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Odd Spot on Titan Baffles Scientists
NASA ^
| 05-25-05
| Carolina Martinez
Posted on 05/30/2005 3:51:45 PM PDT by Imperialist
Saturn's moon Titan shows an unusual bright spot that has scientists mystified. The spot, approximately the size and shape of West Virginia, is just southeast of the bright region called Xanadu and is visible to multiple instruments on the Cassini spacecraft.
The 483-kilometer-wide (300-mile) region may be a "hot" spot -- an area possibly warmed by a recent asteroid impact or by a mixture of water ice and ammonia from a warm interior, oozing out of an ice volcano onto colder surrounding terrain. Other possibilities for the unusual bright spot include landscape features holding clouds in place or unusual materials on the surface.
(Excerpt) Read more at nasa.gov ...
TOPICS: News/Current Events; Technical
KEYWORDS: callingartbell; cassini; robertbyrd; saturn; space; titan; xanadu
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To: Imperialist
It's a Motel Six - they've left the lights on for us.
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posted on
05/30/2005 3:54:30 PM PDT
by
Tennessee_Bob
(The Crew Chief's Toolbox: A roll around cabinet full of specialists.)
To: Tennessee_Bob
Maybe they are checking out our lander!
To: Imperialist
Tinians returning home from bowling?
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posted on
05/30/2005 3:57:11 PM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: Imperialist
It could onlt be an alien city. No other possiblity.
To: Imperialist
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posted on
05/30/2005 3:58:49 PM PDT
by
Trinity5
To: Imperialist
Cue "Also Sprach Zarathustra"...2010 a few years early.
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posted on
05/30/2005 3:58:53 PM PDT
by
garbanzo
(Free people will set the course of history)
To: Imperialist
"We call it a shake and bake colony."
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posted on
05/30/2005 3:59:01 PM PDT
by
Seruzawa
(If you agree with the French raise your hand - If you are French raise both hands.)
To: Imperialist
Robert Byrd has used our tax money to pay for most of West Virginia, now he has NASA imprinting the State image on a moon.
To: Imperialist; KevinDavis
Saturn's moon Titan shows an unusual bright spot that has scientists mystified. The spot, approximately the size and shape of West Virginia... "The Robert Byrd Memorial Lava Park"
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posted on
05/30/2005 4:06:34 PM PDT
by
mikrofon
(Space BUMP)
To: Tennessee_Bob
Thank you, that was funny! ...motel six........
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posted on
05/30/2005 4:07:09 PM PDT
by
infidel29
("It is only the warlike power of a civilized people that can give peace to the world."- T. Roosevelt)
To: Seruzawa
"Game over man, game over!"
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posted on
05/30/2005 4:09:40 PM PDT
by
ECM
To: Imperialist
The spot, approximately the size and shape of West Virginia ... It's part of the Robert C. Byrd Extraterrestrial Exploration for Yet Unnamed Objects. With everything in WV now named for him, it's time to move on to new territory.
To: RightWhale; Brett66; xrp; gdc314; anymouse; RadioAstronomer; NonZeroSum; jimkress; discostu; ...
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posted on
05/30/2005 4:11:06 PM PDT
by
KevinDavis
(Let the meek inherit the Earth, the rest of us will explore the stars!)
To: Imperialist
Just a reflection of McCain's super-massive ego. No worries.
To: Imperialist
Dry cleaning bags filled with marsh gas.
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posted on
05/30/2005 4:14:44 PM PDT
by
jaz.357
(The more you bet, The less you win, When you loose.)
To: citizencon
The sister resort to the Luxor has opened!
To: Trinity5
Its a baseball stadium at night
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posted on
05/30/2005 4:26:49 PM PDT
by
corkoman
(Overhyped)
To: citizencon
"Just a reflection of McCain's super-massive ego"(citizencon)
LOL, that's great! It is persistent too!
To: Imperialist
It's in Xanadu? And its bright? Best little whorehouse on Titan?
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