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 Mar 12 2007, 07:02 PM
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In response to my recent plea for questions for Planetary Radio, I got this one, mentioning an event I hadn't been aware of.
QUOTE Back in 1979, literally a week or so before Voyager I encountered Jupiter, a planetary scientist published a paper (in Science, I believe) postulating that tidal forces created by Jupiter's gravitational pull would trigger volcanic eruptions. It was a remarkably prescient article. There must be other examples of successful predictions of conditions on other planets or their moons. It would be fascinating to learn about them. Here's the Science article he refers to.Does anybody else know some other examples of spectacularly successful predictions that were actually published by researchers? (Lots of people speculate, but I think it's probably rarer to get this stuff past peer review.) And, for fairness, what about spectacularly unsuccessful predictions? --Emily -------------------- My website - My Patreon - @elakdawalla on Twitter - Please support unmannedspaceflight.com by donating here.
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elakdawalla Surprisingly successful (or failed) predictions? Mar 12 2007, 07:02 PM
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