Ceres Geology |
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Jan 22 2014, 06:14 PM
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Rover Driver Group: Members Posts: 1015 Joined: 4-March 04 Member No.: 47 |
Paper out tomorrow: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25849871
Very exciting that we will visit this world soon! |
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Jan 22 2014, 08:01 PM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8783 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Dunno if there will be anything visibly detectable at all; kinda doubt it. 6 kg/sec outflow isn't very much, not much more than an average bathtub faucet flow. If that's a global rate rather than highly localized it's damn near gotta be just sublimation.
-------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Jan 23 2014, 01:59 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 593 Joined: 20-April 05 Member No.: 279 |
Nprev, the ESA article states:
QUOTE Almost all of the water vapour was seen to be coming from just two spots on the surface. Super interesting! Andy |
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