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Mar 8 2008, 10:15 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 544 Joined: 17-November 05 From: Oklahoma Member No.: 557 |
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 41 Joined: 11-April 07 From: London, U.K. Member No.: 1957 |
Can I please caution peeps about the 'comet' comment
Which comet? Compositionally, comets appear to be extremely heterogeneous. Secondly, observational planetary science should always avoid any labels that carry some kind of genetic connotation (since they're invariably wrong). So, if it barks like a comet, it's a comet? Oh, metaphor god, strike me down. For example, you can call a bunch of squiggles a dendritic pattern, but not a channel network (since it implies formation by fluid flow, whereas dendritic is purely descriptive) - unless you're pretty sure it's a channel network. There are other ways to make heavier organics. I'm loving these new data - the CIRS stuff is beautiful. I'd like to know how the shear heating bods feel about these results.... |
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