- Dawn's Early Light: Ceres And Vesta
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... slightly inwards, Saturn slightly outwards, and Uranus and Neptune significantly outwards from their formation locations. Now, what can we ...
Article - Amara Graps - Oct 10 2007 - 5:05pm - 9 attachments
- Tropical Vacation At The South Pole? Yes, As Long As It's On Neptune
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... Very Large Telescope has discovered that the south pole of Neptune is much hotter than the rest of the planet. This is consistent with the ... the first temperature maps of the lowest portion of Neptune's atmosphere, showing that this warm south pole is providing an avenue ...
Article - News Staff - Sep 18 2007 - 10:04am - 1 attachment
- Astronomers Find Lopsided Debris Disk Around HD 15115
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... for planetary upheavals in our own solar system, where Neptune may have originally formed between Saturn and Uranus. Neptune was eventually kicked out to its present location by a gravitational ...
Article - News Staff - Jul 19 2007 - 1:41pm - 1 attachment
- Charon - Galactic Ice Maker
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... of the solar system that extends out beyond the orbit of Neptune and contains a number of small bodies, the largest of which include ...
Article - News Staff - Jul 18 2007 - 4:50pm - 0 attachments
- Researchers Simulate The Atmospheres On Other Planets
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... enriched in water than other volatiles), to Uranus and Neptune, which have large water enrichments. “The theory about the Gas Giant Planets (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune) is that they have primary atmospheres, which means that their ...
Article - News Staff - Jun 19 2007 - 9:15pm - 0 attachments
- Computer Models Suggest Planetary And Extrasolar Planet Atmospheres
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... enriched in water than other volatiles), to Uranus and Neptune, which have large water enrichments. “The farther out you go ... about the Gas Giant Planets (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune) is that they have primary atmospheres, which means that their ...
Article - News Staff - Jun 19 2007 - 12:30pm - 0 attachments
- Astronomers Measure Mass Of Largest Dwarf Planet - And It's Not Pluto
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... largest member of the Kuiper Belt of icy objects beyond Neptune. Hubble observations in 2006 showed that Eris is ... of Pluto, the large Kuiper Belt object 2003 EL61, and Neptune's moon Triton which is likely a captured KBO. These higher densities ...
Article - News Staff - Jun 14 2007 - 6:18pm - 0 attachments
- 28 New Planets, 7 New Brown Dwarfs
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... Search team. An artist's concept of the Neptune-sized planet GJ436b (right) orbiting an M dwarf star, Gliese 436, at a ... of only 3 million miles. With a density similar to that of Neptune, the exoplanet is an ice giant and probably has a rocky core and lots ...
Article - News Staff - May 29 2007 - 11:42am - 0 attachments
- Photo Software Creates 3-D World
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... fade to an appropriate shot. Highlighting a feature, like Neptune statue at the center of Trevi Fountain, brings up a high-resolution ...
Article - News Staff - Feb 19 2007 - 11:10am - 0 attachments
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