Neptune Orbiter, Another proposed mission |
Neptune Orbiter, Another proposed mission |
Nov 10 2005, 03:51 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 509 Joined: 2-July 05 From: Calgary, Alberta Member No.: 426 |
This seems like a good place to start off the Uranus and Neptune forum: with the next ice-giants mission.
I will admit to not knowing a whole lot about the Neptune Orbiter With Probes (NOWP), other than the fact that it's in the planning stages, and a few other details I've gathered from Wikipedia and various other Internet sources. Anyone care to get this one going with a bit more information? |
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Nov 17 2005, 04:46 AM
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I suspect the 'lumpiness' of Iapetus is a result of a 'leisurely' formation period, time to radiate impact and radio-nuclide heat, too distant to have been warmed significantly from Saturnian formation heat, and also a very slow tidal braking effect from the the distant Saturn.
All these effects would allow for maximum thickness and strength of its crustal materials via cryogenic rigidity. |
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Nov 17 2005, 08:01 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2488 Joined: 17-April 05 From: Glasgow, Scotland, UK Member No.: 239 |
QUOTE (tasp @ Nov 17 2005, 05:46 AM) I suspect the 'lumpiness' of Iapetus is a result of a 'leisurely' formation period, time to radiate impact and radio-nuclide heat, too distant to have been warmed significantly from Saturnian formation heat, and also a very slow tidal braking effect from the the distant Saturn. All these effects would allow for maximum thickness and strength of its crustal materials via cryogenic rigidity. I agree - it's not just a simple x-axis/y-axis graph, but a series of interconnecting variables, but with similar processes leading to similar outcomes... Bob Shaw -------------------- Remember: Time Flies like the wind - but Fruit Flies like bananas!
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