Artist Impression Of Pluto And Its Moons |
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Artist Impression Of Pluto And Its Moons |
| Guest_PhilCo126_* |
  Dec 11 2005, 01:39 PM
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Hello, I'm searching a High-resolution version of the artist impression by G. Bacon seen on:
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0510/31plutomoons/ Can somebody point out a weblink for this ? Thx in advance ! Philip 
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Dec 11 2005, 02:43 PM
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Senior Member  Group: Members Posts: 1276 Joined: 25-November 04 Member No.: 114 |
http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/137120m...pluto1_full.jpg
Is this the one? Found it here. http://www.nasa.gov/vision/universe/solars...bble_pluto.html |
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| Guest_PhilCo126_* |
Dec 11 2005, 05:00 PM
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Yes indeed, the link shown at Astronomy Now didn't work ...
Thank You very much ... Merci beacoup ! Philip |
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Jan 3 2006, 10:17 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2454 Joined: 8-July 05 From: NGC 5907 Member No.: 430 |
Science/Astronomy:
* Pluto Colder Than Expected http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/060103_pluto_cold.html Earth-bound astronomers taking Pluto's temperature have confirmed suspicions that the planet is colder than it should be. It's thought that the planet's lower temperature is the result of interactions between its icy surface and thin nitrogen atmosphere. * The Planets in 2006 http://www.space.com/spacewatch/051230_night_sky.html There is plenty to see, and SPACE.com provides an overview of the planets for the coming year. -------------------- "After having some business dealings with men, I am occasionally chagrined,
and feel as if I had done some wrong, and it is hard to forget the ugly circumstance. I see that such intercourse long continued would make one thoroughly prosaic, hard, and coarse. But the longest intercourse with Nature, though in her rudest moods, does not thus harden and make coarse. A hard, sensible man whom we liken to a rock is indeed much harder than a rock. From hard, coarse, insensible men with whom I have no sympathy, I go to commune with the rocks, whose hearts are comparatively soft." - Henry David Thoreau, November 15, 1853 |
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Jan 4 2006, 03:14 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2454 Joined: 8-July 05 From: NGC 5907 Member No.: 430 |
Here's another artwork of Pluto and Charon as seen from one of its "new" moons.
http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/press/pr0601image.html This is from the Harvard-Smithsonian CfA press release on Pluto being colder than it should be. I wonder why the artist assumed Pluto and Charon would have blue markings? What evidence is there for such a color on those worlds? -------------------- "After having some business dealings with men, I am occasionally chagrined,
and feel as if I had done some wrong, and it is hard to forget the ugly circumstance. I see that such intercourse long continued would make one thoroughly prosaic, hard, and coarse. But the longest intercourse with Nature, though in her rudest moods, does not thus harden and make coarse. A hard, sensible man whom we liken to a rock is indeed much harder than a rock. From hard, coarse, insensible men with whom I have no sympathy, I go to commune with the rocks, whose hearts are comparatively soft." - Henry David Thoreau, November 15, 1853 |
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Jan 5 2006, 03:25 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2454 Joined: 8-July 05 From: NGC 5907 Member No.: 430 |
There is another piece of art depicting Pluto and Charon in this ESO news item.
They are not nearly quite as blue as the HS CfA one. Observing a very rare occultation of a star by Pluto's satellite Charon from three different sites, including Paranal, home of the VLT, astronomers were able to determine with great accuracy the radius and density of the satellite to the farthest planet. The density, 1.71 that of water, is indicative of an icy body with about slightly more than half of rocks. The observations also put strong constraints on the existence of an atmosphere around Charon. Read all the details and see the images in ESO 02/06 at: http://www.eso.org/outreach/press-rel/pr-2006/pr-02-06.html -------------------- "After having some business dealings with men, I am occasionally chagrined,
and feel as if I had done some wrong, and it is hard to forget the ugly circumstance. I see that such intercourse long continued would make one thoroughly prosaic, hard, and coarse. But the longest intercourse with Nature, though in her rudest moods, does not thus harden and make coarse. A hard, sensible man whom we liken to a rock is indeed much harder than a rock. From hard, coarse, insensible men with whom I have no sympathy, I go to commune with the rocks, whose hearts are comparatively soft." - Henry David Thoreau, November 15, 1853 |
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Feb 11 2006, 09:49 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2454 Joined: 8-July 05 From: NGC 5907 Member No.: 430 |
Nice artworks of Pluto, its moons, New Horizons, and more here:
http://astrosurf.org/lombry/alienworlds-renderings.htm -------------------- "After having some business dealings with men, I am occasionally chagrined,
and feel as if I had done some wrong, and it is hard to forget the ugly circumstance. I see that such intercourse long continued would make one thoroughly prosaic, hard, and coarse. But the longest intercourse with Nature, though in her rudest moods, does not thus harden and make coarse. A hard, sensible man whom we liken to a rock is indeed much harder than a rock. From hard, coarse, insensible men with whom I have no sympathy, I go to commune with the rocks, whose hearts are comparatively soft." - Henry David Thoreau, November 15, 1853 |
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Jun 1 2006, 04:14 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2454 Joined: 8-July 05 From: NGC 5907 Member No.: 430 |
A depiction of Pluto and Charon from the Japanese astronomy software
called Mitaka: http://4d2u.nao.ac.jp/html/program/mitaka/Pluto_Charon.jpg And scroll down here for some graphics of Pioneer 10 flying past Jupiter, Voyager 2 and Uranus, and Cassini and Saturn: http://4d2u.nao.ac.jp/html/program/mitaka/mtk_3D_mode.htm -------------------- "After having some business dealings with men, I am occasionally chagrined,
and feel as if I had done some wrong, and it is hard to forget the ugly circumstance. I see that such intercourse long continued would make one thoroughly prosaic, hard, and coarse. But the longest intercourse with Nature, though in her rudest moods, does not thus harden and make coarse. A hard, sensible man whom we liken to a rock is indeed much harder than a rock. From hard, coarse, insensible men with whom I have no sympathy, I go to commune with the rocks, whose hearts are comparatively soft." - Henry David Thoreau, November 15, 1853 |
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| Guest_PhilCo126_* |
Jun 1 2006, 05:26 PM
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Thanks for pointing these out ...
The same can be done with screenshots in the Celestia software ( if You added the extra spacecraft modules FREEly available below ) Amazing ( Free 3-D ) software: http://shatters.net/celestia/ and some nice add-ons: http://www.celestiamotherlode.net/catalog/spacecraft.php |
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