[geocentrism] Re: Mars is in the ascendency?
- From: "philip madsen" <pma15027@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "geocentrism list" <geocentrism@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <MJCoppi@xxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2007 11:03:04 +1000
I'm amazed as well, that liquids could exist in the vacuum of space? .Perhaps
it was a typo for gas or vapour. a big lot of it might take some time to boil.
Enceladus
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Discovery
Discovered by: William Herschel
Discovery date: August 28, 1789[1]
Orbital characteristics
Semi-major axis: 237,948 km
Eccentricity: 0.0047[2]
Orbital period: 1.370218 d[3]
Inclination: 0.019° (to Saturn's equator)
Satellite of: Saturn
Physical characteristics
Dimensions: 513.2×502.8×496.6 km[4]
Mean radius: 252.1 ± 0.1 (0.0395 Earths)[5]
Mass: 1.08022 ± 0.00101×1020 kg[5] (1.8×10-5 Earths)
Mean density: 1.6096 ± 0.0024 g/cm3[5]
Equatorial surface gravity: 0.113 m/s2 (0.0115 g)
Escape velocity: 0.239 km/s (866 km/h)
Rotation period: synchronous
Axial tilt: zero
Albedo: 1.375 ± 0.008 (geometric)[6]
Surface temp.:
Kelvin[7] min mean max
32.9 K 75 K 145 K
Atmosphere
Surface pressure: trace, significant spatial variability[8][9]
Composition: 91% Water vapour
4% Nitrogen
3.2% Carbon dioxide
1.7% Methane[10]
Philip
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Uh oh more global warming consequences............
Astonishing Find in SpaceAstronomers have found something very surprising
hidden on Enceladus, one of Saturn's moons. Enceladus is regarded as nothing
more than a ball of ice clinging close to Saturn's rings, but the international
Cassini mission caught it doing something spectacular in December 2005: from
cracks in the ice in its south pole, it spewed a watery geyser some 270 miles
into space, reports USA Today. The water shot out so far it actually hit the
orbiting Cassini spacecraft. And this has astronomers fascinated. After all,
water is the essential ingredient for life. Astronomers and astrobiologists are
unable to explain how such a small body that is only 318 miles wide at its
equator could pump out so much water. "Nobody has figured it out," Andrew
Dombard of The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel,
Md., told USA Today reporter Dan Vergano. "Enceladus has jumped to the top of
astrobiologists' list for a mission."Ever since the Voyager missions flew past
Enceladus in the early 1980s, astronomers have known it's the brightest object
in the solar system, thanks to its coating of fresh ice. But the most confusing
part is that the geyser originates from the south pole instead of the equator,
which has the strongest gravitational pull from Saturn. And it's not just water
spewing out of that geyser. It's also a mixture of compounds such as methane,
propane, acetylene, carbon dioxide and nitrogen, according to a spectrometer
carried aboard Cassini that performed a chemical analysis of the liquid.So what
does it all mean? Acetylene and propane indicate a very hot environment exists
under all that ice with temperatures ranging from 440 degrees to 980 degrees.
"I think we will someday find liquid water under the surface of Enceladus,"
Cassini scientist Jonathan Lunine of the University of Arizona in Tucson told
USA Today. "It's very exciting and raises a lot of questions." Although
astronomers have several theories, they really don't know how such a tiny moon
can generate the heat needed to fire up the intense eruptions from the geyser.
In a message dated 7/26/2007 11:23:21 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
pma15027@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
DUST STORM UPDATE: A severe dust storm on Mars, which has been darkening
skies and causing a solar energy crisis for NASA's Mars rovers, refuses to die
down. Clouds of dust are now visible in backyard telescopes and Mars is
beginning to resemble a orange billiard ball as all of its underlying surface
markings are hidden from view. The storm is already a month old and no one
knows when it will subside. Visit spaceweather.com for photos and status
reports.
Interesting.. Its our carbon emmissions no doubt.. causing climate change
in the solar system .. Maybe the Martians are making too much gas.
Philip.
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