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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

the warmth comes from Saturn or from the sun? both?


3 posted on 11/27/2012 10:49:35 AM PST by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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To: GeronL

I did some calculations and it looks like the temperature difference is only about 27 degrees F. It looks like the leading face as it orbits collects ice crytals that make it cooler at that point than the trailing face (butt?). I think it is interesting that the temperature differential is that low and that we can actually measure that with the instruments on board.


8 posted on 11/27/2012 11:41:42 AM PST by Herosmith ("Hindsight alone is not wisdom, And second-guessing is not a strategy." - GWB)
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