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To: AT7Saluki
Mars is Warming: NASA

http://www.heartland.org/Article.cfm?artId=17977

Mars Emerging from Ice Age: NASA

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/mars_ice-age_031208.html

Pluto Sees Global Warming: MIT

http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2002/pluto.html

Global Warming on Jupiter: Hubble Telescope

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/060504_red_jr.html

Neptune’s Moon Getting Warmer: Hubble Telescope

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/120259.stm
44 posted on 03/01/2007 9:21:02 AM PST by TomGuy
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To: TomGuy
Reproduced (again) from an earlier post:

I've already addressed the entire Solar System in this thread, in post 50. I've grabbed it again for you. All of the quotes are from articles on the Internet (not left-wing sites) regarding the phenomena being observed. Use Google with the name of the planetary body and the word "warming". http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1727767/posts

Regarding Mars: "Thus inferring global warming from a 3 Martian year regional trend is unwarranted. The observed regional changes in south polar ice cover are almost certainly due to a regional climate transition, not a global phenomenon, and are demonstrably unrelated to external forcing."

Regarding Jupiter: "The latest images could provide evidence that Jupiter is in the midst of a global change that can modify temperatures by as much as 10 degrees Fahrenheit on different parts of the globe. ... The global change cycle began when the last of the white oval-shaped storms formed south of the Great Red Spot in 1939. As the storms started to merge between 1998 and 2000, the mixing of heat began to slow down at that latitude and has continued slowing ever since." [No linkage to solar variability suggested]

Regarding Pluto: "The change is likely a seasonal event, much as seasons on Earth change as the hemispheres alter their inclination to the Sun during the planet's annual orbit. ... Though Pluto was closest to the Sun in 1989, a warming trend 13 years later does not surprise David Tholen, a University of Hawaii astronomer involved in the discovery. "It takes time for materials to warm up and cool off, which is why the hottest part of the day on Earth is usually around 2 or 3 p.m. rather than local noon," Tholen said. "This warming trend on Pluto could easily last for another 13 years." [No link to solar variability suggested, though there is a link to solar insolation, similar to Milankovitch forcing of Earth's climate]

Regarding Triton: " There are two possible explanations for the moon's warmer weather. One is that the frost pattern on Triton's surface may have changed over the years, absorbing more and more of the sun's warmth. The other is that changes in reflectivity of Triton's ice may have caused it to absorb more heat." [No link to solar variability suggested]

Regarding Enceladus, warming is not even suggested. The question is about how Enceladus has an internal heat source allowing the generation of water-ice jets.

Regarding Saturn: The observation is that Saturn's south pole is "warm", with a polar vortex due to atmospheric circulation. No global warming is suggested and no linkage to solar activity or variability is suggested.

79 posted on 03/01/2007 9:54:44 AM PST by cogitator
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To: TomGuy

Dang! President Bush sure does get around a lot to cause all those planets' global warmings!!!

;-)


144 posted on 03/01/2007 7:35:18 PM PST by pillut48 (CJ in TX (Bible Thumper and Proud!))
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