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Inaccuracy in reporting astronomy and science
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post Jun 12 2015, 11:35 AM
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QUOTE (Paolo @ Jun 9 2015, 04:30 PM) *
from the New Horizons Facebook page, this is how NOT to report science....


It's a perfect way to represent speed for the general public.
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post Jul 11 2015, 06:48 PM
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A very cool visualization of the explored solar system objects from the WSJ... but not error free:
http://graphics.wsj.com/from-pluto-to-the-sun/

(Hint: something about Jupiter's moons...)
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post Jul 11 2015, 07:08 PM
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QUOTE (Explorer1 @ Jul 11 2015, 10:48 AM) *
(Hint: something about Jupiter's moons...)


Agh. That's just painful. sad.gif


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post Jul 11 2015, 07:41 PM
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That entire thing is terrible. It's arguably when the photographing happened, not the first photos.... but ... Proteus was imaged by Cassini in 1989??!? What the hell? I know Cassini has been around awhile, but that was 8 years before launch.
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post Jul 11 2015, 07:46 PM
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QUOTE (Explorer1 @ Jul 11 2015, 08:48 PM) *
A very cool visualization of the explored solar system objects from the WSJ... but not error free:
http://graphics.wsj.com/from-pluto-to-the-sun/

(Hint: something about Jupiter's moons...)



So Dactyl has left Ida behind and is now orbiting Jupiter. Well, that's an interesting development for sure.


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post Jul 11 2015, 07:47 PM
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If it is the most recent imaging, then we can note NH imaged Io...


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I tweeted to one of the graphic creators; hopefully he'll take notice. It's a beautiful graphic, but it needs to be accurate!!!


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post Jul 11 2015, 10:10 PM
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QUOTE (Habukaz @ Jul 11 2015, 09:46 PM) *
So Dactyl has left Ida behind and is now orbiting Jupiter. Well, that's an interesting development for sure.

Probably hitched a ride with Gaspra.

Now, the question is whether Annefrank hitched a ride with New Horizons or whether it was the other way around...
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post Jul 12 2015, 07:07 PM
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http://www.cnn.com/videos/weather/2015/07/...nni-nr-lklv.cnn

Says it's the 'dark' side, points to fully sunlit hemisphere rolleyes.gif
Do words even have meanings anymore? Oh, the next few days are going to be fun...
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From The Times (London) yesterday: "It (the Ultima Thule flyby) will be the latest chapter in an already remarkable mission that took New Horizons on the first exploration of Neptune and its moons in 2015"

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To be fair, New Horizons did actually image Neptune (and Triton) in 2014, from the range of a mere 4 billion kilometres.... wink.gif

Good luck all!
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