Posted on 05/27/2023 12:12:05 PM PDT by MtnClimber
Explanation: Gliding through the outer Solar System, in 1989 the Voyager 2 spacecraft looked toward the Sun to find this view of most distant planet Neptune and its moon Triton together in a crescent phase. The elegant image of ice-giant planet and largest moon was taken from behind just after Voyager's closest approach. It could not have been taken from Earth because the most distant planet never shows a crescent phase to sunward eyes. Heading for the heliopause and beyond, the spacecraft's parting vantage point also robs Neptune of its familiar blue hue.
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Neat-o
That is absolutely awesome.
So, a planet made of basically ICE is a ‘planet’ and other planets made of GAS are classified as ‘planets’ and yet, they felt the NEED to take Pluto from us? Still irks me to this day! :(
I’m campaigning to have our ‘moon’ named ‘Luna.’ She needs a name! All the other planets’ moons have names!
At first, I really thought “This photo had to be retouched”.
Brave search summarizer:
"Diana, the goddess of the moon, the forest, and hunters, was worshipped by both the nobility and the lower classes of the ancient Roman empire.2 She was believed to have the power to talk to woodland animals and control their movements and behavior.01 Although there was probably no original connection between Diana and the moon, she later absorbed Artemis's identification with both Selene (Luna) and Hecate, a chthonic deity.3 Diana's cult became popular throughout the ancient Roman empire, both among the nobility and the lower classes.2 Her most famous place of worship was the grove of Diana Nemorensis on the shores of Lake Nemi at Aricia (modern Ariccia), near Rome."
Selene, Luna, Artemis...the old names! Your choice!
OK back to the present!
I hear Diana was a crack shot and a good dancer! ;)
what blows my mind is way back when they mathematically predicted another planet had to be out there somewhere for the balance. then soon after Pluto was discovered. Now for the life of me, unless they know exactly the mass of each of the planets and the sun, back then, how can they possibly hypothesis another planet was needed!!??
I’ll go to my grave pondering that one!!
"...and talked to the woodland animals." Sounds like a great date! :)
It has a name.
Apparently it’s ‘The’........................
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