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I just read that today too. Pretty crazy universe we're in.
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Originally posted by SaltyJon SaltyJon wrote:

This one's pretty cool:

http://techie-buzz.com/science/alien-planet-diamond.html?utm_source=recentpost&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=recent_post

Inside the solar system...not sure.  Probably one of the gas giants.


The bling planet?
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Jupiter is amazing, but it has a big red spot, which means it has a soviet section.

Saturn's rings are amazing, but we can't take seriously a planet that is as light (don't know the opposite english word for dense) as Saturn.

Mars and Venus are boring as hell. Venus' sulphur inferno at least puts it slightly ahead of the big red pile of boredom.

Mercury is good but too small and hot. I'm not into hot places (f**king Florida).

Uranus is not as good as mine.

Therefore, Neptune, cold as ice, wins.

And I demand Pluto's re-insertion.
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Who needs the Milky Way when you can have Mars :p
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Points: 20240 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 29 2011 at 04:38
Originally posted by Equality 7-2521 Equality 7-2521 wrote:

Originally posted by aginor aginor wrote:

I heard some rumoursa and speculation in the space section in the newpaper, that the asntronomers have a though that hteir might be a gigantic brown thingy, planet, outside of the outer borders of the solarsystem that are larger then Jupiter though less massive, but they havent really any solid evidence other then wild speculation. but idunno really,

it is also a threory that it might be a brown dwarf but i am not sure.....

There's some pretty solid evidence for it. They call it the Nemesis. It's not definitive though. 
 
Asimov's book of that name is one of his best
 
 
That black hole is hiding a giant red star heading directly towards our solar system... what to do about it. to avoid the upcoming probable collision.
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Originally posted by The T The T wrote:



And I demand Pluto's re-insertion.


We all do, anyone who says otherwise is a communist I am sorry.

But the great red spot is pretty awesome. It's a giant storm the size of like 4 earths that has been going on for hundreds of years. THAT is metal, and red is the color of blood as well.

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Neptune have a dark blue storm whih are even called the most vissios storm in the solar systems (exept solar winds) i think the storms their are like 500 km/h or something

http://www.universetoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/neptunecolor.jpg
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Indeed, the great dark spot. It's just not the same as Jupiter's though. 
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It's more aesthetically pleasing than Jupiter's pimple. 
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the red eye is looking down on us
http://www.daviddarling.info/images/Jupiter_and_Earth_compared.jpg
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Originally posted by Equality 7-2521 Equality 7-2521 wrote:

It's more aesthetically pleasing than Jupiter's pimple. 
 
I like both... but into Neptune's pic, there are two blue eyes.
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Originally posted by JJLehto JJLehto wrote:

Originally posted by SaltyJon SaltyJon wrote:

This one's pretty cool:

http://techie-buzz.com/science/alien-planet-diamond.html?utm_source=recentpost&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=recent_post
Inside the solar system...not sure.  Probably one of the gas giants.
The bling planet?

I wonder if dirt is highly valued there
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Originally posted by Sean Trane Sean Trane wrote:

Originally posted by Jim Garten Jim Garten wrote:

Sean - have you been reading Kim Stanley Robinson by any chance?
 
Who's he??Confused  >> I'll  search on wikiWink
 
Nope, this has been my outview since the early 90's, when I started working in the Nuclear field.
 
Edit: Oh wow!!!!Shocked Had no idea!!
 
 
 

The Mars trilogy

Main article: Mars trilogy

This trilogy is Robinson's best-known work. It is an extended work of science fiction that deals with the first settlement of the planet Mars by a group of scientists and engineers. Its three volumes are Red Mars, Green Mars, and Blue Mars, the titles of which mark the changes that the planet undergoes over the course of the saga. The tale begins with the first colonists leaving Earth for Mars in 2027 and covers the next 200 years of future history. By the conclusion of the story, Mars is heavily populated and terraformed, with a flourishing and complex political and social dimension.

Many threads of different characters' lives are woven together in the Mars Trilogy. Science, sociology, and politics are all covered in great detail, evolving over the course of the narrative. Robinson's fascination with science and technology is clear, although he balances this with a strong streak of humanity. Robinson's personal interests, including ecological sustainability, sexual dimorphism, and the scientific method, come through strongly.

 
This is really amazingly close to what I thought should happen.... Not that it's THAT amazing, because that's prtetty well the only way it can happen, realistically!!
 
 
I think I'll get on it soonSmile

His vivid descriptions of Mars are amazing, really brings the planet to life so to speak, but I found his story telling is rather lacking.
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I'm between Jupiter and Neptune.

I'll go Jup.
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My favorite was Uranus even back when I was an innocent, young little fellow who didn't know what exactly an anus was. Now it's a no-contest favorite.
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Originally posted by aginor aginor wrote:


the red eye is looking down on us
http://www.daviddarling.info/images/Jupiter_and_Earth_compared.jpg


Beautiful
 
Have been fascinated with Jupiter since as a child - did a project on it in Middle School
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^ of course that's a representation of Earth's relative size wrt to Jupiter, not an actual image of Earth seen from Jupiter.
 
 
 
 
My fave is Saturn. Other planets have rings and moons, but nothing as spectacular as Saturn's, even one of its own moons may have rings and its largest (Titan) has an atmosphere, the only moon in the solar system to have one.
 
the inset picture is Earth seen by the Cassini spacecraft, a tiny blue dot 1,200,000,000km from Saturn's rings with no indication of the wonders it contains, this and the Hubble Deep Field image, are sobering images that puts our existence in the Universe into dramatic perspective.
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Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

^ of course that's a representation of Earth's relative size wrt to Jupiter, not an actual image of Earth seen from Jupiter.
 
 
i am totaly aware of that Dean,
 
i actualy have no 100% favourite i love them all equaly since they are what they are, our closest cosical nabours, and relatives, i feel a "bond" between the 8 planets, can't explain how
 
I voted for Mercury couse it is the bravest planet of them all, so close to the sun and scolded by its heat, yet by night is the 4th coldest planet in the Solar system.
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Originally posted by aginor aginor wrote:

 
I voted for Mercury couse it is the bravest planet of them all, so close to the sun and scolded by its heat, yet by night is the 4th coldest planet in the Solar system.
I've recently been working on testing an ADC for a scintillometer that's going to be on the BepiColombo Mercury mission in the near future. (My part in this is really tiny and inconsequential, I just wrote some test software Embarrassed).
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Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

Originally posted by aginor aginor wrote:

 
I voted for Mercury couse it is the bravest planet of them all, so close to the sun and scolded by its heat, yet by night is the 4th coldest planet in the Solar system.
I've recently been working on testing an ADC for a scintillometer that's going to be on the BepiColombo Mercury mission in the near future. (My part in this is really tiny and inconsequential, I just wrote some test software Embarrassed).
  is it possible witha man lead mission to Mercury if you stay on its,s dark side Evil Smile all the time or is that just to difficult, how fast do Mercury spin around it self to be safe for not having to suffer 400++ C, or is the travvel to get their a torture not  worth pursuing

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