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- Tue Nov 09, 2010 2:29 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: 700 Kilometers Below Comet Hartley 2 (2010 Nov 08)
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Re: APOD: 700 Kilometers Below Comet Hartley 2 (2010 Nov 08)
Could that shape be due to the the rotation of the comet about its own axis and some sort of surface properties causing preferential heating of the middle during perihelion ?
- Fri Dec 05, 2008 8:14 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD 2008 Nov 29 - Venus, Jupiter, Milky Way, Teapot
- Replies: 3
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Re: APOD 2008 Nov 29 - Venus, Jupiter, Milky Way, Teapot
I zoomed in on the pics and cropped (no rotation) them and here are two copies of the zoomed and cropped version which show the moons at the right place. I used stellaruium to verify that. The only thing that those could be (besides Jovian moons) background stars or some lens artifact. VenJpt_belets...
- Mon Dec 01, 2008 5:41 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD 2008 Nov 29 - Venus, Jupiter, Milky Way, Teapot
- Replies: 3
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Re: APOD 2008 Nov 29 - Venus, Jupiter, Milky Way, Teapot
ON looking closely at the Jupiter it appears as if the Jupiter moons are visible. Is this an illusion or real?