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Jul 16, 2015 22:17:47 GMT
Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 16, 2015 22:17:47 GMT
"all I want to when I wake up in the morning is see your eyes".....
WHAT? Not that Toto? Pah!
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Jul 17, 2015 9:29:08 GMT
Post by Benn on Jul 17, 2015 9:29:08 GMT
No. I shall... Draw The Line.
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Jul 19, 2015 17:53:40 GMT
Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 19, 2015 17:53:40 GMT
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Jul 19, 2015 18:45:56 GMT
Post by Shockprowl on Jul 19, 2015 18:45:56 GMT
I've been starring at the images ever since they appeared. How can such landscape exist?
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Jul 19, 2015 21:15:31 GMT
Post by Pinwig on Jul 19, 2015 21:15:31 GMT
Water ice mountains 11,000ft tall! That is beyond awesome.
Sky At Night tomorrow at 10pm.
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Jul 20, 2015 9:58:04 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 20, 2015 9:58:04 GMT
I shall catch it on the Iplayer.
-Ralph
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Jul 20, 2015 10:16:32 GMT
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Post by Shockprowl on Jul 20, 2015 10:16:32 GMT
Mrs Shocks has been informed that that is what we're watching, 'n'no mistake.
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Jul 20, 2015 18:42:41 GMT
Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 20, 2015 18:42:41 GMT
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Jul 20, 2015 18:52:45 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 20, 2015 18:52:45 GMT
Damn shame but still a major achievement even if we never hear from it again.
-Ralph
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Jul 21, 2015 18:19:04 GMT
Post by legios on Jul 21, 2015 18:19:04 GMT
It is a real pity. But in honesty, getting it down on a comet at all is a pretty impressive achievement - and teaches us things that can be used to do better the next time. The fact that Philae managed to call home at all is pretty amazing stuff, I'd say that the fact that it was only for a brief time is by no means a failing.
Karl
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Jul 21, 2015 19:11:34 GMT
Post by Shockprowl on Jul 21, 2015 19:11:34 GMT
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Jul 21, 2015 21:23:34 GMT
Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 21, 2015 21:23:34 GMT
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Jul 21, 2015 21:43:04 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 21, 2015 21:43:04 GMT
WOW!!!
-Ralph
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Jul 21, 2015 22:36:27 GMT
Post by legios on Jul 21, 2015 22:36:27 GMT
Oooh!
Karl
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Jul 22, 2015 11:49:57 GMT
Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 22, 2015 11:49:57 GMT
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Jul 22, 2015 11:55:25 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 22, 2015 11:55:25 GMT
It's still weird how few craters are down there...
-Ralph
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Jul 22, 2015 12:00:50 GMT
Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 22, 2015 12:00:50 GMT
I've seen it noted.
Lack of cratering = recently surfaced = recently active geologically.
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Jul 22, 2015 16:11:58 GMT
Post by legios on Jul 22, 2015 16:11:58 GMT
Or, a much lower rate of impacts than we expected. Which would also be an interesting finding. I'd hesitate to back resurfacing at this stage until we have more data.
Karl
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Jul 22, 2015 16:14:27 GMT
Post by kayevcee on Jul 22, 2015 16:14:27 GMT
I was thinking that the lack of cratering could be as much to do with the much lower density of material that far out in the solar system. It's not exactly crowded that far out.
-Nick
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Jul 22, 2015 17:18:34 GMT
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Post by Shockprowl on Jul 22, 2015 17:18:34 GMT
But if it isn't very crowed out there how did Pluto and Charon become a binary? Where did the small moons come from? Pluto abd Charon must have formed independently from each other 'cos they're so different. How did such a complex system form if it is uncrowded?
God I love the Pluto system.
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Jul 22, 2015 21:53:06 GMT
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Post by Toph on Jul 22, 2015 21:53:06 GMT
But if it isn't very crowed out there how did Pluto and Charon become a binary? Where did the small moons come from? Pluto abd Charon must have formed independently from each other 'cos they're so different. How did such a complex system form if it is uncrowded? God I love the Pluto system. Charon and the other moons are thought to have formed in an identical process to the Thea Impact event that created our moon. Another large body slammed into Pluto, gouging out a ton of debree, which coalesced into Charon. The others are believed to be leftover debree. It's unlikely that the others are captured satellites (like phobos and demos of Mars), because Pluto is so small. It's rare for objects that small to have captures moons. But there ARE asteroids that have moons, so it's still within the realm of possibility. On another note, they found that Pluto has a tail! m.aol.com/article/2015/07/21/new-horizons-flyby-reveals-pluto-has-a-tail/21211810/?icid=maing-fluid%7Cbon-mobile%7Cdl9%7Csec1_lnk1%26pLid%3D-1444106825So I was right all along. Pluto isn't a planet, it's a comet. |
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Jul 22, 2015 22:26:32 GMT
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Jul 22, 2015 22:26:32 GMT
There are a lot of unknowns about Pluto and the other Kuiper Belt objects but the impact theory formation isn't favoured for the Pluto system. There isn't enough material there to generate sufficient gravity to form a double planet system of the Pluto/Charon kind post-impact. The different compositions of the two also point away from this as well (unlike the Earth and our Moon).
Similarly the different appearance/compositions of Nix and Hydra point away from a shared origin as do their chaotic motions around Pluto suggesting a relatively recent and unstable capture.
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Jul 22, 2015 22:28:07 GMT
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Jul 22, 2015 22:28:07 GMT
And no Pluto isn't comet. Certainly not because it has a thin wispy tail.
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Jul 23, 2015 6:37:05 GMT
Or it's protected by a force-field.
Or the aliens are filling in the craters.
Martin
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Jul 23, 2015 7:18:01 GMT
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Post by Shockprowl on Jul 23, 2015 7:18:01 GMT
ALIENS?!?!?!?!?!!!!!
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Jul 23, 2015 17:07:41 GMT
Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 23, 2015 17:07:41 GMT
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Jul 23, 2015 17:11:19 GMT
Post by Fortmax2020 on Jul 23, 2015 17:11:19 GMT
Now you've done it, Martin... |
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Jul 23, 2015 17:15:26 GMT
Now you've done it, Martin... You won't see them on photos because they hide underground when spaceships from Earth fly past. Martin |
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Jul 23, 2015 17:18:13 GMT
Post by Fortmax2020 on Jul 23, 2015 17:18:13 GMT
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Jul 23, 2015 17:25:01 GMT
Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 23, 2015 17:25:01 GMT
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