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06/30/15 (Tue) 06:44:11 No.2664

14 days!

06/30/15 (Tue) 22:44:52 No.2667

Do you think it'll be more or less interesting than Triton?

07/01/15 (Wed) 04:36:58 No.2668

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>>2667

Probably less. Since Triton was originally a KBO and later captured by Neptune. Triton has more perilous journey compared to Pluto is what I'm saying. Still, I want to see what Pluto surface really look like. I remember reading about the 'Plane Pluto' and the illustration shows Pluto covered in ice. Well, that was two decades ago.

Anyway, decided to see the team behind New Horizons. I can already see the "diversity" articles to be published by Salon. Just like what happened to Dr. Taylor and Sir Tim Hunt.

07/01/15 (Wed) 04:50:45 No.2669

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>>2668

But on the other hand, Pluto has a huge moon. So that makes thing interesting.

07/02/15 (Thu) 01:04:36 No.2672

File: 1435799076548.jpg (236.35 KB, 1920x1080, 16:9, nh-7-1-15_pluto_charon_col….jpg)

HAPPENING

07/02/15 (Thu) 01:50:17 No.2673

>>2672

I can only assume that the grey one is Charon. Damn you science illustration books, you told me that Charon is icy white.

07/03/15 (Fri) 19:41:17 No.2674

File: 1435952477753.jpg (555.55 KB, 2552x1936, 29:22, New_Horizons_1.jpg)

Closest approach will be about 12,500 km, which is about twice the earth's diameter. It's also approximately the distance the spacecraft travels in one second.

I'm really curious about the spacecrafts' activities during that phase of the mission.

07/04/15 (Sat) 21:51:48 No.2677

IDS HABBEDING

07/05/15 (Sun) 07:01:38 No.2679

>>2674

USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA!

07/05/15 (Sun) 14:09:41 No.2680

>tfw the spacecraft shutdown into safe mode 10 days before fly by.

>tfw wont be able to see Pluto and Charon

07/05/15 (Sun) 18:51:21 No.2684

>>2680

D-don't make jokes like that, anon. I'm going to have nightmares.

07/06/15 (Mon) 01:26:53 No.2685

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>>2680

>>2684

07/07/15 (Tue) 15:44:35 No.2695

>>2685

gudnite sweet prinec

07/09/15 (Thu) 02:13:26 No.2707

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>>2685

We didn't listen.

07/09/15 (Thu) 17:02:43 No.2714

>>2685

pluto confirmed home to race of spooky space skeletons that shoot emp cannons at chunks of metal near their home rock

07/09/15 (Thu) 18:43:07 No.2715

File: 1436467387270.jpg (67.28 KB, 575x328, 575:328, yiss.jpg)

OH YISS

07/09/15 (Thu) 19:31:02 No.2716

>>2715

Looks like Triton.

07/10/15 (Fri) 13:54:15 No.2721

>>2716

just much smaller

07/10/15 (Fri) 23:26:00 No.2722

>>2721

They actually are rather close in size, and Pluto is about 60% the mass of Triton.

07/11/15 (Sat) 06:39:27 No.2726

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07/12/15 (Sun) 19:42:49 No.2736

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Last new image until day after flyby?

07/12/15 (Sun) 22:45:35 No.2738

>>2736

Wait what? Are you saying that's the best image we're going to get?

What the fuck NASA?

07/13/15 (Mon) 17:37:02 No.2748

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>>2736

one more

I have a thread up on >>>/n/91989

if you're interested I'll put ustream of nasatv in my cytu.be stream so we have our own chat

07/13/15 (Mon) 18:36:13 No.2750

>>2736

>>2738

besides, there's a couple more pics on http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounter/index.php

07/13/15 (Mon) 23:46:43 No.2754

>>2738

ha. No, it's just it won't transmit anything until after it has finished the flyby. It's still recording new data/pictures.

07/14/15 (Tue) 12:01:20 No.2755

File: 1436875281214.jpg (38.61 KB, 640x640, 1:1, pluto.jpg)

07/14/15 (Tue) 12:03:28 No.2756

ITS OVER

07/14/15 (Tue) 12:04:11 No.2757

>>2756

now we wait for about 4 hours before signal from pluto comes, so we can find out they fucked up

07/14/15 (Tue) 12:04:10 No.2758

media briefing in 15 minutes on nasatv btw

07/14/15 (Tue) 12:04:45 No.2759

>>2758

Link?

07/14/15 (Tue) 12:06:04 No.2760

>>2759

http://www.ustream.tv/nasahdtv

07/14/15 (Tue) 12:06:59 No.2761

>>2760

oh actually I could host it on http://cytu.be/r/khantube if you don't mind coming into a stream mostly used by /intl/

07/14/15 (Tue) 12:12:15 No.2762

>>2757

What?

I just said that the New Horizons finished its mission.

07/14/15 (Tue) 12:14:18 No.2763

>>2762

well, we don't know yet if it did

07/14/15 (Tue) 12:20:19 No.2764

>>2763

>first data at 9pm eastern time

07/14/15 (Tue) 12:58:47 No.2765

By the way, the debate on which is bigger is not yet settled until we send a probe at Eris and do the same measurements.

07/14/15 (Tue) 13:02:00 No.2766

>>2765

eris weighs more and that's all that matters

07/14/15 (Tue) 13:05:32 No.2767

>>2765

From what I've seen, Pluto is just a few miles bigger in diameter, but it's less dense.

So there is more ice on Pluto than expected. This also means that Eris and Pluto have had very different histories

07/14/15 (Tue) 13:28:56 No.2768

>>2767

Eris is also denser than Ceres, despite that Ceres sits about at the frostline, and Eris is way further back. Ganymede an Callisto, which are outside Jupiter's frostline, have comparable density to Pluto as well.

Considering Eris has an irregular orbit (compared to the rest of Kuiper belt objects), I'd say it's likely it has been ejected from inner Solar system during formation and somehow managed to get into stable orbit where it is now.

07/14/15 (Tue) 14:17:05 No.2769

>>2768

I hope there could be a spacecraft that could visit Eris, Sedna, and the other objects in our lifetime.

There is still so much knowledge that can be obtained in our own solar system

I think there should be future missions to Uranus and Neptune as well

07/14/15 (Tue) 14:35:56 No.2770

now we wait for them juicy super high res photos

07/14/15 (Tue) 14:44:59 No.2771

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It's beautiful

07/14/15 (Tue) 14:52:36 No.2772

>>2771

There is a heart on its surface

07/14/15 (Tue) 14:55:51 No.2773

>>2772

>Venus the planet of the roman god of love.

>It is an infernall planet, full of lava.

>Pluto is the planet of the roman god of death.

>It has a heart.

Oh the irony!

07/14/15 (Tue) 15:12:08 No.2774

>>2773

>tfw scientists already have clues of life on venus, but they don't release them because it doesn't fit the narrative

http://online.liebertpub.com/doi/abs/10.1089/153110704773600203

http://online.liebertpub.com/doi/abs/10.1089/15311070260192264

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032063399000367

http://news.discovery.com/space/alien-life-exoplanets/are-venus-clouds-a-haven-for-life-130516.htm

https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn2843-acidic-clouds-of-venus-could-harbour-life/

07/14/15 (Tue) 17:07:27 No.2777

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>>2774

Did you even read the articles your presenting? All they're saying is how it MAY be possible for life to exist there.

>the narrative

07/14/15 (Tue) 17:40:20 No.2782

>>2777

well, I said clues :^)

clues = may

07/14/15 (Tue) 20:06:24 No.2784

>>2771

Is this true color or black and white?

07/14/15 (Tue) 20:38:30 No.2785

>>2784

b&w with colour data from spectrometer I think

07/14/15 (Tue) 23:26:57 No.2786

Soon we will have more info yeeeeee

07/15/15 (Wed) 00:42:25 No.2787

That buildup to the pic reveal.

>from January we have points

>later it's an orb

>yesterday we have this

>NOW

>blurry true color

>MUH DIVERSITY

>MUH IMAGES OF COLOR

07/15/15 (Wed) 00:58:23 No.2788

NOMINAL NOMINAL NOMINAL NOMINAL NOMINAL NOMINAL NOMINAL NOMINAL

07/15/15 (Wed) 01:03:58 No.2789

status report media briefing in 30 minutes if anyone wants to listen to stupid questions, >>2760

07/15/15 (Wed) 07:11:53 No.2791

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>>2771

In-fucking-credible.

07/15/15 (Wed) 19:45:37 No.2795

So… We're going to get better images than that right? I refuse to believe it's 2015 and we don't have better images of Pluto than Voyagers' glimpses of the gas giants and their moons.

07/15/15 (Wed) 21:35:52 No.2797

>>2795

We have to wait for the information to get sent back.

It's a long way, and the bit rates are slow. There is also a ton of information that was collected too

07/16/15 (Thu) 01:06:59 No.2798

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Dammit /sci/, you're slow.

07/16/15 (Thu) 14:32:47 No.2808

New horizons send moaaarrr information

07/16/15 (Thu) 17:47:26 No.2812

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Charon apparently has 4-5 mile deep canyons.

07/16/15 (Thu) 18:41:51 No.2813

>>2812

I'm guessing that's fracturing from internal cooling

07/16/15 (Thu) 19:56:05 No.2814

File: 1437076567223.jpg (183.84 KB, 1850x1850, 1:1, image.jpg)

This new image of an area on Pluto's largest moon Charon has a captivating feature – a depression with a peak in the middle, shown here in the upper left corner of the inset. The image shows an area approximately 240 miles (390 kilometers) from top to bottom, including few visible craters. The image was taken at approximately 6:30 a.m. EDT on July 14, 2015, about 1.5 hours before closest approach to Pluto, from a range of 49,000 miles (79,000 kilometers).

07/16/15 (Thu) 19:57:24 No.2815

There's a NASA briefing tomorrow at 1pm EST regarding more info from the mission

07/19/15 (Sun) 21:11:25 No.2824

Any new images?

07/20/15 (Mon) 13:36:48 No.2828

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>>2824

Here, have a moonlet.

/fit/ 07/20/15 (Mon) 14:13:51 No.2829

>>2828

Why don't moonlets kill themselves?