The moons of Saturn in the form of dumpling came from a head-on collision of smaller bodies Astronomers explained how in the Saturn system could have formed the small inner satellites of unusual form (in the form of cigars and dumplings). It is assumed that this happened as a result of head-on collisions of two smaller bodies and their subsequent adhesion, according to the article published in Nature. Today, astronomers know about the existence of 62 satellites of Saturn. Many of them, such as small inner satellites, such as Atlas, Prometheus, Pandora, Janus or pimeta, have unusual shape and size. In particular, the images obtained by the automatic station Cassini, Atlas and pan are seen the Equatorial belt, similar to the ridges and giving them the resemblance of dumplings. The same belt seen in larger satellites of yapet. Still have not determined the exact nature of these terrain features satellites.
