Lots going on in Space?
Recently we had a second Moon orbiting the Earth, but I think has now left and is heading away!
It is nothing new with planets and their gravitational fields, many believe that Triton was captured by the gravity of Neptune and may be more of a minor planet such as Pluto and as we know now its many cousins (136) of them on the outer edge of our expanding Solar System!
But now we are off to Mercury and Venus once more, exploring the two inner planets may reveal that Venus is not as hot in the polar regions as once thought by the Soviet Russians who landed their rovers for eight-minutes before they melted.
Mercury has what seems to be ice or frost layers in its craters, despite being the closest object to the Sun! But these could equally be salts exposed by past bombardment?
Space X is progressing well with dockings to the International Space Station, but as yet not crewed? One more unmanned test is to be made, as the Russia claims that the U.S. is trying to capture planets in our Solar system and make them American!
If there is anyone out their, I think they will still not be bothering with our primitive world and its failure even to cooperate with millions to die from this COVID-19 Virus?
Showing posts with label Mercury. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mercury. Show all posts
Wednesday, 8 April 2020
Thursday, 2 June 2016
Space Flight.
Pluto, Mercury, Mars and Juno.
This last two years has seen a rise in Space flight activity with new film and photography being returned from several planets and the International space station having the first British space man Tim Peak.
The eight year mission to the dwarf planet Pluto paid off with dramatic clear images of this far flung world having a three layered atmosphere and mountains of ice. Mercury being the closest to the Sun, also now seems to have ice polar caps.
It is confirmed that Mars has flowing water and loads of silica has also been discovered proving that this planet once had oceans of water. There are many areas of the planet that remain undiscovered and its is known that the southern regions are active in some way.
Juno is now half way to the largest planet, it will be arriving near to this gas giant 100X the size of the earth in two moths time. We know know that Jupiter has more than sixty-three moons and the great red spot has changed.
New Horizons has left Pluto and is now half-way to the outer Kyper Belt, with the first moving observation of a object in that region. As to planet 9X, that is still to be found, but New Horizons and other astronomical devices have measured an object 10X Earths size in the outer regions.
A visit to the NASA, ROSCOM,ESA websites, will give you much more detailed information and host of wonderful pictures and much, much more.
This last two years has seen a rise in Space flight activity with new film and photography being returned from several planets and the International space station having the first British space man Tim Peak.
The eight year mission to the dwarf planet Pluto paid off with dramatic clear images of this far flung world having a three layered atmosphere and mountains of ice. Mercury being the closest to the Sun, also now seems to have ice polar caps.
It is confirmed that Mars has flowing water and loads of silica has also been discovered proving that this planet once had oceans of water. There are many areas of the planet that remain undiscovered and its is known that the southern regions are active in some way.
Juno is now half way to the largest planet, it will be arriving near to this gas giant 100X the size of the earth in two moths time. We know know that Jupiter has more than sixty-three moons and the great red spot has changed.
New Horizons has left Pluto and is now half-way to the outer Kyper Belt, with the first moving observation of a object in that region. As to planet 9X, that is still to be found, but New Horizons and other astronomical devices have measured an object 10X Earths size in the outer regions.
A visit to the NASA, ROSCOM,ESA websites, will give you much more detailed information and host of wonderful pictures and much, much more.
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