The Sun, the Moon, and the Stars
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That ESO link looks pretty cool! Am going to have to check it out more when I have time. http://www.eso.org/public/
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A Round Ball Of 100,000 Stars 150 Light Years Wide (which is how far light would travel in 150 years at 186,000 miles per second) Beyond Comprehension! http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap160727.html
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"Space telescope saw bright comet plunge toward the sun on Aug. 3-4, reaching speeds of nearly 1.3 million miles per hour Comet was torn apart and vaporized by the intense forces near the sun" Short video here... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3724208/Watch-amazing-moment-comet-crashes-fiery-death-passes-past-sun-1-3-MILLION-miles-hour.html?ITO=1490
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SurSteven:
"Space telescope saw bright comet plunge toward the sun on Aug. 3-4, reaching speeds of nearly 1.3 million miles per hour Comet was torn apart and vaporized by the intense forces near the sun" Short video here... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3724208/Watch-amazing-moment-comet-crashes-fiery-death-passes-past-sun-1-3-MILLION-miles-hour.html?ITO=1490
Wow, saw that video, but that was an interesting link explaining it! Also amazing was the Coronal Mass Ejection CME shooting off to the left! Hard to imagine how fast that comet was traveling!! Over a million MPH!!! I thought the snowy ice ball theory was going to change, after that almost failed landing where it didn't land properly because the comet wasn't a snowy ice type landing!? More CME's on APOD http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap160731.html
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That comet could have traveled from here to the moon in around 15 minutes. They had 3 landing options when they tried to land on the other comet here awhile back, but an unusual event occurred. It was spewing out material as I remember. It didn't land in a very stable manor and was also blocked from the amount of sunlight it needed to function
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I thought I remember reading that they were going to have crampons at the bottom of the landing feet, considering they thought it was going to be landing on a "snowball" Good thing, because how I'm remembering it... if they did have crampons, it would have bounced around on landing. It also landed in a particularly shaded area. I think one solar panel may not have deployed... so it eventually didn't get enough sunlight to keep the one solar panel, running things. I'm wondering if it was the comet shown that was the size of LA? That one had a shady pocket in the middle.
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love2travel:
I thought I remember reading that they were going to have crampons at the bottom of the landing feet, considering they thought it was going to be landing on a "snowball" Good thing, because how I'm remembering it... if they did have crampons, it would have bounced around on landing. It also landed in a particularly shaded area. I think one solar panel may not have deployed... so it eventually didn't get enough sunlight to keep the one solar panel, running things. I'm wondering if it was the comet shown that was the size of LA? That one had a shady pocket in the middle.
The harpoons failed to deploy and secure it to the comet. When in doubt...YOUTUBE! Lots of other cool videos there about it too...
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SurSteven:
love2travel:
I thought I remember reading that they were going to have crampons at the bottom of the landing feet, considering they thought it was going to be landing on a "snowball" Good thing, because how I'm remembering it... if they did have crampons, it would have bounced around on landing. It also landed in a particularly shaded area. I think one solar panel may not have deployed... so it eventually didn't get enough sunlight to keep the one solar panel, running things. I'm wondering if it was the comet shown that was the size of LA? That one had a shady pocket in the middle.
The harpoons failed to deploy and secure it to the comet. When in doubt...YOUTUBE! Lots of other cool videos there about it too...
Any good photos from Juno?
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That's very cool ops: ops:
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love2travel:
SurSteven:
love2travel:
I thought I remember reading that they were going to have crampons at the bottom of the landing feet, considering they thought it was going to be landing on a "snowball" Good thing, because how I'm remembering it... if they did have crampons, it would have bounced around on landing. It also landed in a particularly shaded area. I think one solar panel may not have deployed... so it eventually didn't get enough sunlight to keep the one solar panel, running things. I'm wondering if it was the comet shown that was the size of LA? That one had a shady pocket in the middle.
The harpoons failed to deploy and secure it to the comet. When in doubt...YOUTUBE! M Lots of other cool videos there about it too...
Have had trouble finding info on Juno! Any good photos from Juno?
Just watched the long video, that was really interesting, thanks for posting that one! As it wakes up, if Philae is still attached to Rosetta, then it ought to get really interesting ! As for the size, the photo next to LA is really surprising to me!
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Here's the best pics and info links I could find on Juno so far... http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/spaceimages/details.php?id=PIA20701 http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/juno/main/index.html And this one also has Juno cam... https://www.missionjuno.swri.edu/
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Thanks so much for those links! Didn't realize the scope of the mission and saw a couple of confusing articles! This is so exciting, I want to paint the red spot of Jupiter! So are you watching the Perseid Meteor Shower tomorrow? Wish I could see it from a mountaintop in Colorado! http://www.nasa.gov/topics/solarsystem/features/watchtheskies/perseid-meteor-shower-aug11-12.html
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Thanks, for the head up on the persieds! I watched them one night way out in the country on a delivery run several years ago. One little streak of light after another. Did you see that cool counter at the bottom of the misionjuno link? Time Since Arrival 0037 Days 17:34:45 hrs.
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SurSteven:
Thanks, for the head up on the persieds! I watched them one night way out in the country on a delivery run several years ago. One little streak of light after another. Did you see that cool counter at the bottom of the misionjuno link? Time Since Arrival 0037 Days 17:34:45 hrs.
I did, it was a relief, I didn't realize. There was a great chart, I'll have to see if I can find it!
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Great Persied pic... http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap160813.html
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SurSteven:
Great Persied pic... http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap160813.html
That is a fantastic photo! Went down to the beach for an hour or so, the sky cleared for a minute and then the clouds came back... Will try again !
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This is such a cool pic, had to post! There's an eclipse of the sun in the middle!! So if you'd like to do a timed photo, now is the time to start for next year's eclipse! http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap160822.html Tutulemma ! http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/1608/TSE2017usa_espenak_1421.jpg Next year's Solar Eclipse!
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^ Cool Stuff, Indeed! And, there's that curious Analemma pattern that looks like an infinity sign trying to imply inward and outward dimensions.
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SurSteven:
^ Cool Stuff, Indeed! And, there's that curious Analemma pattern that looks like an infinity sign trying to imply inward and outward dimensions.
It sure does look like an infinity sign... Went out to try and see Venus and Jupiter, however the western skies were overcast don't think I'll make it the next time these two planets are so close together in 2065 .http://www.space.com/33878-rare-venus-jupiter-conjunction-tonight.html
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Photos finally in!!! The closest pass by to Jupiter with photo. Enhanced photos will be up soon! http://www.cbsnews.com/news/juno-spacecraft-completes-close-swing-around-jupiter/