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Will First Mars Astronauts Stay In Orbit - Tele-operating Sterile Rovers - To Protect Earth And Mars From Colliding Biospheres?

... be as far away as Sedna, a distant ice dwarf way beyond Neptune, and the operators on Earth would hardly notice any difference). ...

Article - Robert Walker - May 1 2021 - 1:50pm - 0 attachments

Let's Make Sure Astronauts Won't Extinguish Native Mars Life - To Jupiter's Callisto, Saturn's Titan And Beyond - Op Ed

... us, with hardly any more initial outlay for a mission to Neptune or Pluto than for Mars or Venus, and the advantages of humans in space ...

Article - Robert Walker - Mar 5 2021 - 9:20pm - 0 attachments

Why The Moon Is By FAR The Best Place For A Backup - NOT Mars - To Protect And Restore Our Beautiful Earth

... further afield, to explore the moons of Saturn, to Neptune's Triton and beyond. Other places probably have no planetary protection ...

Article - Robert Walker - Mar 31 2019 - 4:44pm - 0 attachments

It's Not Planet Nine, Planet X Or Planet 12, It's Just Gravity

... solar system. Why the drama? Beyond the orbit of Neptune lies the Kuiper Belt, which is made up of small bodies left over from the formation of the solar system. Neptune and the other giant planets gravitationally influence the objects in ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 22 2019 - 1:32pm - 0 attachments

Does 'The Goblin' Make Neptune Sized Planet 9 More Likely? ... And Are Mars Or Earth Sized 'Goblin's Possible?

... :). There is plenty of space for planets to exist beyond Neptune. No known big gas giants to get in their way. And - objects get far far ... of AU away, if not 1,000 AU—something even as big as Neptune would be fainter than most telescopes could see,” Sheppard told ...

Article - Robert Walker - Jan 22 2019 - 1:30pm - 0 attachments

Can There Be A Planet Or Dwarf Planet With The Same Shape As Ultima Thule's Snowman?

... orbit of Sedna, that we are likely to find planets beyond Neptune that are Mercury, Mars or even Earth sized. This is a transcript, he ... they are from the sun). Does 'The Goblin' Make Neptune Sized Planet 9 More Likely? ... And Are Mars Or Earth Sized 'Goblin's ...

Article - Robert Walker - Jan 4 2019 - 8:29pm - 0 attachments

IAU Planet Definition Has "Use Before Date" - Within Decades - Let's Call Pluto, Ceres & Our Moon Planets Right Now!

... Mercury sized object, if it was positioned a little beyond Neptune would no longer count as a planet according to the IAU. If you position ... our Sun, they also would cease to be planets. After that, Neptune and eventually, larger gas giants like Saturn or Jupiter, if far enough ...

Article - Robert Walker - Jan 3 2019 - 8:03pm - 0 attachments

Why The Solar Eclipse This August Is A Wonder Of Nature And Not Something To Be Scared Of

... mean the astronomical "planet X" as in a planet way beyond Neptune, but the totally bullshit and balderdash idea of a planet that crosses the paths of all the planets from Neptune right in to Earth in a 3600 year orbit. You can get an idea of how much ...

Article - Robert Walker - Dec 11 2018 - 9:45pm - 0 attachments

HAT-P-11b: An Exoplanet Inflated Like A Helium Balloon

... all around it. And it's equivalent in size to Neptune. The helium is in an extended cloud that is escaping from the planet, ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 6 2018 - 4:16pm - 0 attachments

Fun Speculation - Can Neptune Sized Exomoon Have Moonlets Like Neptune's Triton? Or A Ring? Even Moonlets Of Moonlets?

... yet. However, now we have a strong candidate for a Neptune sized exomoon. Surely if a moonlet of a moon is possible, a Neptune sized exomoon is nearly as good as it gets? Here is an impression of ...

Article - Robert Walker - Oct 6 2018 - 11:36am - 0 attachments