Posted on 09/29/2006 7:44:27 PM PDT by cabojoe
Ok, now you have done it - I have to go down to the lab and play with STK for a while. (sattelite tool kit)
Is the sun in the simulator? Ignoring the heat and solar flares, the atmosphere ought to be very shallow so a satellite could orbit just a few miles above the surface.
Yes, it is.
It should be possible to orbit a satellite just above Jupiter's surface, too. Where the surface is might be a question since Jupiter might be gas all the way down, but the atmosphere would be sharply defined anyway because of the high gravity.
Or that we have a lot of work to do to make the Iranian cities look as "ruined" as the "cities" on Mars.
I think we should go and sit in our armchairs and think about it. With a beer, of course.
"Directly to the left of "The Face" (about 10km), is another formation that strikes me as looking like a human skull."
I thought the same. Has to be natural feature though. I learned from Marvel comics that the Phantom lives right here on Earth!
Wow the high res view looks like a rock embedded with fossilized faces of folks and fauna
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