Our Planets (all but Earth)

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venus
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venus is alive – geologically speaking
http://www.esa.int/specials/venus_ex...kvznk7g_0.html

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90twp...layer_embedded

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great info on 2003 ub313! moderator

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new mars rover to explore water-marked crater
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/st...le-crater.html

new moon found at pluto; neptune turns one
http://www.zdnet.com/photos/new-moon...ns-one/6262420


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dear friends,

http://news.discovery.com/space/uran...rs-111028.html

be well.

david

there's a mysterious spot on uranus!
there's a strange brightening in the uranian atmosphere and amateur astronomers can help investigate what it is.

by mark thompson
fri oct 28, 2011 03:20 pm et

the gist
uranus isn't as boring as it looks.
reports are circulating that a bright spot has appeared in its atmosphere.
amateur astronomers are urged to help with the investigation as it may result in a closer look by hubble.
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as this 2004 infrared keck telescope image shows, uranus is tilted, plus it has structure in its atmosphere. it even has a ring system. not so boring now, is it. click to enlarge this image.
lawrence sromovsky, (univ. wisconsin-madison), keck observatory
of all the planets in our solar system, i'm usually guilty of thinking poor old uranus is pretty bland and uninteresting.

in fact, the only interesting things i can ever think to say about it are that it orbits the sun on its side... and has a pretty exciting story attached to its discovery.

other than that, well... let's look at neptune instead. no, wait! something exciting has happened on uranus!

analysis: uranus pathfinder: mission to the mysterious ice giant

uranus, like the other giant planets in the solar system (jupiter, saturn and neptune), is made up almost entirely of gas, although it differs in composition to jupiter and saturn -- it has higher quantities of water, methane and ammonia ices. unlike conventional ice, it's a super dense liquid. uranus, like neptune, is often referred to as an "ice giant."

uranus measures a mighty four-times the diameter of earth and orbits the sun at an average distance of 2.9 billion kilometers (around 20 times the earth-sun distance). from that distance it's only just visible to the naked eye under dark skies, but telescopes are needed to see any detail

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"new research that suggests jupiter's moon europa has a body of water the size of the great lakes just two miles below its icy surface has brought scientists one step closer to determining whether or not the freezing satellite is suitable for the development of extraterrestrial life."

read more here:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/1...340,b=facebook