Most Interesting/Most Boring Objects in the Solar |
Most Interesting/Most Boring Objects in the Solar |
Jun 7 2007, 07:07 AM
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SewingMachine Group: Members Posts: 316 Joined: 27-September 05 From: Seattle Member No.: 510 |
Yes, it's time to Rock the Inner Geek and proclaim your love for what you consider to be what's hot and what's...well, boring in terms of planetary excitement. Criteria may include dynamicism, color, scale, grandeur, crater-counting wrist torture, budgetary reality, and whatever else you might consider relevant. I'll open with my own picks, without giving any particular reasons. (Earth can count if you like)
In descending order... Most Interesting: 1.) Io 2.) Titan 3.) Europa 4.) Enceladus 5.) Mars 6.) Triton 7.) Venus 8.) Pluto 9.) Dione 10. Iapetus Least Interesting: 1.) Rhea 2.) Luna 3.) Mercury 4.) Oberon 5.) Mimas 6.) Tethys 7.) Callisto 8.) Ganymede 9.) Earth 10.) New Jersey -------------------- ...if you don't like my melody, i'll sing it in a major key, i'll sing it very happily. heavens! everybody's all aboard? let's take it back to that minor chord...
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Aug 9 2015, 06:26 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 48 Joined: 10-September 06 Member No.: 1129 |
Bumping this thread in light of recent exploration!
Here's my list -- I’m biased toward worlds that are active, have complex geology, and have striking visual features. 1. Earth (oceans, storms, active volcanism, mountain ranges, tectonics, biodiversity, possibly intelligent life) 2. Io (hundreds of active volcanoes across surface with sulfuric eruptions hundreds of km high, snow, volcanic terrain, mountains) 3. Titan (chemically complex atmosphere, methane precipitation, storms, seas, rivers, dunes) 4. Enceladus (small moon with water eruptions hundreds of km high, powers E-ring, biological potential) 5. Venus (scorching and high-pressure atmosphere, sulfuric acid virga, metallic "snowcapped" mountains, volcanic terrain) 6. Pluto (water mountains, nitrogen glaciers, albedo variation, binary dwarf planet) 7. Triton (solar-powered nitrogen plumes 8 km high, cryovolcanic terrain) 8. Europa (freshly cracked global surface, biological potential) 9. Mars (inert volcanoes, dust storms, carbon dioxide activity in polar cap) 10. Iapetus (yin-yang albedo variation, ancient equatorial ridge) Honorable mentions: Miranda, Jupiter, Saturn, and 67P (on behalf of all comets) |
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