http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/news-and-discoveries-f6/-t1.htm This is the place to post news about our Solar System, and to discuss new discoveries that are being made every day. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:15:36 GMT 10 http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t137/CrossingStyx/Forum/Title_test5.jpg http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/news-and-discoveries-f6/-t1.htm http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/news-and-discoveries-f6/composition-of-titan-s-lakes-t422.htm Sirius_Alpha An estimate of the chemical composition of Titan's lakes http://arxiv.org/abs/0911.1860 Abstract wrote:Hundreds of radar-dark patches interpreted as lakes have been discovered in the north and south polar regions of Titan. We have estimated the composition of these lakes by using the direct abundance measurements from the Gas Chromatograph Mass Spectrometer (GCMS) aboard the Huygens probe and recent photochemical models based on the vertical temperature profile derived by the Huygens Atmospheric ... News and Discoveries Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:15:36 GMT http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/news-and-discoveries-f6/composition-of-titan-s-lakes-t422.htm#2851 http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/news-and-discoveries-f6/composition-of-titan-s-lakes-t422.htm http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/news-and-discoveries-f6/complex-life-on-europa-t402.htm Giangore New study suggests that the Jupiter's satellite Europa Could contain in its ocean an elevated concentration of oxigen, that could allow the presence of complex multicelluler life... see the article here http://www.universetoday.com/2009/10/08/europa-capable-of-supporting-life-scientist-says/#more-42303 Great news!! your comment please... News and Discoveries Sat, 10 Oct 2009 16:11:08 GMT http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/news-and-discoveries-f6/complex-life-on-europa-t402.htm#2557 http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/news-and-discoveries-f6/complex-life-on-europa-t402.htm http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/news-and-discoveries-f6/forming-the-giant-planets-in-a-few-myr-t398.htm Sirius_Alpha Forming Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune in Few Million Years by Core Accretion http://arxiv.org/abs/0910.0468 Abstract wrote:Giant planet formation process is still not completely understood. The current most accepted paradigm, the core instability model, explains several observed properties of the solar system's giant planets but, to date, has faced difficulties to account for a formation time shorter than the observational estimates of protoplanetary disks' lifetimes, especially for ... News and Discoveries Tue, 06 Oct 2009 01:13:13 GMT http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/news-and-discoveries-f6/forming-the-giant-planets-in-a-few-myr-t398.htm#2528 http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/news-and-discoveries-f6/forming-the-giant-planets-in-a-few-myr-t398.htm http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/news-and-discoveries-f6/new-horizons-t20.htm Sirius_Alpha ]]> News and Discoveries Wed, 04 Jun 2008 21:22:00 GMT http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/news-and-discoveries-f6/new-horizons-t20.htm#44 http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/news-and-discoveries-f6/new-horizons-t20.htm http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/news-and-discoveries-f6/jupiter-s-age-via-ceres-vesta-crater-count-t384.htm Sirius_Alpha http://www.universetoday.com/2009/09/13/craters-on-vesta-and-ceres-could-show-jupiters-age/]]> News and Discoveries Mon, 14 Sep 2009 03:57:39 GMT http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/news-and-discoveries-f6/jupiter-s-age-via-ceres-vesta-crater-count-t384.htm#2451 http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/news-and-discoveries-f6/jupiter-s-age-via-ceres-vesta-crater-count-t384.htm http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/news-and-discoveries-f6/titan-s-prolific-propane-t380.htm Edasich Titan's Prolific Propane: The Cassini CIRS Perspective In this paper we select large spectral averages of data from the Cassini Composite Infrared Spectrometer (CIRS) obtained in limb-viewing mode at low latitudes (30S--30N), greatly increasing the path length and hence signal-to-noise ratio for optically thin trace species such as propane. By modeling and subtracting the emissions of other gas species, we demonstrate that at least six infrared bands of propane are detected by CIRS, including ... News and Discoveries Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:40:57 GMT http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/news-and-discoveries-f6/titan-s-prolific-propane-t380.htm#2409 http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/news-and-discoveries-f6/titan-s-prolific-propane-t380.htm http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/news-and-discoveries-f6/impact-on-jupiter-t339.htm Sirius_Alpha
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Soon to be a press release about an update concerning the Martian atmosphere. I'm going to have to go soon, so I won't be here to report whatever it is.

Conference starts at 2:00 pm est.]]> News and Discoveries Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:55:01 GMT http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/news-and-discoveries-f6/update-on-martian-atmosphere-t237.htm#1388 http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/news-and-discoveries-f6/update-on-martian-atmosphere-t237.htm http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/news-and-discoveries-f6/andesitic-asteroids-t232.htm Lazarus Scientists Publish 1st Ever Evidence of Asteroids with Earth-like Crust]]> News and Discoveries Sat, 10 Jan 2009 13:12:59 GMT http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/news-and-discoveries-f6/andesitic-asteroids-t232.htm#1366 http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/news-and-discoveries-f6/andesitic-asteroids-t232.htm http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/news-and-discoveries-f6/lunar-reconaissance-orbiter-t222.htm Sirius_Alpha http://www.physorg.com/news149184931.html]]> News and Discoveries Mon, 22 Dec 2008 23:04:33 GMT http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/news-and-discoveries-f6/lunar-reconaissance-orbiter-t222.htm#1322 http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/news-and-discoveries-f6/lunar-reconaissance-orbiter-t222.htm http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/news-and-discoveries-f6/mars-science-laboratory-t182.htm Sirius_Alpha
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SpaceRef]]> News and Discoveries Thu, 27 Nov 2008 00:06:12 GMT http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/news-and-discoveries-f6/jupiter-s-core-may-be-larger-than-once-thought-t184.htm#1141 http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/news-and-discoveries-f6/jupiter-s-core-may-be-larger-than-once-thought-t184.htm http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/news-and-discoveries-f6/chandrayann-1-t166.htm Sirius_Alpha The Indian spacecraft Chandrayaan-1 has entered lunar orbit. Nov 14 or 15, the lunar impactor probe will be deployed. News and Discoveries Sat, 08 Nov 2008 19:50:50 GMT http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/news-and-discoveries-f6/chandrayann-1-t166.htm#905 http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/news-and-discoveries-f6/chandrayann-1-t166.htm http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/news-and-discoveries-f6/phoenix-lands-on-mars-t11.htm Sirius_Alpha Phoenix has just become the new addition to the fleet of spacecraft at Mars, which also include Spirit, Opportunity, Mars Odyssey, and Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. News and Discoveries Wed, 28 May 2008 01:05:26 GMT http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/news-and-discoveries-f6/phoenix-lands-on-mars-t11.htm#13 http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/news-and-discoveries-f6/phoenix-lands-on-mars-t11.htm http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/news-and-discoveries-f6/mercury-s-hidden-side-imaged-t129.htm jyril online. This side looks different because of the *huge* rays emanating from Kuiper crater. Incredible!

PS. Mercury's other hemisphere was the biggest known unimaged region in the Solar System left...]]> News and Discoveries Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:18:34 GMT http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/news-and-discoveries-f6/mercury-s-hidden-side-imaged-t129.htm#742 http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/news-and-discoveries-f6/mercury-s-hidden-side-imaged-t129.htm http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/news-and-discoveries-f6/more-info-about-pluto-s-atmosphere-t145.htm Sirius_Alpha VERTICAL STRUCTURE IN PLUTO'S ATMOSPHERE FROM THE 2006 JUNE 12 STELLAR OCCULTATION http://www.iop.org/EJ/abstract/1538-3881/136/5/1757 Abstract wrote:Pluto occultations are historically rare events, having been observed in 1988, 2002, 2006, and, as Pluto moves into the crowded Galactic plane, on several occasions in 2007. Here we present six results from our observations of the 2006 June 12 event from several sites in Australia and New Zealand. First, we show that Pluto's 2006 bulk atmospheric ... News and Discoveries Sat, 18 Oct 2008 22:19:25 GMT http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/news-and-discoveries-f6/more-info-about-pluto-s-atmosphere-t145.htm#818 http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/news-and-discoveries-f6/more-info-about-pluto-s-atmosphere-t145.htm http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/news-and-discoveries-f6/mars-express-to-rendezvous-with-phobos-t64.htm Sirius_Alpha Mars Express to rendezvous with Martian moon http://www.physorg.com/news135434147.html PhysOrg article wrote:Scientists and engineers are preparing ESA’s Mars Express for a pair of close fly-bys of the Martian moon Phobos. Passing within 100 km of the surface, Mars Express will conduct some of the most detailed investigations of the moon to date. Here's the ESA page on it. http://www.esa.int/esaMI/Mars_Express/SEMVGAWIPIF_0.html http://www.esa.int/esaMI/Mars_Express/SEMVGAWIPIF_1.html Lots ... News and Discoveries Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:02:06 GMT http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/news-and-discoveries-f6/mars-express-to-rendezvous-with-phobos-t64.htm#373 http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/news-and-discoveries-f6/mars-express-to-rendezvous-with-phobos-t64.htm http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/news-and-discoveries-f6/another-kbo-becomes-a-dwarf-planet-t108.htm Lazarus Haumea. The moons have names too.]]> News and Discoveries Wed, 17 Sep 2008 22:21:15 GMT http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/news-and-discoveries-f6/another-kbo-becomes-a-dwarf-planet-t108.htm#631 http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/news-and-discoveries-f6/another-kbo-becomes-a-dwarf-planet-t108.htm http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/news-and-discoveries-f6/rosetta-to-fly-near-asteroid-steins-t49.htm Sirius_Alpha Rosetta has been awakened for it's September 5 rendezvous with the asteroid Steins. News and Discoveries Sat, 05 Jul 2008 16:19:32 GMT http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/news-and-discoveries-f6/rosetta-to-fly-near-asteroid-steins-t49.htm#244 http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/news-and-discoveries-f6/rosetta-to-fly-near-asteroid-steins-t49.htm http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/news-and-discoveries-f6/the-inner-oort-cloud-a-second-object-t85.htm Lazarus See you again in 22,000 years: Astronomers find an unusual new denizen of the Solar System

2006 SQ372 is the new record holder for distant orbits in our solar system, like Sedna it may be a member of an "inner Oort cloud".]]> News and Discoveries Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:09:26 GMT http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/news-and-discoveries-f6/the-inner-oort-cloud-a-second-object-t85.htm#502 http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/news-and-discoveries-f6/the-inner-oort-cloud-a-second-object-t85.htm http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/news-and-discoveries-f6/pulsar-limits-on-planet-x-t76.htm Lazarus Aside from providing the most accurate distance to a pulsar and providing constraints on alternative theories of gravity with varying G, measurements of PSR J0437-4715 allow strong limits to be placed on any "Planet X" in the outer solar system: Uranus-mass planets are excluded to 50 AU and Jupiter-mass planets to 226 AU at 95% confidence over 50% of the sky. Extremely high precision VLBI astrometry of PSR J0437-4715 and implications for theories of gravity (Of course we should ... News and Discoveries Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:05:12 GMT http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/news-and-discoveries-f6/pulsar-limits-on-planet-x-t76.htm#476 http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/news-and-discoveries-f6/pulsar-limits-on-planet-x-t76.htm http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/news-and-discoveries-f6/cassini-s-50-km-flyby-of-enceladus-t75.htm Sirius_Alpha Cassini flew by Enceladus at a distance of 50 kilometres and returned some nice images. Here's a mosaic of the moon. Image Within that mosaic is this mosaic, which is labeled along the terminator. Image The second mosaic is really neat; you can literally count the house-sized boulders laying around. News and Discoveries Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:45:05 GMT http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/news-and-discoveries-f6/cassini-s-50-km-flyby-of-enceladus-t75.htm#475 http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/news-and-discoveries-f6/cassini-s-50-km-flyby-of-enceladus-t75.htm http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/news-and-discoveries-f6/136472-makemake-t58.htm Stalker The TNO 2005 FY9 "Easterbunny" was named yesterday Makemake News and Discoveries Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:00:20 GMT http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/news-and-discoveries-f6/136472-makemake-t58.htm#336 http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/news-and-discoveries-f6/136472-makemake-t58.htm http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/news-and-discoveries-f6/cassini-huygens-t24.htm Sirius_Alpha ]]> News and Discoveries Sat, 07 Jun 2008 01:51:34 GMT http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/news-and-discoveries-f6/cassini-huygens-t24.htm#56 http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/news-and-discoveries-f6/cassini-huygens-t24.htm http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/news-and-discoveries-f6/is-ceres-from-the-kuiper-belt-t63.htm youknowandy
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/34157/title/Ceres_may_be_an_asteroid_impersonator]]> News and Discoveries Thu, 17 Jul 2008 06:55:40 GMT http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/news-and-discoveries-f6/is-ceres-from-the-kuiper-belt-t63.htm#370 http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/news-and-discoveries-f6/is-ceres-from-the-kuiper-belt-t63.htm http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/news-and-discoveries-f6/pluto-demoted-again-t30.htm Sirius_Alpha The International Astronomical Union has decreed that Pluto is to no longer be worthy of the title of "Dwarf Planet", and that a more appropriate title of "Plutoid" is to be considered the class of object, within which Pluto shall hereby find itself.]]> News and Discoveries Sat, 14 Jun 2008 04:55:56 GMT http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/news-and-discoveries-f6/pluto-demoted-again-t30.htm#77 http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/news-and-discoveries-f6/pluto-demoted-again-t30.htm