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"Moderate Mammal" |
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07 Feb 2005 08:59:01 AM |
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'Hot Spot' at Saturn's Pole |
Any of the buffs here wish to guess the temp of the Hot Spot? Just
curious.
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Keith
Astronomers find hot spot on Saturn with Hawaiian telescope
Fri Feb 4, 1:59 AM ET
HONOLULU (AP) - Astronomers using a giant telescope atop a Hawaiian
volcano have discovered a hot spot at the tip of Saturn's south pole.
The infrared images captured by the Keck I telescope at the W.M. Keck
Observatory atop Mauna Kea on the Big Island suggest a warm polar
vortex - a large-scale weather pattern likened to a jet stream on
Earth that occurs in the upper atmosphere. It's the first such hot
vortex ever discovered in the solar system. The team of scientists
said the images are the sharpest thermal views of Saturn ever taken
from the ground. Their work will be a published in Friday's editions
of the journal Science.
This warm polar cap is believed to contain the highest temperatures on
Saturn; the scientists did not give a temperature estimate.
On Earth, the Arctic Polar Vortex is typically located over eastern
North America in Canada and plunges cold air to the northern Plains in
the United States.
Polar vortices are found on Earth, Jupiter, Mars and Venus and are
colder than their surroundings. The new images from the Keck
Observatory show the first evidence of a polar vortex at much warmer
temperatures.
"Saturn's is the first hot polar vortex that we've seen because it's
been sitting in the sunlight for about 18 years," said Glenn Orton, a
scientist at NASA (news - web sites)'s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in
Pasadena, Calif., and lead author.
Saturn, which takes many Earth years to orbit the sun, just had its
summer solstice in 2002.
"If the increased southern temperatures are solely the result of
seasonality, then the temperature should increase gradually with
increasing latitude but it doesn't," Orton said.
"We see that the temperature increases abruptly by several degrees
near 70 degrees south and again at 87 degrees south.
"A really hot thing within a couple degrees of the pole is something I
don't understand at all," he said.
Scientists may learn more from the data coming from the infrared
spectrometer on the Cassini spacecraft currently orbiting Saturn,
information that is expected to complement the Keck discovery, Orton
said.
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On the Net:
Keck Observatory: keckobservatory.org
Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Saturn page: http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov
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| Title: Re: 'Hot Spot' at Saturn's Pole |
07 Feb 2005 03:27:27 PM |
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Moderate Mammal <BunnERabbit@verizon.hutch.net> wrote in
news:tb0f01dek2tiie9cn7vf4fq9j854hek6pj@4ax.com:
Any of the buffs here wish to guess the temp of the Hot Spot? Just
curious.
Pack adjusts Interocitor for best resolution (keen rodent nose detects
smoke coming from vent holes. (Hmmm... must be faulty HV cap)
Machine gives reading of -187.5 degrees F, then goes off-line.
Remove size 12 brogan and kick....oops... I should have never have used it
to watch the Superbowl in hi-res mode!
Astronomers find hot spot on Saturn with Hawaiian telescope
Fri Feb 4, 1:59 AM ET
HONOLULU (AP) - Astronomers using a giant telescope atop a Hawaiian
volcano have discovered a hot spot at the tip of Saturn's south pole.
--
jpac
"Please do not annoy, torment, pester, plague, molest, worry, badger,
harry, harass, heckle, persecute, irk, bullyrag, vex, disquiet, grate,
beset, bother, tease, nettle, tantalize or ruffle the animals."
San Diego Zoo / Wild Animal Park
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| User: "Moderate Mammal" |
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| Title: Re: 'Hot Spot' at Saturn's Pole |
11 Feb 2005 11:56:51 PM |
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On Mon, 07 Feb 2005 21:27:27 GMT, "Packrat®" <pack@rodentia.invalīd>
wrote:
Moderate Mammal <BunnERabbit@verizon.hutch.net> wrote in
news:tb0f01dek2tiie9cn7vf4fq9j854hek6pj@4ax.com:
Any of the buffs here wish to guess the temp of the Hot Spot? Just
curious.
Pack adjusts Interocitor for best resolution (keen rodent nose detects
smoke coming from vent holes. (Hmmm... must be faulty HV cap)
Machine gives reading of -187.5 degrees F, then goes off-line.
Remove size 12 brogan and kick....oops... I should have never have used it
to watch the Superbowl in hi-res mode!
Well, being in NJ I was rooting for the 'animal' team. But good for
you kids in NE. My poor Bears have been hibernating since the '80's.
--
Keith
Astronomers find hot spot on Saturn with Hawaiian telescope
Fri Feb 4, 1:59 AM ET
HONOLULU (AP) - Astronomers using a giant telescope atop a Hawaiian
volcano have discovered a hot spot at the tip of Saturn's south pole.
_____
"Cosmic upheaval is not so moving as a little child pondering the death
of a sparrow in the corner of a barn." -Anouk Aimee, French Actor
_____
"Death is better, a milder fate than tyranny", Aeschylus (525BC-456BC),
Agamemnon
_____
"I wear no Burka." - Mother Nature
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| User: "Raymond Yohros" |
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11 Feb 2005 02:37:02 PM |
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Moderate Mammal wrote:
Any of the buffs here wish to guess the temp of the Hot Spot? Just
curious.
--
Keith
Astronomers find hot spot on Saturn with Hawaiian telescope
why did cassini miss that?
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| User: "Moderate Mammal" |
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11 Feb 2005 11:58:28 PM |
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On 11 Feb 2005 12:37:02 -0800, "Raymond Yohros" <bat@birdband.net>
wrote:
Moderate Mammal wrote:
Any of the buffs here wish to guess the temp of the Hot Spot? Just
curious.
--
Keith
Astronomers find hot spot on Saturn with Hawaiian telescope
why did cassini miss that?
Good question. Perhaps angles and tricks of light?
--
Keith
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"Cosmic upheaval is not so moving as a little child pondering the death
of a sparrow in the corner of a barn." -Anouk Aimee, French Actor
_____
"Death is better, a milder fate than tyranny", Aeschylus (525BC-456BC),
Agamemnon
_____
"I wear no Burka." - Mother Nature
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| User: "ah" |
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07 Feb 2005 01:20:13 PM |
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Moderate Mammal wrote:
Any of the buffs here wish to guess the temp of the Hot Spot? Just
curious.
100k
Astronomers find hot spot on Saturn with Hawaiian telescope
Fri Feb 4, 1:59 AM ET
HONOLULU (AP) - Astronomers using a giant telescope atop a Hawaiian
volcano have discovered a hot spot at the tip of Saturn's south pole.
[...]
On the Net:
Keck Observatory: keckobservatory.org
Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Saturn page: http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov
[...]
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ah
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| User: "mariposas morgan mair fheal greykitten tomys des anges" |
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07 Feb 2005 01:46:38 PM |
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In article <NbPNd.13695$uc.4110@trnddc02>, ah <happy@verhizn.net> wrote:
Moderate Mammal wrote:
Any of the buffs here wish to guess the temp of the Hot Spot? Just
curious.
100k
wheres mrs leary? did she leave her lantern in the shed again?
arf meow arf
cthulu loves you
he loves the little children
with ketchup please
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| User: "ah" |
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11 Feb 2005 12:52:56 PM |
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mariposas morgan mair fheal greykitten tomys des anges wrote:
In article <NbPNd.13695$uc.4110@trnddc02>, ah <happy@verhizn.net> wrote:
Moderate Mammal wrote:
Any of the buffs here wish to guess the temp of the Hot Spot? Just
curious.
100k
wheres mrs leary? did she leave her lantern in the shed again?
Pardon?
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ah
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| User: "N:dlzc D:aol T:com \dlzc\ N: dlzc1 D:cox" |
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11 Feb 2005 03:12:04 PM |
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Dear ah:
"ah" <happy@verhizn.net> wrote in message
news:ca7Pd.1720$uc.358@trnddc01...
mariposas morgan mair fheal greykitten tomys des anges wrote:
In article <NbPNd.13695$uc.4110@trnddc02>, ah <happy@verhizn.net> wrote:
Moderate Mammal wrote:
Any of the buffs here wish to guess the temp of the Hot Spot? Just
curious.
100k
wheres mrs leary? did she leave her lantern in the shed again?
Pardon?
Mrs. Leary's cow supposedly knocked over a lantern, which started the
Chicago fire.
David A. Smith
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| User: "ah" |
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11 Feb 2005 11:33:55 PM |
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N:dlzc D:aol T:com (dlzc) wrote:
Dear ah:
"ah" <happy@verhizn.net> wrote in message
news:ca7Pd.1720$uc.358@trnddc01...
mariposas morgan mair fheal greykitten tomys des anges wrote:
In article <NbPNd.13695$uc.4110@trnddc02>, ah <happy@verhizn.net> wrote:
Moderate Mammal wrote:
Any of the buffs here wish to guess the temp of the Hot Spot? Just
curious.
100k
wheres mrs leary? did she leave her lantern in the shed again?
Pardon?
Mrs. Leary's cow supposedly knocked over a lantern, which started the
Chicago fire.
Ah, that explains it.
I had port 1459 blocked for some strange reason.
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ah
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| User: "Twittering One" |
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| Title: Re: 'Hot Spot' at Saturn's Pole |
13 Feb 2005 04:03:59 AM |
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Ralph did.
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| User: "mariposas morgan mair fheal greykitten tomys des anges" |
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13 Feb 2005 04:10:39 AM |
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In article <1108289039.708814.29050@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
"Twittering One" <mournenwould@aol.com> wrote:
Ralph did.
one of these days
right to the titan alice
right to the titan
arf meow arf
cthulu loves you
he loves the little children
with ketchup please
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