Inaccuracy in reporting astronomy and science |
Inaccuracy in reporting astronomy and science |
Jul 3 2011, 06:26 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14432 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
The HRSC team have already debunked that. IT's the result of a map projected on a serious of hot/dark pixels -
http://hrscview.fu-berlin.de/5620_0000_artefact.html http://hrscview.fu-berlin.de/cgi-bin/ion-p...ATE=Update+view |
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Jul 18 2011, 04:03 AM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 2785 Joined: 10-November 06 From: Pasadena, CA Member No.: 1345 |
CNN linking to a Time magazine article on the Dawn mission with a link to Saturn images:
QUOTE All that made Vesta eminently worth visiting, but the job of getting there would not be easy. Dawn, launched in 2007, went first into solar orbit, then began a widening spiral that took it by Mars, where it picked up a gravity boost, and finally to Vesta, where it eased into orbit on Sunday. (See stunning pictures of Saturn.) ....Maybe 'cause Vesta images aren't so numerous? -------------------- Some higher resolution images available at my photostream: http://www.flickr.com/photos/31678681@N07/
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Aug 2 2011, 03:21 AM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 2785 Joined: 10-November 06 From: Pasadena, CA Member No.: 1345 |
CNN finally reports on Dawn mission (and messes it up): http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/08/01/dawn.spacecraft/index.html?
QUOTE (CNN) -- The Dawn spacecraft mission could answer some of the big questions about the Big Bang, NASA scientists said Monday as they released the latest images from the mission. Would that be the Big Bang that made the Big Crater at the South Pole? -------------------- Some higher resolution images available at my photostream: http://www.flickr.com/photos/31678681@N07/
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Aug 2 2011, 05:14 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2082 Joined: 13-February 10 From: Ontario Member No.: 5221 |
Pfft, solar system, universe, whatever! Not all is lost; they do mention the early solar system in the quotes and captions.
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Aug 2 2011, 06:25 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1582 Joined: 14-October 05 From: Vermont Member No.: 530 |
CNN finally reports on Dawn mission (and messes it up): http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/08/01/dawn.spacecraft/index.html? Would that be the Big Bang that made the Big Crater at the South Pole? Terrible. Yet I feel like the gamma ray / neutron detector experiment could somehow be related to the big bang in some fashion. Ya know, background radiation and all that. |
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Aug 2 2011, 04:05 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 131 Joined: 31-May 08 From: San Carlos, California, USA Member No.: 4168 |
What that sentence has incorrect:
1. Big Bang? 2. NASA scientists did not say that! 3. And not the most recent images! What that sentence has correct: 1. It was Monday. |
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Aug 8 2011, 02:17 PM
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SewingMachine Group: Members Posts: 316 Joined: 27-September 05 From: Seattle Member No.: 510 |
Facepalm.
I wouldn't normally pick on something like this, but the realization that this person has a job reporting on such things nearly caused a stroke. -------------------- ...if you don't like my melody, i'll sing it in a major key, i'll sing it very happily. heavens! everybody's all aboard? let's take it back to that minor chord...
Exploitcorporations on Flickr (in progress) : https://www.flickr.com/photos/135024395@N07/ |
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Aug 8 2011, 02:43 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Wow... I mean... wow...
I've taken screengrabs of that, cos they're bound to take it down once all the comments start coming in...! -------------------- |
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Aug 8 2011, 04:13 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2082 Joined: 13-February 10 From: Ontario Member No.: 5221 |
One of the article comments makes a good point, it could be interpreted as Mars being the final resting place, not Endeavour.
Could still be worded a lot better though! |
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Aug 8 2011, 04:38 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Wow... we thought MSL was a badass... the Russians are planning a SUN rover!!
http://www.itar-tass.com/en/c154/199714.html -------------------- |
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Aug 8 2011, 05:23 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2082 Joined: 13-February 10 From: Ontario Member No.: 5221 |
They should make sure to land at night....
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Aug 8 2011, 05:39 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1729 Joined: 3-August 06 From: 43° 35' 53" N 1° 26' 35" E Member No.: 1004 |
from Aviation Week (but I have seen this story elsewhere on the internet and I suspect that the origin of the sloppy reporting is a NASA site)
Juno Probe Launched From Cape Canaveral QUOTE Upon arrival in 2016, the solar-powered Juno will be hurtling along at 160,000 mph, the fastest man-made object in history. for us poor metric system oriented humans, that's 71.5 km/s. From the context I take it to be the speed relative to Jupiter at periapsis and orbit insertion. What they mean is that this is faster than Helios 2, which reached 70 km/s at perihelion... wait a moment... they are comparing apples (71.5 km/s in a Jovian reference frame) with oranges (70 km/s in a heliocentric frame)! based on this sloppy reasoning, I could say that my top biking speed is 29.8 km/s (Earth's average heliocentric speed)... |
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Aug 8 2011, 05:44 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3648 Joined: 1-October 05 From: Croatia Member No.: 523 |
Not to mention the speed at perijove won't be 160 000 mph, but kph...
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Aug 8 2011, 05:49 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2173 Joined: 28-December 04 From: Florida, USA Member No.: 132 |
One of the article comments makes a good point, it could be interpreted as Mars being the final resting place, not Endeavour. The article says: "...Opportunity will revisit the rim of Endeavour crater on Mars, where its rover twin Spirit finished its 6-year-long mission in May."Could still be worded a lot better though! Another comment makes a better point: How can Opportunity "revisit" Endeavour without Spirit having been there first (in the mind of the reporter)? |
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Sep 30 2011, 07:12 AM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 66 Joined: 8-November 05 From: Australia Member No.: 547 |
Oh dear, Time Science has dropped the ball...
Apparently Mercury is tidally locked and always presents one face to the sun... Planetary Mystery: How in the World Did Mercury Form? QUOTE For all its bland, moon-like appearance, Mercury is a very quirky place. Gravitationally locked so that its rate of revolution matches its rate of rotation, it keeps one side permanently turned toward the sun, in the same way our moon never turns its far side our way. On the sunward half, Mercury thus sizzles at a temperature of 950°F (510°C), while its night side maintains a brisk -346°F (-210°C) Maybe Mr Kluger should reconsider his choice of vocation? |
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