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oalfonso t1_j60900b wrote
Reply to comment by Different_Muscle_116 in How come space probes generally take photos of moons or asteroids from several hundred (or thousands) of kilometers away from the object they orbit? by Different_Muscle_116
Juno main mission wasn't taking pictures, it was magnetosphere analysis to try to understand Jupiter's internal structure. The orbits were set for that mission, not pictures.
Also, any orbit on Jupiter and Saturn has to be carefully analysed to minimise the impact of the radiation on the spacecraft.
oalfonso t1_j5ziow8 wrote
Reply to Earth's inner core may be slowing down, but “Nothing cataclysmic is happening,” says Hrvoje Tkalcic, a geophysicist at Australian National University. “The inner core is now more in sync with the rest of the planet than a decade ago when it was spinning a bit faster.” by clayt6
I wonder if this has some impact on the magnetosphere, the tides and the climate.
oalfonso t1_j2yzbhk wrote
Reply to Detecting life on Saturn moon Enceladus would require 100 flybys through its geyser plume, study suggests. by EricFromOuterSpace
We need this, a mission to Europa and a Cassini style mission for both Ice Giants.
oalfonso t1_j1pfwps wrote
Reply to comment by AstroPixelCollector in Universe colliding into another one? by Jolly_Common_1788
Scientific evidence shows is in reality full of Stay Puft marshmallow men.
oalfonso t1_j1pep6m wrote
Yes, this is one of theories explaining asteroid bombardment phases earth suffered in the past. Another start passes nearly and move the oort objects from their orbits.
oalfonso t1_j1czatf wrote
Can it work during night to avoid having batteries as backup of solar power? Collect energy in the sunny side, send it to the dark side and from there to the earth.
oalfonso t1_j0hbc9z wrote
Reply to comment by Old_Gringo in NASA's DART asteroid smash flung 2 million pounds of rock into space by shellystarzz
How many bananas?
oalfonso t1_iztdiva wrote
Reply to who do you think has the best thoughts about finding intelligent alien life? by The_odd__todd
Maybe just never because the space is so big and vast that we won't be able to reach other alien life forms. Unless we find a way to bend spacetime and make interstellar travels possible. But most likely we won´t contact anyone during the time the humanity exists.
It is possible we can find some bacteria-fungus like life forms in our solar system ( Europa, Enceladus, ... )
oalfonso t1_j60b7o7 wrote
Reply to comment by Different_Muscle_116 in How come space probes generally take photos of moons or asteroids from several hundred (or thousands) of kilometers away from the object they orbit? by Different_Muscle_116
Take this with a pinch of salt because I don't remember when I heard it or read it. Juno originally wasn't going to have any cameras and NASA PR department demanded them to have something to show to the public because unless you are a scientist the telemetry data alone is not cool.