This is pretty radical: http://cdn.phys.org/newman/gfx/news/hires/2015/brightspoton.jpg -- John Larkin Highland Technology, Inc picosecond timing laser drivers and controllers jlarkin att highlandtechnology dott com http://www.highlandtechnology.com
Ceres
Started by ●February 26, 2015
Reply by ●February 26, 20152015-02-26
On Friday, 27 February 2015 14:43:42 UTC+11, John Larkin wrote:> This is pretty radical: > > http://cdn.phys.org/newman/gfx/news/hires/2015/brightspoton.jpgIce-mirror? Or maybe just a frost-field? -- Bill Sloman, Sydney
Reply by ●February 27, 20152015-02-27
On 27/02/2015 03:43, John Larkin wrote:> > > This is pretty radical: > > http://cdn.phys.org/newman/gfx/news/hires/2015/brightspoton.jpgEvidently Arthur C. Clarke was wrong and the monoliths are white. That or a careless UFO driver has been caught out in the open. The full article is at: http://phys.org/news/2015-02-bright-ceres-dimmer-companion.html My money would be on it being a frost deposit of some sort. The probe is still closing in so we can expect better pictures to follow. What is clear is that these minor planets are potentially more geologically interesting than was first thought. -- Regards, Martin Brown
Reply by ●February 27, 20152015-02-27
On Thursday, February 26, 2015 at 10:43:42 PM UTC-5, John Larkin wrote:> This is pretty radical: > > http://cdn.phys.org/newman/gfx/news/hires/2015/brightspoton.jpgDeath Star powering up to blast the probe. George H.> > > > -- > > John Larkin Highland Technology, Inc > picosecond timing laser drivers and controllers > > jlarkin att highlandtechnology dott com > http://www.highlandtechnology.com
Reply by ●February 27, 20152015-02-27
On Fri, 27 Feb 2015 06:13:48 -0800 (PST), George Herold <gherold@teachspin.com> wrote:>On Thursday, February 26, 2015 at 10:43:42 PM UTC-5, John Larkin wrote: >> This is pretty radical: >> >> http://cdn.phys.org/newman/gfx/news/hires/2015/brightspoton.jpg > >Death Star powering up to blast the probe. > >George H.Disneyland Ceres. Here's the official site: http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/ -- John Larkin Highland Technology, Inc picosecond timing laser drivers and controllers jlarkin att highlandtechnology dott com http://www.highlandtechnology.com
Reply by ●February 27, 20152015-02-27
George Herold wrote:> On Thursday, February 26, 2015 at 10:43:42 PM UTC-5, John > Larkin > wrote: >> This is pretty radical: >> >> http://cdn.phys.org/newman/gfx/news/hires/2015/brightspoton.jpg > > Death Star powering up to blast the probe. >Maybe the US Navy should start resurrecting the USS Missouri *now!*
Reply by ●February 27, 20152015-02-27
On Thursday, February 26, 2015 at 10:43:42 PM UTC-5, John Larkin wrote:> This is pretty radical: > > http://cdn.phys.org/newman/gfx/news/hires/2015/brightspoton.jpg590 mile diameter? How is that even a planet...bright spot is probably glass.> > > > -- > > John Larkin Highland Technology, Inc > picosecond timing laser drivers and controllers > > jlarkin att highlandtechnology dott com > http://www.highlandtechnology.com
Reply by ●February 27, 20152015-02-27
On Fri, 27 Feb 2015 08:06:04 -0800 (PST), bloggs.fredbloggs.fred@gmail.com wrote:>On Thursday, February 26, 2015 at 10:43:42 PM UTC-5, John Larkin wrote: >> This is pretty radical: >> >> http://cdn.phys.org/newman/gfx/news/hires/2015/brightspoton.jpg > >590 mile diameter? How is that even a planet...bright spot is probably glass.Or maybe ice of some sort. The sun angle looks low; the bright spots are practically inside the crater shadow. Should be interesting. -- John Larkin Highland Technology, Inc picosecond timing laser drivers and controllers jlarkin att highlandtechnology dott com http://www.highlandtechnology.com
Reply by ●February 27, 20152015-02-27
John Larkin <jlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> wrote:> This is pretty radical: > > http://cdn.phys.org/newman/gfx/news/hires/2015/brightspoton.jpgxkcd.com/1476/ Bye Jack -- Yoda of Borg am I! Assimilated shall you be! Futile resistance is, hmm?
Reply by ●February 27, 20152015-02-27
On Fri, 27 Feb 2015 13:09:44 -0500, Tom Del Rosso wrote:> John Larkin wrote: >> On Fri, 27 Feb 2015 08:06:04 -0800 (PST), >> bloggs.fredbloggs.fred@gmail.com wrote: >> >> > On Thursday, February 26, 2015 at 10:43:42 PM UTC-5, John Larkin >> > wrote: >> > > This is pretty radical: >> > > >> > > http://cdn.phys.org/newman/gfx/news/hires/2015/brightspoton.jpg >> > >> > 590 mile diameter? How is that even a planet...bright spot is >> > probably glass. > > It was the first new body discovered after the 7 known planets of > ancient times. > > >> Or maybe ice of some sort. >> >> The sun angle looks low; the bright spots are practically inside the >> crater shadow. Should be interesting. > > The Apollo booster upper stages did not return to earth. Nobody kept > track of where they went.You can't be Ceres-ous!
