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RE: Pluto -NASA space mission flyby (and maybe to Kuiper Belt afterwards!)
(04-29-2015 08:06 AM)VA49er Wrote: (04-29-2015 07:23 AM)vandiver49 Wrote: NASA does all of their calculations in metric.
That's a good thing because...........
Lol.
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ummechengr
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RE: Pluto -NASA space mission flyby (and maybe to Kuiper Belt afterwards!)
Charon's much bigger than I would've expected.
Here's an animation of their orbit around each other:
Compared to, Earth-Moon:
And, Sun-Earth:
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RE: Pluto -NASA space mission flyby (and maybe to Kuiper Belt afterwards!)
I hope they have pictures of Pluto in HD.
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RE: Pluto -NASA space mission flyby (and maybe to Kuiper Belt afterwards!)
Pluto & Charon are more of a binary system, where the two revolve around a point outside of the body of Pluto. The Earth & Moon system are close to being binary as well. For the size of the Earth, the moon is absolutely huge.
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ericsrevenge76
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RE: Pluto -NASA space mission flyby (and maybe to Kuiper Belt afterwards!)
(04-29-2015 08:37 AM)Lord Stanley Wrote: I hope they have pictures of Pluto in HD.
We will.
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RE: Pluto -NASA space mission flyby (and maybe to Kuiper Belt afterwards!)
(04-29-2015 12:22 AM)ericsrevenge76 Wrote: (04-28-2015 11:45 PM)UCF08 Wrote: Well, isnt pluto not really a planet? If thats the case id assume there are more objects of similar sizes out beyond it, yes? If not, the distinction doesnt matter and wouldnt have been made most likely.
Its a planet.
They have simply reclassified it as a ice dwarf planet.
The reason Pluto's classification was changed because its orbit is aligned with the Kuiper belt.
There are some other dwarf planets in the kuiper belt, and some are still waiting to be discovered.
I thought it was also redefined because of it's small size? I don't have anything to back that up though so I'll defer to you here.
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RE: Pluto -NASA space mission flyby (and maybe to Kuiper Belt afterwards!)
A little humor never hurts.
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ericsrevenge76
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RE: Pluto -NASA space mission flyby (and maybe to Kuiper Belt afterwards!)
(04-29-2015 08:50 AM)UCF08 Wrote: (04-29-2015 12:22 AM)ericsrevenge76 Wrote: (04-28-2015 11:45 PM)UCF08 Wrote: Well, isnt pluto not really a planet? If thats the case id assume there are more objects of similar sizes out beyond it, yes? If not, the distinction doesnt matter and wouldnt have been made most likely.
Its a planet.
They have simply reclassified it as a ice dwarf planet.
The reason Pluto's classification was changed because its orbit is aligned with the Kuiper belt.
There are some other dwarf planets in the kuiper belt, and some are still waiting to be discovered.
I thought it was also redefined because of it's small size? I don't have anything to back that up though so I'll defer to you here.
No, its size is mostly meaningless.
All the other "major" planets are on the same plane of orbit around the sun. Their orbits are almost like the rings of Saturn from a side view. Perfectly aligned.
The Kuiper belt is on a completely different plane and orbit. Plutos orbit is even a bit off from the Kuiper belt. Its has a strange oval shape and its at an odd angle.
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RE: Pluto -NASA space mission flyby (and maybe to Kuiper Belt afterwards!)
I'll be damned if I'll sit here and watch good Plutonians treated as second-class citizens.
Stop the hate.
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RE: Pluto -NASA space mission flyby (and maybe to Kuiper Belt afterwards!)
cool.
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RE: Pluto -NASA space mission flyby (and maybe to Kuiper Belt afterwards!)
Just think--this is the first time any humans have seen this planet this closely, and that blob is only going to get sharper and more detailed. This is an example of a government program that, while certainly not perfect, is a more worthy use of taxpayer funds than most of them. I wish we'd commit to putting an orbiting satellite around every planet in the solar system at this point. We can build them so small and relatively cheaply these days, it's a shame not to get this done.
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RE: Pluto -NASA space mission flyby (and maybe to Kuiper Belt afterwards!)
Anyone know how long it takes for the images to get to Earth that it is transmitting?
I know light from the sun takes like 8.3 minutes to get here so if the images were traveling at light speed it would take about 7 hours.
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ericsrevenge76
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RE: Pluto -NASA space mission flyby (and maybe to Kuiper Belt afterwards!)
I'm stoked other people are actually following this like I am. I've always felt very isolated being excited by these things, and I've been waiting with baited breath to see these pics for almost 35 years now (since I was about 6 years old).
I saw these pics about an hour after they were released and was thrilled to see others here posting them this fast.
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ericsrevenge76
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RE: Pluto -NASA space mission flyby (and maybe to Kuiper Belt afterwards!)
(05-28-2015 09:33 PM)GoodOwl Wrote: Just think--this is the first time any humans have seen this planet this closely, and that blob is only going to get sharper and more detailed. This is an example of a government program that, while certainly not perfect, is a more worthy use of taxpayer funds than most of them. I wish we'd commit to putting an orbiting satellite around every planet in the solar system at this point. We can build them so small and relatively cheaply these days, it's a shame not to get this done.
What an amazing time we are lucky enough to be born in.
And I fully agree that we should have probes orbiting every planet in our system ans we should have several floating around in the kuiper belt.
Its frustrating that its not already in the works.
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