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The print edition had a picture of Phoebe, which they again described as "Saturn's largest moon."

Last I checked, Titan was Saturn's largest moon, followed by Rhea, Iapetus, Dione, and several others whose names I can't recall. Phoebe is one of the smallest Saturn moons that have been named (over a dozen have been identified since 2000 but not named).

Phoebe is a moon and it orbits Saturn, so I suppose they got more facts correct than usual.

1 posted on 06/13/2004 8:33:37 AM PDT by kennedy
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To: kennedy

I was thinking the same thing. Nice of news outlets to get facts straight before printing.


2 posted on 06/13/2004 8:35:47 AM PDT by xrp
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"...Phoebe is one of the smallest Saturn moons that have been named...[sic]"

And obviously a dorky teenage moon as far as moon's go.

3 posted on 06/13/2004 8:36:15 AM PDT by expatguy (Fallujah Delenda Est!!)
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To: kennedy
Reporters tend to get most of the news accurately, except the bits you have personal knowledge of.

I think it Mark Twain who said that a reporter can do research and investigate, or simply repeat what was told to him -- but both approaches pay the same.

4 posted on 06/13/2004 8:36:30 AM PDT by megatherium
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lol

Yeah, I thought the headline meant that they'd gotten photos of Titan's surface.

5 posted on 06/13/2004 8:38:51 AM PDT by martin_fierro (Cockeyed!)
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To: kennedy

This reporter probably has as much interest (and knowledge) in space issues as I do in Crochet.


6 posted on 06/13/2004 8:40:45 AM PDT by Batrachian
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"Photos of Saturn's largest moon show badly pitted surface"

It's Bush's fault!! ;)


7 posted on 06/13/2004 8:40:46 AM PDT by adam_az (Call your State Republican Party office and VOLUNTEER!!!!)
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To: kennedy

What do you expect from an Austin paper - after all, they are only 'reporters' who barely know any American history or geography and are attempting to sound a bit educated.

Maybe if they took some night courses at TAMU they could learn something useful?


8 posted on 06/13/2004 8:42:41 AM PDT by steplock (http://www.gohotsprings.com)
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To: kennedy
Some pix here at Space.com.
10 posted on 06/13/2004 8:43:30 AM PDT by Clara Lou
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To: kennedy

Phoebe is the largest OUTER moon.


11 posted on 06/13/2004 8:44:08 AM PDT by Crazieman
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12 posted on 06/13/2004 8:56:11 AM PDT by NautiNurse (Missing Iraqi botulinum toxin? Look at John Kerry's face)
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Photos of Saturn's largest moon show badly pitted surface

Officials at NASA are considering a plan to remedy the condition by crashing a gigantic tube of Clearasil onto the moon's surface.

13 posted on 06/13/2004 9:04:22 AM PDT by GreenHornet
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I don't see any blemishes.


26 posted on 06/13/2004 10:07:28 AM PDT by OSHA (I refuse to be called uncooperative.)
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The problem is that the idiot reporters can't even copy simply facts from NASA correctly. The NASA statement describes Phoebe as the largest "outer" moon of Saturn. The dult reporter said, duh I don't know what that means so instead of researching it I'll just drop the word outer and look smart duh. If you are looking for scientific accuracy from places other than the source or a publication that does not at least have a focus in that area, then you are asking to get incorrect information.

Of course I didn't RTFA, but I'd send an email to the reporter and to the editor and give them an education. Make sure you talk down to them and inform them that you learned this in 3rd grade. Maybe that will kickstart what little spark of self respect they have.


27 posted on 06/13/2004 10:16:41 AM PDT by SengirV
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