Vanamonde Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 Threads merged. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smjjames Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 Latest news from New Horizon Probe preparing the "rendez-vous" with Pluto, here you can find information. Some new "photos" of the planet. http://i.space.com/images/i/000/048/216/i02/new-horizons-pluto-lorri-images-june-1-2015.jpg?1434137439I'm restless about this event this planet is a bit mysterious And ... Hail the probe !Dat dark area in the southern hemisphere..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aanker Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 It is the ocean of tears shed when Pluto was degraded to a dwarf planet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotius Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 It's the lair of Space Slug. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallygator Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 It's likely a massive void left from an impact and/or where one of the odd shaped moons calved from. (can you use that word in this context?)Or, it's just a leak and the Choco filling has been squirting out. Yea, that's it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herr Rictus Bingo Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 Once month 'til the great moment ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lajoswinkler Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 Those are probably near infrared images as usual. The dark patches might not be dark in visible spectrum. Of course, hardly anyone at NASA gives a crap about providing the general public with such information. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smjjames Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 Those are probably near infrared images as usual. The dark patches might not be dark in visible spectrum. Of course, hardly anyone at NASA gives a crap about providing the general public with such information.Still an interesting feature that stands out from the rest of the planet.I wonder how much they'd be able to resolve in the visual spectrum from this distance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kibble Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 Those are probably near infrared images as usual.These images were taken with Long Range Reconnaissance Imager which operates at visible wavelengths, just not in color. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KerikBalm Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 Of course, hardly anyone at NASA gives a crap about providing the general public with such information.We get it... you've made your point... enough already.Start a dress thread if you want to talk about information conveyed by an image of an object vs what the actual object is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camacha Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 Of course, hardly anyone at NASA gives a crap about providing the general public with such information.Please, go write a letter to NASA. Repeating the same view over and over here does not help a thing, and only gets annoying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r4pt0r Posted June 17, 2015 Author Share Posted June 17, 2015 OH we get a promotional trailer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgey Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 That was really well made, and really awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PakledHostage Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 I don't know... They don't seem to have been able to get over the fact that Pluto isn't a planet anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r4pt0r Posted June 17, 2015 Author Share Posted June 17, 2015 I don't know... They don't seem to have been able to get over the fact that Pluto isn't a planet anymore.It was a planet when it launched. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PakledHostage Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 It was a planet when it launched.True, but it wasn't when they made the video. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainApollo Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 The trailer is still a good one, but I too remember when Pluto was a planet, and when it became a dwarf planet. But yes, I am very excited for New Horizons as well! High-res images of Pluto, wow! And it will sure get close! Pluto is one of my favourite planets, sorry, dwarf planets. Considering that the best image we have of Pluto is very, very grainy, I will follow this with great anticipation! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Iron Crown Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 Merged into existing New Horizons thread in the Science Labs.Edit: Well nuts, I missed that this was a newer thread. Apologies everyone, don't have a way to unmerge it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camacha Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 (edited) I don't know... They don't seem to have been able to get over the fact that Pluto isn't a planet anymore.Why? Because they talk about exploration of the planets? Big deal, it shows the wonderful human endeavour of exploring our solar system and Pluto still is one of the larger bodies in it. Do not get hung up on politics.The thing that gets me is that missions from non-American agencies get ignored. That seems needlessly chauvinistic. Edited June 17, 2015 by Camacha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YNM Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 Of course, hardly anyone at NASA gives a crap about providing the general public with such information.LMGTFY ? If you search correctly, the .net will spit on you.--------I don't know... They don't seem to have been able to get over the fact that Pluto isn't a planet anymore.Safe to say...8 Worlds : doneMoon o' 6 Worlds : done, two less detailed'Steroids : doneCometses : doneKBOs, Oort Cloud : not done, and New Horizons will certainly changes this to doneGive some respect, they launched it 10 years ago, waiting for stunning results ! Just the same when one launches HST, no one knew what it'd bring. Or any other probe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kryten Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 Of course, hardly anyone at NASA gives a crap about providing the general public with such information.Maybe you should write to your congressman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peadar1987 Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 As far as I'm concerned, dwarf planets are just a subcategory of planet, like rocky planet, gas giant, or ice giant. Just because Pluto hasn't cleared its orbit doesn't make me any less excited that we're visiting it, and soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camacha Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 As far as I'm concerned, dwarf planets are just a subcategory of planet, like rocky planet, gas giant, or ice giant. Just because Pluto hasn't cleared its orbit doesn't make me any less excited that we're visiting it, and soon In fact, it is even more exciting that we are visiting a Kuiper Belt object. Big planets are nice, but this is something we have not seen before.And yes, Pluto is just a tiny planet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lajoswinkler Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 (edited) LMGTFY ? If you search correctly, the .net will spit on you.Such information should be available under every photo. It's not that big of a deal. One sentence. "This image is a composite of false colored infrared and ultraviolet channels." - there. Done, problem solved. Nanometres optional.Maybe you should write to your congressman.I don't have one, but I might write a letter to NASA. It's probably futile as I bet I'm not the only one concerned about this, and somebody must've wrote them a letter before me...As far as I'm concerned, dwarf planets are just a subcategory of planet, like rocky planet, gas giant, or ice giant. Just because Pluto hasn't cleared its orbit doesn't make me any less excited that we're visiting it, and soon Not this butthurt discussion again, please. Rocky/gas/ice is about dominant planetary constitution, not about the main class of the object.There are solid reasons why Pluto was demoted. It was never a proper planet in the first place and it was just listed because of historical reasons. However that does not make it less exciting. Edited June 17, 2015 by lajoswinkler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camacha Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 (edited) I don't have one, but I might write a letter to NASA. It's probably futile as I bet I'm not the only one concerned about this, and somebody must've wrote them a letter before me...No mights, do it. Complaining is easy, but useless. Do something about it. I would suggest you do not post on it again until you have written and received an answer.There are solid reasons why Pluto was demoted.Ah, absolute statements. The thing is still argued over by the professionals, so it is safe to say things are disputed. No spare time forum dwelling enthusiast can say much that changes that. Problem is that we simply know too little about planets in general to make effective categories, though that may change in the next 20 years. Edited June 17, 2015 by Camacha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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