[meteorite-list] Solar System in Perspective
Apologies, if this link was posted previously. Some nice, high resolution graphics and a video fly-by, relative to the on-going debate/discussion... http://www.iau2006.org/mirror/www.iau.org/iau0601/iau0601_release.html http://www.iau2006.org/mirror/www.iau.org/iau0601/iau0601_release.html Cheers, Pete _ Play Q6 for your chance to WIN great prizes. http://q6trivia.imagine-live.com/enca/landing __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Solar System in Perspective
On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 15:36:14 -0400, you wrote: Apologies, if this link was posted previously. Some nice, high resolution graphics and a video fly-by, relative to the on-going debate/discussion... http://www.iau2006.org/mirror/www.iau.org/iau0601/iau0601_release.html Thanks for supplying these. I've seen thumbnail sized copies of them included in news stories before and did a little digging looking for the full images, but wasn't successful. This image kind of confuses me, though: http://www.iau2006.org/mirror/www.iau.org/iau0601/screen/iau0601c.jpg It shows 2003 EL61 as highly distorted in shape, but shows it as a planet candidate, but by their own proposal it wouldn't be concidered a planet if it had that non-hydrostatic equilibrium shape. __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Solar System in Perspective
I think EL 61 rotates fairly rapidly and it is thought that this shape was frozen in when it was formed. This is where the actual defining of a planet gets a little fuzzy and where I start having problems with, if not the definition, how do you determine what is and what is not a planet. The definition is not perfect, but this and how it is implemented are things that can be worked out. Larry Quoting Darren Garrison [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 15:36:14 -0400, you wrote: Apologies, if this link was posted previously. Some nice, high resolution graphics and a video fly-by, relative to the on-going debate/discussion... http://www.iau2006.org/mirror/www.iau.org/iau0601/iau0601_release.html Thanks for supplying these. I've seen thumbnail sized copies of them included in news stories before and did a little digging looking for the full images, but wasn't successful. This image kind of confuses me, though: http://www.iau2006.org/mirror/www.iau.org/iau0601/screen/iau0601c.jpg It shows 2003 EL61 as highly distorted in shape, but shows it as a planet candidate, but by their own proposal it wouldn't be concidered a planet if it had that non-hydrostatic equilibrium shape. __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list -- Dr. Larry A. Lebofsky Senior Research Scientist Co-editor, Meteorite If you give a man a fish, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory you feed him for a day. 1541 East University If you teach a man to fish, University of Arizonayou feed him for a lifetime. Tucson, AZ 85721-0063 ~Chinese Proverb Phone: 520-621-6947 FAX:520-621-8364 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Solar System in Perspective
Hi, Pete, I second those thanks! These are new pages for the IAU site. They weren't there in the wee morning hours before last when I was trying to find a mention of Proposal V on the website -- there weren't NONE! About 2003EL61, Darren. Despite the iceball myth about KBO's, 2003EL61 is SOLID ROCK. The density is way too high to be anything else. It doesn't even seem to have any superficial surface volatiles. It don't snow on Santa. Isn't that a CW song? But with a four hour rotation, er, axial revolution, period, this massive object is far from round. I haven't (can't) calculate the degree of strain in the body of the planet, but it must stupendous! Big question is: is it frozen in and dating from its formation, or is it a dynamic distortion. I don't know the shear modulus, or modulus of rigidity, of 2003EL61 or any planet, and I doubt that anybody does... Santa is in the Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_EL61 Here's a big image, er, artist's conception: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:2003EL61art.jpg In fact, the Wikipedia has very good entries on all the KBO crowd... Sterling K. Webb - - Original Message - From: Pete Pete [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Friday, August 18, 2006 2:36 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Solar System in Perspective Apologies, if this link was posted previously. Some nice, high resolution graphics and a video fly-by, relative to the on-going debate/discussion... http://www.iau2006.org/mirror/www.iau.org/iau0601/iau0601_release.html http://www.iau2006.org/mirror/www.iau.org/iau0601/iau0601_release.html Cheers, Pete _ Play Q6 for your chance to WIN great prizes. http://q6trivia.imagine-live.com/enca/landing __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
