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| From | benj <nobody@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | sci.physics |
| Subject | Re: New Horizons mission exceeds expectations |
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| Message-ID | <yfbDx.9$tw.7@fx02.iad> (permalink) |
| Organization | TeraNews.com |
| Date | 2015-08-26 00:28 -0400 |
On 08/25/2015 02:45 PM, reber g=emc^2 wrote:
> On Monday, August 24, 2015 at 7:00:58 PM UTC-7, Sam Wormley wrote:
>> New Horizons mission exceeds expectations
>>> http://phys.org/news/2015-08-horizons-mission.html
>>
>>
>>> "The information we have received so far from the New Horizons
>>> spacecraft has already given us a completely new view of Pluto's
>>> history, how it evolves, and how the surface and atmosphere
>>> interact," Summers told Phys.org. "The images of both Pluto and
>>> Charon were astonishing, and gave us some extraordinary surprises.
>>> Most importantly, the information has opened up completely new
>>> questions about how small bodies in the outer solar system evolve."
>>
>>> Icy dwarf planets such as Pluto are ancient relics that formed over
>>> four billion years ago, as scientists estimate. Because they are the
>>> bodies out of which the larger outer planets accumulated, they could
>>> teach us a lot about planetary formation.
>>
>>> One of the most puzzling discoveries is the finding of nitrogen gas
>>> on this icy world. New Horizons, during the Pluto fly-by, sent
>>> striking images of the dwarf planet's surface and its atmosphere
>>> dominated by nitrogen gas. Pluto's small mass allows hundreds of tons
>>> of atmospheric nitrogen to escape into space each hour. But the
>>> question that baffles scientists is where does all this nitrogen come
>>> from?
>>>
>>>
>>> Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2015-08-horizons-mission.html#jCp
>>
>>
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>
> Ice planets?? What type of ice.CO2 ice?There are many compounds that turned to ice.Water is is the type of ice that does not keep well in the vacuum of space.TreBert
>
SAm, that is why comets are not ice! Learn how to think from Herb!
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New Horizons mission exceeds expectations Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-08-24 21:00 -0500
Re: New Horizons mission exceeds expectations "reber g=emc^2" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2015-08-25 11:45 -0700
Re: New Horizons mission exceeds expectations benj <nobody@gmail.com> - 2015-08-26 00:28 -0400
Re: New Horizons mission exceeds expectations Double-A <double-a3@hush.com> - 2015-08-25 16:34 -0700
Re: New Horizons mission exceeds expectations Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-08-25 20:47 -0500
Re: New Horizons mission exceeds expectations "reber g=emc^2" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2015-08-26 13:17 -0700
Re: New Horizons mission exceeds expectations "hanson" <hanson@quick.net> - 2015-08-26 13:42 -0700
Re: New Horizons mission exceeds expectations benj <nobody@gmail.com> - 2015-08-26 21:03 -0400
Re: New Horizons mission exceeds expectations HVAC <Mr.HVAC@gmail.com> - 2015-08-27 06:36 -0400
Re: New Horizons mission exceeds expectations "reber g=emc^2" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2015-08-27 15:39 -0700
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