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 Jan 3 2006, 10:39 PM
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http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/press/pr0601.html - A Planet Colder Than It Should Be
--- Now, for the first time, Smithsonian astronomers using the Submillimeter Array (SMA) on Mauna Kea in Hawaii have taken direct measurements of thermal heat from both worlds and found that Pluto is indeed colder than expected, colder even than Charon. It found that the temperature of the ice-covered surface of Pluto was about 43 K instead of the expected 53 K, as on nearby Charon. --- -------------------- - blue_scape / Nico -
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Jan 4 2006, 08:44 AM
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Sounds like Harvard PAO went on an ESA 'claim something we already know' press release writing course.
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Jan 4 2006, 11:30 AM
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QUOTE (djellison @ Jan 4 2006, 09:44 AM) Sounds like Harvard PAO went on an ESA 'claim something we already know' press release writing course. I look at it another way. Perhaps press releases like that are more common out there than you think and ESA is just one case of them. You simply decided to bash ESA more than anyone else 
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Jan 4 2006, 12:00 PM
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QUOTE (ugordan @ Jan 4 2006, 11:30 AM) Perhaps press releases like that are more common out there than you think Not really - NASA press releases can be a bit 'hollywood' - but they dont tend to lay claim to something that's already been investigated. Doug |
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SigurRosFan Pluto Colder Than It Should Be Jan 3 2006, 10:39 PM
Alan Stern QUOTE (SigurRosFan @ Jan 3 2006, 10:39 PM)htt... Jan 4 2006, 01:59 AM
Comga QUOTE (Alan Stern @ Jan 3 2006, 07:59 PM)Sorr... Jan 4 2006, 06:31 AM ugordan Nobody's talking about NASA. There are other i... Jan 4 2006, 12:13 PM |
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