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 | | From: | marko_amnell at hotmail.com | | Subject: | the rain in Titan falls mainly in... | | Date: | 23 Jan 2005 03:26:47 -0800 |
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marko_amnell@hotmail.com wrote:
> Average surface temperature is 95 Kelvin, or about
> minus 180 degrees Celsius, and varies by about 3 K
> from poles to equator. This temperature is near the
> triple point of methane, so methane may exist as a
> solid, liquid or gas on Titan. There may therefore
> be rain of methane ice or snow, methane cliffs, and
> oceans or rivers of methane (which in the coldest
> parts may remain rather slushy).
They found methane rain on Titan. I think that
is pretty cool (freezing cold, actually).
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The European robot lab Huygens that is exploring Titan has found that
rains that appear to be liquid methane lash Saturn's largest moon, a
freezing, primitive but active world of ridges, peaks, riverbeds and
deserts scoured by the same forces of erosion as Earth, scientists said
Friday.
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Methane is a highly flammable gas on Earth, but on Titan, it is liquid
because of the intense pressure and cold.
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"There is liquid that is flowing on the surface of Titan. It is not
water - it is much too cold - it's liquid methane, and this methane
really plays the same big role on Titan as water does on Earth," said
Jean-Pierre Lebreton, the mission manager, at a news conference.
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/01/21/news/titan.html
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| | From: | Jim Ward | | Subject: | Re: the rain in Titan falls mainly in... | | Date: | Sun, 23 Jan 2005 10:00:23 -0500 |
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| On 23 Jan 2005 03:26:47 -0800, marko_amnell@hotmail.com wrote:
>They found methane rain on Titan. I think that
>is pretty cool (freezing cold, actually).
Could a spark from the probe ignite a firestorm?
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| | From: | JimC | | Subject: | Re: the rain in Titan falls mainly in... | | Date: | Sun, 23 Jan 2005 17:44:34 GMT |
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"Jim Ward" wrote in message
news:5ve7v01bd8tt4t4mkup967r5v9svo10e4j@4ax.com...
> On 23 Jan 2005 03:26:47 -0800, marko_amnell@hotmail.com wrote:
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> >They found methane rain on Titan. I think that
> >is pretty cool (freezing cold, actually).
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> Could a spark from the probe ignite a firestorm?
No, but the Titanians are complaining, rather
strangely if you ask me, about the big stink from
the probe.
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| | From: | Bill Bonde ( ''The chamber was in confusion, all the voices shouting | | Subject: | Re: the rain in Titan falls mainly in... | | Date: | Sun, 23 Jan 2005 10:14:33 -0800 |
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JimC wrote:
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> "Jim Ward" wrote in message
> news:5ve7v01bd8tt4t4mkup967r5v9svo10e4j@4ax.com...
> > On 23 Jan 2005 03:26:47 -0800, marko_amnell@hotmail.com wrote:
> >
> > >They found methane rain on Titan. I think that
> > >is pretty cool (freezing cold, actually).
> >
> > Could a spark from the probe ignite a firestorm?
>
> No, but the Titanians are complaining, rather
> strangely if you ask me, about the big stink from
> the probe.
>
I heard Cheney's already in talks to put in a pipeline.
--
Personally, I believe that 9/11 should have taught us the lesson that we
can't let these countries simmer endlessly in disillusionment without
doing something about it because people become susceptible to delusional
ideas and delusional actions. Iraq, in my view, is but the first of many
efforts, certainly not all military, to remake the very face of the
world as constitutional representative democracy.
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| | From: | |-|erc | | Subject: | Re: the rain in Titan falls mainly in... | | Date: | Sun, 23 Jan 2005 22:01:02 +1000 |
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wrote in >
> They found methane rain on Titan. I think that
> is pretty cool (freezing cold, actually).
> http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/01/21/news/titan.html
>
WOW! You should try the A+ A- text adjustment on that site, works great!
Herc
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| | From: | John Vreeland | | Subject: | Re: the rain in Titan falls mainly in... | | Date: | Sun, 23 Jan 2005 23:27:17 -0500 |
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| On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 22:01:02 +1000, "|-|erc" wrote:
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> wrote in >
>> They found methane rain on Titan. I think that
>> is pretty cool (freezing cold, actually).
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>> http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/01/21/news/titan.html
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>WOW! You should try the A+ A- text adjustment on that site, works great!
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>Herc
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My browser (Firefox) does that for any web page with the scroll wheel.
Actually I wish it wouldn't, since I rarely ever need to change the
font size.
Jack V (Vreejack)
"Will future ages believe that such stupid bigotry ever existed!"--_Ivanhoe_
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| | From: | |-|erc | | Subject: | Re: the rain in Titan falls mainly in... | | Date: | Mon, 24 Jan 2005 14:53:20 +1000 |
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| "John Vreeland" wrote in
> On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 22:01:02 +1000, "|-|erc" wrote:
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> >
> > wrote in >
> >> They found methane rain on Titan. I think that
> >> is pretty cool (freezing cold, actually).
> >
> >> http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/01/21/news/titan.html
> >>
> >
> >WOW! You should try the A+ A- text adjustment on that site, works great!
> >
> >Herc
> >
> >
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> My browser (Firefox) does that for any web page with the scroll wheel.
> Actually I wish it wouldn't, since I rarely ever need to change the
> font size.
>
its the closest to 'zooming into cyberspace' they could come up with to mimic the hollywood
effects of The Internet... "I'm going in!" Its probably programmable, scroll wheel is
better for the vertical menu bar. It used to do that, you could click it down and then it
would autoscroll down and you'd control the speed. that was Office 97.
actually I was just joking with the WOW!.... rain on the moon! WOW..... check out the font!
Herc
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