[meteorite-list] Houston, We Have GEOLOGY!

From: Michael Farmer <mike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2015 17:15:30 -0700
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> On Jul 15, 2015, at 4:38 PM, Sterling K. Webb via Meteorite-list <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> wrote:
>
> Dear List,
>
> "Behold, the First Closeup Pictures
> From the Pluto Flyby Are Here"
> http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/behold-first-closeup-pictures-p
> luto-flyby-are-here-180955934/#RCIFFlhitGcKgUWc.99
>
> Color Intensification images
> of Pluto and Charon:
> http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/where-will-new-horizons-probe-g
> o-after-pluto-180955929/
>
> Pluto as interesting as a billiard
> ball, you say? Well, it appears to
> have GEOLOGY, mountains 11,000
> feel tall, smooth plains with old
> submerged craters in them, folded
> ridges, and valleys, a rille or two,
> in a word, geology, possibly orogeny.
> And if orogeny comes to mind, can
> tectonics be far behind?
> http://thumbs.media.smithsonianmag.com//filer/48/bc/48bceaa5-b57a-483d-9518-
> 6ce07688a73d/nh-plutosurface.jpg__800x600_q85_crop.jpg
>
> Charon has a trench or chasm that's
> reminiscent of the Valles Marinaris
> on Mars, and a dark polar cap that's
> already unofficially named... MORDOR.
> http://public.media.smithsonianmag.com//filer/cb/ff/cbff2e54-0660-44c3-9bf8-
> d167d4e88637/nh-charon.jpg
>
> All these images are from:
> http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/where-will-new-horizons-probe-g
> o-after-pluto-180955929/
>
> And, on a humorous note, Neil "Da
> Grass" Tyson, a well-known hit-man
> for the Eight-Planet Syndicate Mob,
> is unimpressed by Pluto. He says it's
> because Pluto "crosses" the orbit of
> Neptune for 20 years out of its 248
> year orbit.
>
> Of course, this is not true, due to
> their differences in orbital inclination
> --- at no point do they intersect.
> Interestingly enough, that is also
> not one of those IAU criteria he
> promoted the acceptance of. But
> it's funny:
> http://www.wired.com/2015/07/tyson-colbert-pluto/
>
> Because of the differences in their
> inclination and the 3:2 resonance
> they are in, the actual closest Pluto
> and Neptune can possibly approach
> is 17.7 AU, or 1,645,317,790 miles
> (more or less).
>
> The closest Pluto comes to Neptune
> is about the same as the closest Earth
> ever comes to Uranus. Does that mean
> Uranus isn't a planet either?
> http://www.quora.com/Will-Neptune-and-Pluto-ever-collide-in-their-orbits
>
> Or that the Earth isn't one?
>
> Puzzling, isn't it?
>
>
> Sterling Webb
>
>
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