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Ludek Pesek |
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In the Rings of Saturn |
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Beatrice Pesek |
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Realized |
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Technical Description
Oil and Acrylic ca. 50 x 60 cm
A subject of contention in the astronomical community was the structure of Saturn's rings. The apparently extreme thinness of the rings led the astronomer Gerard Kuiper to suggest that the particles composing the rings would be consistently of a few decimetres in size and elongated in shape, little dispersed and aligned perpendicularly to their orbital plane. Pesek could not accept that "unnatural"
vision and favoured another view of more loosely and randomly distributed chunks of ice having a wide range of sizes. Pesek's view was subsequently proved right.
Artistic Description
Randomly distributed chunks of ice of various sizes make up the rings of the planet Saturn.
Technique
Category
- Scientific Illustration
- Representational
- Astronomical
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