Comments on: Moving moons http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/06/22/moving-moons/ I am an astronomer, writer, and skeptic. I likes reality the way it is, and I aims to keep it that way. My real name is Phil Plait, and I run the Bad Astronomy blog. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:59:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Lou FCD http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/06/22/moving-moons/comment-page-1/#comment-16430 Lou FCD Tue, 27 Jun 2006 00:44:29 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/06/22/moving-moons/#comment-16430 Just Wow. The direct size comparison is visually stunning. Cassini rocks. Just Wow. The direct size comparison is visually stunning. Cassini rocks.

]]> By: Nigel Depledge http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/06/22/moving-moons/comment-page-1/#comment-16429 Nigel Depledge Sun, 25 Jun 2006 21:30:56 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/06/22/moving-moons/#comment-16429 Very cool pic. Cassini is marvellous, and has given us so much new data about Saturn and its moons, and so many wonderful images. I have the ESA Cassini-Huygens site bookmarked. Very cool pic. Cassini is marvellous, and has given us so much new data about Saturn and its moons, and so many wonderful images. I have the ESA Cassini-Huygens site bookmarked.

]]> By: Riofrio http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/06/22/moving-moons/comment-page-1/#comment-16428 Riofrio Sat, 24 Jun 2006 17:09:15 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/06/22/moving-moons/#comment-16428 Enceladus has a volcanic "hot spot" centred on its South Pole, which vents gas into Space. Enceladus has a volcanic “hot spot” centred on its South Pole, which vents gas into Space.

]]> By: Melusine http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/06/22/moving-moons/comment-page-1/#comment-16427 Melusine Sat, 24 Jun 2006 11:02:19 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/06/22/moving-moons/#comment-16427 <blockquote>Tim G said: It will give you a moment of Zen.</blockquote> Thanks for bringing that link to our attention. While watching it the second time I thought that if they have an installation of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00005UW7W/102-8600772-6949715?v=glance&n=130" rel="nofollow">The Way Things Go</a> on a TV in the contemporary art section of the Houston Museum of Fine Arts, that could certainly be there. It's a bit trippy as Titan appears to grow like a souffle on a plate--then <i>poof! The Cassini-Huygens team blends science and creativity quite nicely...always great images.</i>

Tim G said:
It will give you a moment of Zen.

Thanks for bringing that link to our attention. While watching it the second time I thought that if they have an installation of The Way Things Go on a TV in the contemporary art section of the Houston Museum of Fine Arts, that could certainly be there. It’s a bit trippy as Titan appears to grow like a souffle on a plate–then poof! The Cassini-Huygens team blends science and creativity quite nicely…always great images.

]]> By: Tim G http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/06/22/moving-moons/comment-page-1/#comment-16426 Tim G Sat, 24 Jun 2006 07:26:13 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/06/22/moving-moons/#comment-16426 JPL's Cassini web-site also released a video that is essentially a composite of all the photographs taken by the Huygens probe during descent. It also added some "bells and whistles" indicating where the photographs were taken, how the craft was oriented, etc. It will give you a <a href="http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/videos/video-details.cfm?videoID=116" rel="nofollow">moment of Zen</a>. JPL’s Cassini web-site also released a video that is essentially a composite of all the photographs taken by the Huygens probe during descent. It also added some “bells and whistles” indicating where the photographs were taken, how the craft was oriented, etc. It will give you a moment of Zen.

]]> By: CR http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/06/22/moving-moons/comment-page-1/#comment-16425 CR Sat, 24 Jun 2006 03:02:08 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/06/22/moving-moons/#comment-16425 Man, Titan is HUGE. (Yeah, I know, that's why it's called Titan, but still...wow!) Man, Titan is HUGE. (Yeah, I know, that’s why it’s called Titan, but still…wow!)

]]> By: PK http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/06/22/moving-moons/comment-page-1/#comment-16424 PK Fri, 23 Jun 2006 23:24:31 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/06/22/moving-moons/#comment-16424 The dark side of Enceladus seems to glow a bit. Is that the reflection from Saturn? The dark side of Enceladus seems to glow a bit. Is that the reflection from Saturn?

]]> By: dre http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/06/22/moving-moons/comment-page-1/#comment-16423 dre Fri, 23 Jun 2006 16:48:00 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/06/22/moving-moons/#comment-16423 all of the stuff from cassini has totally blown my mind. can all of these images be real? i'm just old enough to remember when these types of scenes only occurred in "2001: a space odyssey". the voyager stuff from the outer planets still seems fresh to me. now i feel like i'm living in "THE FUTURE" (insert mark hamill 'incredible vista' hand gesture here). all of the stuff from cassini has totally blown my mind. can all of these images be real? i’m just old enough to remember when these types of scenes only occurred in “2001: a space odyssey”. the voyager stuff from the outer planets still seems fresh to me. now i feel like i’m living in “THE FUTURE” (insert mark hamill ‘incredible vista’ hand gesture here).

]]> By: John B. Sandlin http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/06/22/moving-moons/comment-page-1/#comment-16422 John B. Sandlin Fri, 23 Jun 2006 00:52:28 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/06/22/moving-moons/#comment-16422 These pictures...: Wow! jbs These pictures…: Wow!

jbs

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