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MESSENGER takes a family portrait of the solar system
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post Feb 18 2011, 03:53 PM
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http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegaller...ature_1868.html


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post Feb 18 2011, 04:43 PM
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Too small? Too near the Sun? Good question!


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post Feb 18 2011, 05:39 PM
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What is odd is that they make clear that Uranus and Neptune are in the frames but invisible, while the absence of Mars isn't even acknowledged (Mercury too).


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- Stu   MESSENGER takes a family portrait of the solar system   Feb 18 2011, 03:53 PM
- - tedstryk   What happened to Mars?   Feb 18 2011, 04:38 PM
- - tasp   Extreme right edge.   Feb 18 2011, 04:43 PM
- - Stu   Too small? Too near the Sun? Good question!   Feb 18 2011, 04:43 PM
|- - tedstryk   What is odd is that they make clear that Uranus an...   Feb 18 2011, 05:39 PM
|- - centsworth_II   QUOTE (tedstryk @ Feb 18 2011, 12:39 PM) ...   Feb 18 2011, 05:51 PM
- - djellison   Mars is in it... Full size version from that lin...   Feb 18 2011, 05:42 PM
|- - tedstryk   Ah, much better.   Feb 18 2011, 06:11 PM
- - ElkGroveDan   What abut Pl.... never mind.   Feb 18 2011, 06:13 PM
- - Explorer1   Very pretty! It's like the reverse of Voy...   Feb 18 2011, 06:38 PM
- - ilbasso   Also nice to see the Milky Way and dust lanes to t...   Feb 18 2011, 06:42 PM
- - brellis   My god -- it's full of stars!   Feb 18 2011, 06:52 PM
- - elakdawalla   Very cool!!! I'm putting together...   Feb 18 2011, 06:52 PM
- - nprev   Sweet idea, Emily! Looks good, but it's a ...   Feb 18 2011, 06:55 PM
- - ZLD   Heres the link to the actual full resolution versi...   Feb 18 2011, 07:03 PM
- - elakdawalla   Is this better?   Feb 18 2011, 07:33 PM
- - nprev   Stick a fork in it; it's done! Perfect,...   Feb 18 2011, 07:40 PM
- - ZLD   That's a great comparison Emily; really puts b...   Feb 18 2011, 09:51 PM
|- - ugordan   Pretty cool mosaic and they get extra points from ...   Feb 18 2011, 10:33 PM
- - ngunn   What a great idea! But the orbit of Neptune lo...   Feb 18 2011, 10:46 PM
|- - ugordan   Nothing wrong with that. Voyager 1 didn't look...   Feb 18 2011, 10:49 PM
- - elakdawalla   It's because of the perspective; it widens tow...   Feb 18 2011, 10:50 PM
- - ngunn   OK, thanks. The (small) inclinations and eccen...   Feb 18 2011, 11:05 PM
- - nprev   The educational value of the poster is becoming ra...   Feb 18 2011, 11:17 PM
- - ngunn   Yes. Clearly I must spend more time on the simulat...   Feb 18 2011, 11:42 PM
- - nprev   I'm with ya, Nigel! Heck, the only way ...   Feb 19 2011, 12:57 AM
- - lyford   That is very awesome Emily! I was just wishin...   Feb 19 2011, 03:37 AM
- - nprev   I actually never dreamed I'd see something sim...   Feb 19 2011, 03:50 AM


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