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NASA Releases New Images Of Jupiter
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| 3-7-2003
Posted on 03/07/2003 7:14:20 PM PST by blam
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03/07/2003 7:14:20 PM PST
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blam
To: blam
Seven new moons discovered orbiting Jupiter Seven more moons have been discovered circling Jupiter, a discovery that astronomers hope could provide clues of the planet's origin.
The discovery was made using telescopes in Hawaii and has been announced by the International Astronomical Union.
It brings to 47 the number of satellites known to orbit the solar system's largest planet.
The finding was made by astronomer David Jewitt and graduate student Scott Sheppard of the University of Hawaii and Jan Kleyna of Cambridge University.
"It will tell us, hopefully, something about the way that Jupiter was formed."
"The reason we're doing this is to find out how the satellites were captured," Mr Jewitt said.
Five of the seven newly discovered moons follow retrograde orbits, with their paths going in the opposite direction of Jupiter's spin. Such an orbit - found in the majority of moons discovered by the UH team - indicates the moons were formed in another place and captured by Jupiter's orbit.
Astronomers have not yet determined how large the newly discovered moons are, but believe they are about 1.25 to 2.5 miles in diameter.
Jupiter has more moons than any other planet. The largest were discovered by Galileo in 1610 and are several thousand miles in diameter.
The discoveries were made using the world's two largest digital cameras at the Subaru and Canada-France-Hawaii telescopes.
© Associated Press
Story filed: 08:22 Thursday 6th March 2003
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posted on
03/07/2003 7:18:04 PM PST
by
blam
To: blam
Wow! Thanks for the post.
To: blam
Cassini's almost to Saturn and it looks like everything is working on it. What an incredible mission that's going to be.
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posted on
03/07/2003 7:25:08 PM PST
by
Brett66
To: blam
bttt...
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posted on
03/07/2003 7:31:55 PM PST
by
sit-rep
To: blam
Good one, blam. Thank you.
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posted on
03/07/2003 7:46:24 PM PST
by
cayuga
To: blam
Thank you for the wonderful pictures!
To: blam
That looks suspiciously like a bowling ball I lost.
I think these pictures may have been taken in my attic.
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posted on
03/07/2003 8:31:30 PM PST
by
keithtoo
To: blam
Thanks for the great pictures! It is always good to see something like this to realize NASA is still working!
To: blam
Thanks, blam. Just awesome.
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posted on
03/07/2003 8:34:28 PM PST
by
bonfire
To: blam
Absolutely beautiful!
And just think: It's all the result of random chance!
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posted on
03/07/2003 8:35:35 PM PST
by
Illbay
(Don't believe every tagline you read - including this one)
To: reflecting
Good post. Thank you.
To: blam
Bump. I bet real estate there goes for cheap! The commute time might be a bit long, though.
To: blam
I think I see a face in there...
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posted on
03/07/2003 8:38:29 PM PST
by
error99
("I believe stupidity should hurt."...used by permission from null and void all copyrights apply...)
To: blam
blam: "It brings to 47 the number of satellites"
Blam's dog: "Satellites? They look like balls to me. Want me to retrieve 'em? Yeah, huh? I'll go, I'll go. . . just say the word!"
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posted on
03/07/2003 8:39:33 PM PST
by
Flyer
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To: Flyer
"blam: "It brings to 47 the number of satellites"" Yup. See the shadow on the surface from the moon in picture #2, they have a lot more eclipses than we do.
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posted on
03/07/2003 8:45:10 PM PST
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blam
To: blam
And to think of all the leftists who marched and demonstrated so that this probe would not be launched.
To: Physicist
"And to think of all the leftists who marched and demonstrated so that this probe would not be launched." Is this the one that has plutonium on it?
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posted on
03/07/2003 9:03:15 PM PST
by
blam
To: blam
Incredible pictures. The earlier ones were impressive, but I've never seen anything like this.
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posted on
03/07/2003 9:09:59 PM PST
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: blam
I have a qustion about Jupitor, they say it is a planet made of gas, so does that mean that it has no surface at all, so if you could escape its gravity you could fly right through it?
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posted on
03/07/2003 9:11:21 PM PST
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Husker24
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