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2012: the piano-sized ‘New Horizons’ probe of NASA nears Pluto (will it find ET there?)
India Daily ^
| Jan. 6, 2006
Posted on 01/10/2006 8:29:19 AM PST by presidio9
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To: smith288
One reason is that it's orbit is highly eccentric, and its plane is inclined quite sharply with the ecliptic. This suggests an origin perhaps different than that of the other eight major planets.
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01/10/2006 9:04:56 AM PST
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chimera
To: atomicpossum
Eventually, we will be able to send, first, woodwind sections, then entire philharmonics to the stars.
They can start with this one. Pluto needs Disco.
To: presidio9
Reminds me of the joke about the guy who walks into a bar with a miniature piano and a 12-inch pianistIt's okay, I know the joke...but when I heard it, it was a 10" pianist. Jokes always get better with time, I guess.
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01/10/2006 9:45:18 AM PST
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Lekker 1
("Computers in the future may have only 1000 vacuum tubes..." - Popular Mechanics, March 1949)
To: chimera
Wait: Jupiter and Mercury have similiar origins?
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01/10/2006 9:50:53 AM PST
by
presidio9
(Si hoc legere scis nimium eruditionis habes.)
To: presidio9
Similar in that they may be of the same solar "family". One have theorized an extrasolar origin for Pluto because of it's unusual orbit. Maybe it is a Kuiper Belt object that got pulled or perturbed into a closer orbit, or maybe something from "outside" the solar system that was wandering by and got captured.
Lots of interesting ideas out there about the Pluto-Charon pair that differ from the models proposed for planetary formation of the closer-in guys.
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01/10/2006 9:56:48 AM PST
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chimera
To: Lekker 1
he was having a really exciting day?
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posted on
01/10/2006 10:05:47 AM PST
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John O
(God Save America (Please))
To: John O
Nah, he was probably wearing Kim Jong Il platform shoes
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posted on
01/10/2006 10:08:01 AM PST
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Lekker 1
("Computers in the future may have only 1000 vacuum tubes..." - Popular Mechanics, March 1949)
To: John O; Lekker 1; atomicpossum
There is also a joke in here somewhere about organs in space.
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01/10/2006 10:09:37 AM PST
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presidio9
(Si hoc legere scis nimium eruditionis habes.)
To: pabianice
This is a joke, right? Pluto is about 20 degrees above absolute zero. EVERYTHING on Pluto is frozen solid, including all gases. Not *quite* correct -- one of the reasons for the immediacy of the launch is to arrive at Pluto before its tenuous atmosphere freezes. We know there is an atmosphere, and we *think* it will still be there until 2020, but the sooner we arrive the better.
Otherwise, yeah, the article is a joke. There is no life on Pluto...
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01/14/2006 9:16:51 PM PST
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MikeD
(We live in a world where babies are like velveteen rabbits that only become real if they are loved.)
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