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Pluto thought to be warming up
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Posted on 07/26/2006 6:53:09 PM PDT by MNJohnnie
Astronomers at the University of Tasmania have found that the solar system's smallest planet is not getting colder as first thought and it probably does not have rings.
Dr John Greenhill has collected observations from last month's event when Pluto passed in front of a bright star, making it easier to study.
French scientists have shared the measurements they took in Tasmania that night, which indicate that the planet is unlikely to have rings.
Dr Greenhill says the results are surprising because they show Pluto is warming up.
"It looks as though the atmosphere has not changed from 2002, which is pretty surprising because we expected the atmosphere would freeze out as the planet moved further away from the Sun," he said.
"But so far, if anything, the atmosphere has gotten even denser."
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: algore; artbell; climatechange; globalwarming; goofy; kooktokookam; xplanets
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Attention Al Gore. Attention Mr Al Gore. An inconvenient truth just derailed your attempted political comeback
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posted on
07/26/2006 6:53:10 PM PDT
by
MNJohnnie
To: MNJohnnie
Its George W. Bush's fault that Plutonial Warming is happening. /sarcasm off
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posted on
07/26/2006 6:54:22 PM PDT
by
ICE-FLYER
(God bless and keep the United States of America)
To: cripplecreek
Hat Tip to Freeper CrippleCreek for pointing this story out.
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posted on
07/26/2006 6:54:38 PM PDT
by
MNJohnnie
(Fire Murtha Now! Spread the word. Support Diana Irey. http://www.irey.com/)
To: MNJohnnie
Must be too many Hummers cruising around Uranus.
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posted on
07/26/2006 6:55:24 PM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
before we jump conclusions, i think we need to know how fast it takes for the sun rays to travel from earth to pluto, or this argument may backfire on us ;)
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posted on
07/26/2006 6:55:27 PM PDT
by
4rcane
To: MNJohnnie
Those damn SUV's on Pluto ...
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posted on
07/26/2006 6:56:19 PM PDT
by
clamper1797
(CAPITAL LETTERS SUGGEST SOME IMBALANCE IN THE MIND OF THEIR EMPLOYER.)
To: MNJohnnie
Human beings burning fossil fuels is effecting even the most distant planets! It's only a matter of time before W and his merry band of oil company execs start warming up neighboring solar systems.
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posted on
07/26/2006 6:56:47 PM PDT
by
kcar
To: MNJohnnie
Its obviously the irresponsible use of fossil fuels by the citizens of Pluto thats causing this warming...
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posted on
07/26/2006 6:56:47 PM PDT
by
cardinal4
(America, despite the usual suspects, stands firmly with Israel..)
To: ICE-FLYER
"Its George W. Bush's fault..."
Dang! Gotta be quick around here to get the good lines in.
To: MNJohnnie
Bush's fault -- too many SUVs and too much Drilling
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posted on
07/26/2006 6:57:17 PM PDT
by
sionnsar
(†trad-anglican.faithweb.com† | Iran Azadi | SONY: 5yst3m 0wn3d, N0t Y0urs | NYT:Jihadi Journal)
To: MNJohnnie
Damn...We just finished moving the SUVs from Mars and now Pluto is having a problem. Curse you Global Warming!
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posted on
07/26/2006 6:57:41 PM PDT
by
darkwing104
(Let's get dangerous)
To: 4rcane
Trust me. It doesn't take that long.
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posted on
07/26/2006 6:57:47 PM PDT
by
Timothy
To: MNJohnnie
ALL THE PRESIDENT'S FAULT, IT'S A RIGHT WING CONSPIRACY TO OVERTHROW PLUTO!! EVERY ONE KNOWS THAT PLUTO IS A MUSLIM PLANET AND THIS IS A ZIONIST PLOT TO OVERTHROW A MUSLIM WORLD!!! (Way too much sarcasm TURNED OFF! ) :) :) :) :)
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posted on
07/26/2006 6:58:00 PM PDT
by
mosquewatch.com
("The enemy is anyone who will get you killed, no matter what side they are on.")
To: MNJohnnie; cripplecreek
"Algore? Mr. Algore? Please pick up the white Courtesy Phone in the Lobby!"
I. Love. It. :)
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posted on
07/26/2006 6:58:17 PM PDT
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
To: Joe 6-pack
"Must be too many Hummers cruising around Uranus." Just spit my drink all over the keyboard. Many will not get the joke, but I think it is a classic. ;-D
To: MNJohnnie
Those poor Plutonians ! Perhaps Al Sharpton will protest.
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posted on
07/26/2006 6:58:29 PM PDT
by
csvset
("It was like the hand of G_d slapping down and smashing everything." ~ JDAM strikes Taliban)
To: MNJohnnie
"French scientists have shared the measurements..."They can't even count the number of Moslems in their country but somehow they are able to determine the temperature of Pluto???
To: MNJohnnie
What's that Mickey?
Oh, get out of the Sun? Woof, OK!
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posted on
07/26/2006 6:59:26 PM PDT
by
Syncro
To: MNJohnnie
Does this mean they will be having more hurricanes there this pluto-summer?
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posted on
07/26/2006 7:00:16 PM PDT
by
JSteff
To: 4rcane
before we jump conclusions, i think we need to know how fast it takes for the sun rays to travel from earth to pluto, or this argument may backfire on us ;)Pluto is approximately 4 light-hours from Earth.
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posted on
07/26/2006 7:00:35 PM PDT
by
Procyon
(the lamps are going out all over Europe; we shall not see them lit again in our lifetime.)
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