The Sun, the Moon, and the Stars
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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/
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love2travel:
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/
Those will look excellent with the new 4k pixel SUHD Monitors and Televisions.
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Dark Matter Milky Way Type Galaxy discovered... http://phys.org/news/2016-08-scientists-dark-milky-massive-galaxy.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+C2C-InTheNews+%28Feed+-+Coast+to+Coast+-+In+the+News%29
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love2travel:
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!
Annular Eclipse...Here you go L2T!...Today's APOD...
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap160831.html
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SurSteven:
love2travel:
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!
Annular Eclipse...Here you go L2T!...Today's APOD...
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap160831.html
I saw this same photo in the NY Times article, calling it a Ring Of Fire and was coming here to post it... You Beat me to it, once again!!
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love2travel:
SurSteven:
love2travel:
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!
Annular Eclipse...Here you go L2T!...Today's APOD...
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap160831.html
I saw this same photo in the NY Times article, calling it a Ring Of Fire and was coming here to post it... You Beat me to it, once again!!
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/01/science/ring-of-fire-solar-eclipse.html?_r=0
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Spock has nothing on us when it comes to mind melding.
Bad news... Just heard that a Space X rocket blew up at Cape Canaveral.
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SurSteven:
Spock has nothing on us when it comes to mind melding.
Bad news... Just heard that a Space X rocket blew up at Cape Canaveral.
Mind melding like quantum particles
That's sad news about The Space X rocket
Elon Musk will survive and thrive...he's absolutely brilliant. http://www.reuters.com/article/us-space-x-blast-idUSKCN11750U
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Commander Jeff Williams returned from the ISS on his 4th mission with a new record of 534 days in Space! Wonder if he'll jump in a pool like Commander Kelly did. Apparently, one of the things you miss most is H2O!!! Wonder what ancient man thought when he saw an eclipse... the rock cairns made me think of the ancient... am wondering what the rocks mean.... http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap160907.html
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Just ran across some new JUNO pics!!! Way Amazing! http://alltechnews.org/2016/09/10/jupiter-is-hardly-recognizable-in-junos-latest-images/