but now and then I have a question, I am totally not an expert but space does interest me, especially the planets and its moons <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /><br /><br />I've just read some interesting stuff about Triton. Apparently the theory is that it is a captured moon, but I also noticed that it has a perfect 'excentricity', in other words: it's orbit is a perfect circle. I have no clue about the laws and physics, but I find that very weird, that non captured moons are somewhat excentric, whereas a captured moon can be a perfect orbit? <br /><br />And another thing, some predict that within a 100 millions of years it will crash into Neptune. Now what will/could the effect be on the planet? Or will it break apart before and form a Saturn like ring perhaps? But in the case it will crash into Neptune, that would mean a whole lot of energy involved, could it be noticed from earth? (I doubt it) and could this event disturb Neptune's orbit? We've seen what effect the small debris had at Jupiter when Shoemacher crasched into the planet, small pieces of a faw square kilometres caused large 'scars' for a certain time, any predictions and simulations when Triton will crash onto Neptune?