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New Horizons Makes Major Discoveries: Young Ice Mountains on Pluto and Crispy Young Chasms on Charon
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| July 15, 2015
| Ken Kremer
Posted on 07/15/2015 5:14:29 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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posted on
07/15/2015 5:14:29 PM PDT
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BenLurkin
New close-up images of a region near Pluto’s equator reveal a giant surprise — a range of youthful mountains rising as high as 11,000 feet (3,500 meters) above the surface of the icy body. Credits: NASA/JHU APL/SwRI
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07/15/2015 5:15:45 PM PDT
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BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: dila813
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posted on
07/15/2015 5:16:43 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
An awesome time to be alive and be a lover of space
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posted on
07/15/2015 5:16:50 PM PDT
by
Teacher317
(We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men)
To: BenLurkin
I am happy to have been alive when these new discoveries seemed like they were advancing the knowledge of humanity...Lately, though, it is beginning to look like wasted money.
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posted on
07/15/2015 5:17:22 PM PDT
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gorush
(History repeats itself because human nature is static)
To: gorush
Not so much that the money was wasted, just that humanity has.
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07/15/2015 5:18:25 PM PDT
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gorush
(History repeats itself because human nature is static)
To: BenLurkin
How exactly are they defining “youthful”?
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posted on
07/15/2015 5:19:05 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: BenLurkin
Where are all the photos?
To: BenLurkin
Look like ice crystals sticking to a ice cube.
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07/15/2015 5:19:10 PM PDT
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dila813
To: BenLurkin
It it mind-blowing to think that Pluto may be geologically active enough to have produced that type of landscape.
The question is how. Does it’s system of moons really exert tidal forces strong enough to cause interior heat? Or is it seriously possible that it has a heated core?
And this just came to me. One theory is that Pluto used to be a moon of Neptune. It may very well have been one until very recently to produce those features through tidal forces from Neptune. At some point it then got knocked off into its present orbit.
To: gorush
I wish NASA had the welfare budget of some states. (and leadership interested in real space exploration)
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posted on
07/15/2015 5:27:36 PM PDT
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cripplecreek
(Sad fact, most people just want a candidate to tell them what they want to hear)
To: BenLurkin
New Horizons, launched in 2006 when NASA’s mission was still space exploration.
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07/15/2015 5:31:44 PM PDT
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magellan
To: VanDeKoik
Charon is surprisingly smooth as well.
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posted on
07/15/2015 5:32:54 PM PDT
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cripplecreek
(Sad fact, most people just want a candidate to tell them what they want to hear)
To: BenLurkin
“Crispy Young Chasms”
Sounds like another name for Cheese Puffs =)
To: BenLurkin
Amazing - Thank you God to be born at a time to marvel your creation.
To: cripplecreek
Ok that large brown spot looks like North America LOL
To: VanDeKoik
Does it’s system of moons really exert tidal forces strong enough to cause interior heat?This was discussed at the nasa presser today and the short answer is no. They were pretty excited about that, too. I think you can watch it in repeat at http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/.
To: BenLurkin
Remember, Direct from Pluto on the science channel tonight at 10 eastern.
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posted on
07/15/2015 5:55:16 PM PDT
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cripplecreek
(Sad fact, most people just want a candidate to tell them what they want to hear)
To: Secret Agent Man
#7. Anything younger than Nancy Pelosi is “youthful”.
To: cripplecreek
Charon is surprisingly smooth as well. "As well"? The discovery is that neither one is smooth!
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07/15/2015 6:20:12 PM PDT
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Talisker
(One who commands, must obey.)
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