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Uli Send message Joined: 6 Feb 00 Posts: 10923 Credit: 5,996,015 RAC: 1 |
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/in-5-days-well-see-pluto-up-close-for-the-first-time-in-history/ar-AAcLlqd?ocid=iehp Pluto will always be a planet to me. Seti Ambassador Not to late to order an Anni Shirt |
celttooth Send message Joined: 21 Nov 99 Posts: 26503 Credit: 28,583,098 RAC: 0 |
Very much looking forward to seeing this one happen. |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65759 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
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Uli Send message Joined: 6 Feb 00 Posts: 10923 Credit: 5,996,015 RAC: 1 |
To him it will always be a planet. http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/plutos-discoverers-ashes-will-be-the-first-human-remains-to-leave-the-solar-system-%e2%80%94-glued-to-the-side-of-a-space-probe/ar-AAcLEUk?ocid=iehp Pluto will always be a planet to me. Seti Ambassador Not to late to order an Anni Shirt |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
Uli...I saw Pluto addressed on some news story or other the other day as.. The mini-planet and her moons. Hope that helps a bit.. Meow, Uli. "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster |
Carlos Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 29852 Credit: 57,275,487 RAC: 157 |
Not surprized you started this thread. I was about to. Here is a direct like to the NASA New Horizons Page. The closest approach is still 3 days away. |
James Sotherden Send message Joined: 16 May 99 Posts: 10436 Credit: 110,373,059 RAC: 54 |
I just looked at the picture of Pluto and Charon. WOW!!! I sure hope they get a lot closer pics. But at least we have a clear picture of both. And Pluto is a planet. By the IAU own definition Earth isnt a planet nor is Jupiter. It has to be round due to gravity. Orbit the Sun. And clear its orbit of debris. I ask you what planet has cleared out debris? Erath hasnt, We still have the NEO's. Jupiter gets whacked pretty regular with space rocks. So obviously it hasnt cleard out ots space yet. So why is Pluto not a planet? Id say any thing that is round by gravity and orbits the Sun is a planet. Forget the IAU. [/quote] Old James |
James C. Send message Joined: 19 Jul 06 Posts: 640 Credit: 18,352,758 RAC: 11 |
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/in-5-days-well-see-pluto-up-close-for-the-first-time-in-history/ar-AAcLlqd?ocid=iehp I saw this story a while back, before I came back to the group and thought of you Uli. -"Young" James "To my mathematical brain, the numbers alone make thinking about aliens perfectly rational. The real challenge is to work out what aliens might actually be like." -Steven Hawking |
Carlos Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 29852 Credit: 57,275,487 RAC: 157 |
New Horizons Closest Approach to Pluto: 7:49:57 a.m. EDT, July 14, 2015 2 more days and 15 hours. Here is yesterday's picture |
Lynn Send message Joined: 20 Nov 00 Posts: 14162 Credit: 79,603,650 RAC: 123 |
Just posted in Science (non-SETI). Since it's Uli's thread posting here also. :) New Horizons: Last view of Pluto's spots The four dark spots' intrigue is their regular spacing and size Take a good look at the latest picture of Pluto because it shows the face of the dwarf planet that will not be seen during next week's historic flyby. The US space agency's New Horizons probe was less than 2.5 million km from the diminutive world on Saturday and closing in fast. Come Tuesday, it will be grabbing shots from an altitude of just 12,500km. But the newly published image, showing Pluto's "spots", is of the hemisphere that will soon rotate out of view. It will not be seen again until after New Horizons has gone behind the 2,300km-wide dwarf, and then only in the faint light reflected off the little planet's biggest moon, Charon. That in itself should make for some fascinating science, however, because it will tell researchers what happens on Pluto's dark side. http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-33496883 |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65759 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
Now where is that Jump system that BSG used when We need it? NASA could put a probe in Pluto orbit quicker than greased lightning, if NASA had a system like that... Heck a manned expedition to Mars could get there, orbit the planet Mars and get home fairly quickly. The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
James Sotherden Send message Joined: 16 May 99 Posts: 10436 Credit: 110,373,059 RAC: 54 |
Pluto Well Eris is round due to gravity and orbits the sun. I say its a planet. And any others they find that fit the bill are planets also. And it wasnt unanimous amongst the IAU either. There still is a lot of rancor among them. [/quote] Old James |
Uli Send message Joined: 6 Feb 00 Posts: 10923 Credit: 5,996,015 RAC: 1 |
Thank you Fred and all Mods for allowing this to stay here. Pluto will always be a planet to me. Seti Ambassador Not to late to order an Anni Shirt |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30673 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
Alright Mr. NASA, I'm ready for my close-up. |
celttooth Send message Joined: 21 Nov 99 Posts: 26503 Credit: 28,583,098 RAC: 0 |
I bet some of the darker areas on Pluto, are liquid helium lakes! |
Lynn Send message Joined: 20 Nov 00 Posts: 14162 Credit: 79,603,650 RAC: 123 |
New Horizons Probe Finds Out Pluto's Bigger (and Icier) Than We Thought LAUREL, Md. — With less than a day to go before NASA's New Horizons mission zooms past Pluto, scientists reported on Monday that the dwarf planet isn't quite as dwarfish as they thought — in fact, it's the largest known solar system object beyond Neptune. http://www.nbcnews.com/science/space/new-horizons-probe-finds-out-plutos-bigger-icier-we-thought-n391321 |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65759 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
New Horizons Probe Finds Out Pluto's Bigger (and Icier) Than We Thought It would be nice if Pluto were a planet once more, officially, I think the IAU acted hastily... The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65759 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
There's this pic here from the website spacereloaded.com ought to wet yer whistle some, someone at NASA made this, pretty cool and now Pluto might be bigger than Eris and yet Eris might be more massive than Pluto. North Pole of Pluto.. The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
Carlos Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 29852 Credit: 57,275,487 RAC: 157 |
Looks like Google is honnoring Pluto too. |
James Sotherden Send message Joined: 16 May 99 Posts: 10436 Credit: 110,373,059 RAC: 54 |
looking at that last photo Pluto has an atmoshere. Thin yes but thats a great picture. [/quote] Old James |
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