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 (July 1, 2015 at 12:32 pm)Chuck Wrote: I believe Kerberos has much lower albedo than the other small moons. Has it tried a testosterone supplement, or at least Viagra?
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Don't worry, my friend. If this be the end, then so shall it be.  (July 1, 2015 at 1:33 pm)LostLocke Wrote:(July 1, 2015 at 12:02 pm)CapnAwesome Wrote: Anybody else super exciting to get close up pictures of Pluto in two weeks?It's weird. When I first really heard of the New Horizons mission I thought, "Oh we'll see Pluto? That's cool I guess." It's like having a crush on a girl, forgetting about it for a while, and then 10 years later you get to bang her. ![[Image: dcep7c.jpg]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=i46.tinypic.com%2Fdcep7c.jpg)
 
Yeah, I love this stuff.
Every scientific advancement/breakthrough makes me happy. But that happiness is tempered when I think that in the 21st century, when we have space probes that have basically left the solar system, we still have groups killing and persecuting others in the name of 2,000 year mythologies. Playing Cluedo with my mum while I was at Uni: "You did WHAT? With WHO? WHERE???"  RE: Pluto
July 1, 2015 at 5:53 pm
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(July 1, 2015 at 12:02 pm)CapnAwesome Wrote: Anybody else super exciting to get close up pictures of Pluto in two weeks?Uhm... No, not really... ![[Image: chef-pluto-courtesy-WDW-800.jpg]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=www.commdiginews.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2015%2F01%2Fchef-pluto-courtesy-WDW-800.jpg) ... I'll get my coat.
"The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one." - George Bernard Shaw
 (July 1, 2015 at 12:02 pm)CapnAwesome Wrote: Anybody else super exciting to get close up pictures of Pluto in two weeks? I got annoyed initially by the downgrading, but tbh, lately, I've been fascinated by moons. I'm particularly obsessed with Io these days. There are all sorts of cool objects out there that aren't planets.
"For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring." - Carl Sagan
The whole declassification flap is kind of silly, tbf. There was no coherent, scientifically useful definition of "planet" that would result in Pluto retaining the same classification as the eight current major planets, and certainly none that would result in having exactly nine planets (a number of trans-Neptunian objects would qualify). The fact of the matter is, Pluto has far more in common with other TNOs than the big 8).
"Minor planet" seems an appropriate designation.  (July 1, 2015 at 12:02 pm)CapnAwesome Wrote: Anybody else super exciting to get close up pictures of Pluto in two weeks? Yes, this is awesome, and it's happening at the same time the Dawn spacecraft is exploring Ceres. Fascinating worlds! It looks like Pluto might have a huge crater on it's surface, hard to tell this far out though.
Using the supernatural to explain events in your life is a failure of the intellect to comprehend the world around you. -The Inquisition
I'm hoping we see some interesting surface features. Hey, at least there's no clouds like on Titan. If there's anything to see, we'll see it.
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