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ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-Ultima_Thule_2-flyby.gifUltima Thule (Fly-By)72 visiteOriginal Caption:"Mission scientists created this "departure movie" from 14 different images taken by the New Horizons Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) shortly after the spacecraft flew past the Kuiper Belt object nicknamed Ultima Thule (officially named 2014 MU69) on Jan. 1, 2019".MareKromium10/21/19 at 15:10MareKromium: Commenti?!? Il "profilo" di Ultima Thule...
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ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-Ultima_Thule_-_1.jpgUltima Thule97 visiteThe New Horizons team used the Hubble Space Telescope to search for its post-Pluto, Kuiper Belt flyby target. Using observations made with Hubble on June 26, 2014, the science team (led by co-investigator Marc Buie) discovered an object that New Horizons could reach with its available fuel. The object was subsequently designated 2014 MU69, given the minor planet number 485968 and, with public input, nicknamed "Ultima Thule" (which means "beyond the known world").
MU69 is located in the Kuiper Belt, beyond the orbit of Neptune. At 12:33 a.m. (EST) on January 1, 2019, New Horizons flew just 2,200 miles (3,500) kilometers from the object's surface, when it was about 4 billion miles (6.6 billion kilometers) from the Sun -- the most distant planetary flyby in history and the first close-up look at a solar system object of this type.
Ultima Thule is the first unquestionably primordial contact binary ever explored. Approach pictures hinted at a strange, snowman-like shape, but further analysis of images, taken near closest approach, uncovered just how unusual the KBO's shape really is. At 22 miles (35 kilometers) long, the binary consists of a large, flat lobe (nicknamed "Ultima") connected to a smaller, rounder lobe (nicknamed "Thule").
This strange shape was the biggest surprise of the flyby. Nothign like it has been anywhere in the solar system -- sending the planetary science community back to the drawing board to understand how planetesimals (the building blocks of the planets) form.
Because it is so well preserved, MU69 offered our clearest look back to the era of planetesimal accretion and the earliest stages of planetary formation. Apparently the two lobes once orbited each other, like many so-called binary worlds in the Kuiper Belt, until something brought them together in a "gentle" merger.
In color and composition, New Horizons data revealed that MU69 resembles many other objects found in its region of the Kuiper Belt. Consistent with pre-flyby observations from the Hubble Telescope, Ultima Thule is very red – redder even than Pluto, which New Horizons flew past on the inner edge of the Kuiper Belt in 2015 – and about the same color as many other so-called "cold classical" KBOs. ("Cold" referring not to temperature but to the circular, uninclined orbits of these objects; "classical" in that their orbits have changed little since forming, and represent a sample of the primordial Kuiper Belt.)
New Horizons scientists have also seen evidence for methanol, water ice and organic molecules on the surface -- a spectrum similar to some of the most extreme objects we've seen in the outer solar system.
Flyby data transmission continues, with all data expected on the ground by late summer 2020.MareKromium10/21/19 at 15:08MareKromium: Viaggio "sospeso" Fratello. Interrotto m...
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ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-Ultima_Thule_-_1.jpgUltima Thule97 visiteThe New Horizons team used the Hubble Space Telescope to search for its post-Pluto, Kuiper Belt flyby target. Using observations made with Hubble on June 26, 2014, the science team (led by co-investigator Marc Buie) discovered an object that New Horizons could reach with its available fuel. The object was subsequently designated 2014 MU69, given the minor planet number 485968 and, with public input, nicknamed "Ultima Thule" (which means "beyond the known world").
MU69 is located in the Kuiper Belt, beyond the orbit of Neptune. At 12:33 a.m. (EST) on January 1, 2019, New Horizons flew just 2,200 miles (3,500) kilometers from the object's surface, when it was about 4 billion miles (6.6 billion kilometers) from the Sun -- the most distant planetary flyby in history and the first close-up look at a solar system object of this type.
Ultima Thule is the first unquestionably primordial contact binary ever explored. Approach pictures hinted at a strange, snowman-like shape, but further analysis of images, taken near closest approach, uncovered just how unusual the KBO's shape really is. At 22 miles (35 kilometers) long, the binary consists of a large, flat lobe (nicknamed "Ultima") connected to a smaller, rounder lobe (nicknamed "Thule").
This strange shape was the biggest surprise of the flyby. Nothign like it has been anywhere in the solar system -- sending the planetary science community back to the drawing board to understand how planetesimals (the building blocks of the planets) form.
Because it is so well preserved, MU69 offered our clearest look back to the era of planetesimal accretion and the earliest stages of planetary formation. Apparently the two lobes once orbited each other, like many so-called binary worlds in the Kuiper Belt, until something brought them together in a "gentle" merger.
In color and composition, New Horizons data revealed that MU69 resembles many other objects found in its region of the Kuiper Belt. Consistent with pre-flyby observations from the Hubble Telescope, Ultima Thule is very red – redder even than Pluto, which New Horizons flew past on the inner edge of the Kuiper Belt in 2015 – and about the same color as many other so-called "cold classical" KBOs. ("Cold" referring not to temperature but to the circular, uninclined orbits of these objects; "classical" in that their orbits have changed little since forming, and represent a sample of the primordial Kuiper Belt.)
New Horizons scientists have also seen evidence for methanol, water ice and organic molecules on the surface -- a spectrum similar to some of the most extreme objects we've seen in the outer solar system.
Flyby data transmission continues, with all data expected on the ground by late summer 2020.MareKromium10/21/19 at 13:53Anakin: Ciao Paolo. Felice di risentirti. Pronto per rient...
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ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-Ultima_Thule_-_1.jpgUltima Thule97 visiteThe New Horizons team used the Hubble Space Telescope to search for its post-Pluto, Kuiper Belt flyby target. Using observations made with Hubble on June 26, 2014, the science team (led by co-investigator Marc Buie) discovered an object that New Horizons could reach with its available fuel. The object was subsequently designated 2014 MU69, given the minor planet number 485968 and, with public input, nicknamed "Ultima Thule" (which means "beyond the known world").
MU69 is located in the Kuiper Belt, beyond the orbit of Neptune. At 12:33 a.m. (EST) on January 1, 2019, New Horizons flew just 2,200 miles (3,500) kilometers from the object's surface, when it was about 4 billion miles (6.6 billion kilometers) from the Sun -- the most distant planetary flyby in history and the first close-up look at a solar system object of this type.
Ultima Thule is the first unquestionably primordial contact binary ever explored. Approach pictures hinted at a strange, snowman-like shape, but further analysis of images, taken near closest approach, uncovered just how unusual the KBO's shape really is. At 22 miles (35 kilometers) long, the binary consists of a large, flat lobe (nicknamed "Ultima") connected to a smaller, rounder lobe (nicknamed "Thule").
This strange shape was the biggest surprise of the flyby. Nothign like it has been anywhere in the solar system -- sending the planetary science community back to the drawing board to understand how planetesimals (the building blocks of the planets) form.
Because it is so well preserved, MU69 offered our clearest look back to the era of planetesimal accretion and the earliest stages of planetary formation. Apparently the two lobes once orbited each other, like many so-called binary worlds in the Kuiper Belt, until something brought them together in a "gentle" merger.
In color and composition, New Horizons data revealed that MU69 resembles many other objects found in its region of the Kuiper Belt. Consistent with pre-flyby observations from the Hubble Telescope, Ultima Thule is very red – redder even than Pluto, which New Horizons flew past on the inner edge of the Kuiper Belt in 2015 – and about the same color as many other so-called "cold classical" KBOs. ("Cold" referring not to temperature but to the circular, uninclined orbits of these objects; "classical" in that their orbits have changed little since forming, and represent a sample of the primordial Kuiper Belt.)
New Horizons scientists have also seen evidence for methanol, water ice and organic molecules on the surface -- a spectrum similar to some of the most extreme objects we've seen in the outer solar system.
Flyby data transmission continues, with all data expected on the ground by late summer 2020.MareKromium10/21/19 at 06:08MareKromium: Ciao Walt!!! Si ritorno. Lentamente ma ritorno. Fa...
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ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-Ultima_Thule_-_1.jpgUltima Thule97 visiteThe New Horizons team used the Hubble Space Telescope to search for its post-Pluto, Kuiper Belt flyby target. Using observations made with Hubble on June 26, 2014, the science team (led by co-investigator Marc Buie) discovered an object that New Horizons could reach with its available fuel. The object was subsequently designated 2014 MU69, given the minor planet number 485968 and, with public input, nicknamed "Ultima Thule" (which means "beyond the known world").
MU69 is located in the Kuiper Belt, beyond the orbit of Neptune. At 12:33 a.m. (EST) on January 1, 2019, New Horizons flew just 2,200 miles (3,500) kilometers from the object's surface, when it was about 4 billion miles (6.6 billion kilometers) from the Sun -- the most distant planetary flyby in history and the first close-up look at a solar system object of this type.
Ultima Thule is the first unquestionably primordial contact binary ever explored. Approach pictures hinted at a strange, snowman-like shape, but further analysis of images, taken near closest approach, uncovered just how unusual the KBO's shape really is. At 22 miles (35 kilometers) long, the binary consists of a large, flat lobe (nicknamed "Ultima") connected to a smaller, rounder lobe (nicknamed "Thule").
This strange shape was the biggest surprise of the flyby. Nothign like it has been anywhere in the solar system -- sending the planetary science community back to the drawing board to understand how planetesimals (the building blocks of the planets) form.
Because it is so well preserved, MU69 offered our clearest look back to the era of planetesimal accretion and the earliest stages of planetary formation. Apparently the two lobes once orbited each other, like many so-called binary worlds in the Kuiper Belt, until something brought them together in a "gentle" merger.
In color and composition, New Horizons data revealed that MU69 resembles many other objects found in its region of the Kuiper Belt. Consistent with pre-flyby observations from the Hubble Telescope, Ultima Thule is very red – redder even than Pluto, which New Horizons flew past on the inner edge of the Kuiper Belt in 2015 – and about the same color as many other so-called "cold classical" KBOs. ("Cold" referring not to temperature but to the circular, uninclined orbits of these objects; "classical" in that their orbits have changed little since forming, and represent a sample of the primordial Kuiper Belt.)
New Horizons scientists have also seen evidence for methanol, water ice and organic molecules on the surface -- a spectrum similar to some of the most extreme objects we've seen in the outer solar system.
Flyby data transmission continues, with all data expected on the ground by late summer 2020.MareKromium10/20/19 at 09:27walthari: ciao Paolo,finalmente, tutto bene?Ciao ragazzi, no...
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ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-Ultima_Thule_-_1.jpgUltima Thule97 visiteThe New Horizons team used the Hubble Space Telescope to search for its post-Pluto, Kuiper Belt flyby target. Using observations made with Hubble on June 26, 2014, the science team (led by co-investigator Marc Buie) discovered an object that New Horizons could reach with its available fuel. The object was subsequently designated 2014 MU69, given the minor planet number 485968 and, with public input, nicknamed "Ultima Thule" (which means "beyond the known world").
MU69 is located in the Kuiper Belt, beyond the orbit of Neptune. At 12:33 a.m. (EST) on January 1, 2019, New Horizons flew just 2,200 miles (3,500) kilometers from the object's surface, when it was about 4 billion miles (6.6 billion kilometers) from the Sun -- the most distant planetary flyby in history and the first close-up look at a solar system object of this type.
Ultima Thule is the first unquestionably primordial contact binary ever explored. Approach pictures hinted at a strange, snowman-like shape, but further analysis of images, taken near closest approach, uncovered just how unusual the KBO's shape really is. At 22 miles (35 kilometers) long, the binary consists of a large, flat lobe (nicknamed "Ultima") connected to a smaller, rounder lobe (nicknamed "Thule").
This strange shape was the biggest surprise of the flyby. Nothign like it has been anywhere in the solar system -- sending the planetary science community back to the drawing board to understand how planetesimals (the building blocks of the planets) form.
Because it is so well preserved, MU69 offered our clearest look back to the era of planetesimal accretion and the earliest stages of planetary formation. Apparently the two lobes once orbited each other, like many so-called binary worlds in the Kuiper Belt, until something brought them together in a "gentle" merger.
In color and composition, New Horizons data revealed that MU69 resembles many other objects found in its region of the Kuiper Belt. Consistent with pre-flyby observations from the Hubble Telescope, Ultima Thule is very red – redder even than Pluto, which New Horizons flew past on the inner edge of the Kuiper Belt in 2015 – and about the same color as many other so-called "cold classical" KBOs. ("Cold" referring not to temperature but to the circular, uninclined orbits of these objects; "classical" in that their orbits have changed little since forming, and represent a sample of the primordial Kuiper Belt.)
New Horizons scientists have also seen evidence for methanol, water ice and organic molecules on the surface -- a spectrum similar to some of the most extreme objects we've seen in the outer solar system.
Flyby data transmission continues, with all data expected on the ground by late summer 2020.MareKromium10/12/19 at 17:47Ufologo: Bene, bene ......... :-)
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ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-Ultima_Thule_-_1.jpgUltima Thule97 visiteThe New Horizons team used the Hubble Space Telescope to search for its post-Pluto, Kuiper Belt flyby target. Using observations made with Hubble on June 26, 2014, the science team (led by co-investigator Marc Buie) discovered an object that New Horizons could reach with its available fuel. The object was subsequently designated 2014 MU69, given the minor planet number 485968 and, with public input, nicknamed "Ultima Thule" (which means "beyond the known world").
MU69 is located in the Kuiper Belt, beyond the orbit of Neptune. At 12:33 a.m. (EST) on January 1, 2019, New Horizons flew just 2,200 miles (3,500) kilometers from the object's surface, when it was about 4 billion miles (6.6 billion kilometers) from the Sun -- the most distant planetary flyby in history and the first close-up look at a solar system object of this type.
Ultima Thule is the first unquestionably primordial contact binary ever explored. Approach pictures hinted at a strange, snowman-like shape, but further analysis of images, taken near closest approach, uncovered just how unusual the KBO's shape really is. At 22 miles (35 kilometers) long, the binary consists of a large, flat lobe (nicknamed "Ultima") connected to a smaller, rounder lobe (nicknamed "Thule").
This strange shape was the biggest surprise of the flyby. Nothign like it has been anywhere in the solar system -- sending the planetary science community back to the drawing board to understand how planetesimals (the building blocks of the planets) form.
Because it is so well preserved, MU69 offered our clearest look back to the era of planetesimal accretion and the earliest stages of planetary formation. Apparently the two lobes once orbited each other, like many so-called binary worlds in the Kuiper Belt, until something brought them together in a "gentle" merger.
In color and composition, New Horizons data revealed that MU69 resembles many other objects found in its region of the Kuiper Belt. Consistent with pre-flyby observations from the Hubble Telescope, Ultima Thule is very red – redder even than Pluto, which New Horizons flew past on the inner edge of the Kuiper Belt in 2015 – and about the same color as many other so-called "cold classical" KBOs. ("Cold" referring not to temperature but to the circular, uninclined orbits of these objects; "classical" in that their orbits have changed little since forming, and represent a sample of the primordial Kuiper Belt.)
New Horizons scientists have also seen evidence for methanol, water ice and organic molecules on the surface -- a spectrum similar to some of the most extreme objects we've seen in the outer solar system.
Flyby data transmission continues, with all data expected on the ground by late summer 2020.MareKromium10/12/19 at 16:28MareKromium: Ciao Max! Si, tornato. Vediamo quello che succede ...
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ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-Ultima_Thule_-_1.jpgUltima Thule97 visiteThe New Horizons team used the Hubble Space Telescope to search for its post-Pluto, Kuiper Belt flyby target. Using observations made with Hubble on June 26, 2014, the science team (led by co-investigator Marc Buie) discovered an object that New Horizons could reach with its available fuel. The object was subsequently designated 2014 MU69, given the minor planet number 485968 and, with public input, nicknamed "Ultima Thule" (which means "beyond the known world").
MU69 is located in the Kuiper Belt, beyond the orbit of Neptune. At 12:33 a.m. (EST) on January 1, 2019, New Horizons flew just 2,200 miles (3,500) kilometers from the object's surface, when it was about 4 billion miles (6.6 billion kilometers) from the Sun -- the most distant planetary flyby in history and the first close-up look at a solar system object of this type.
Ultima Thule is the first unquestionably primordial contact binary ever explored. Approach pictures hinted at a strange, snowman-like shape, but further analysis of images, taken near closest approach, uncovered just how unusual the KBO's shape really is. At 22 miles (35 kilometers) long, the binary consists of a large, flat lobe (nicknamed "Ultima") connected to a smaller, rounder lobe (nicknamed "Thule").
This strange shape was the biggest surprise of the flyby. Nothign like it has been anywhere in the solar system -- sending the planetary science community back to the drawing board to understand how planetesimals (the building blocks of the planets) form.
Because it is so well preserved, MU69 offered our clearest look back to the era of planetesimal accretion and the earliest stages of planetary formation. Apparently the two lobes once orbited each other, like many so-called binary worlds in the Kuiper Belt, until something brought them together in a "gentle" merger.
In color and composition, New Horizons data revealed that MU69 resembles many other objects found in its region of the Kuiper Belt. Consistent with pre-flyby observations from the Hubble Telescope, Ultima Thule is very red – redder even than Pluto, which New Horizons flew past on the inner edge of the Kuiper Belt in 2015 – and about the same color as many other so-called "cold classical" KBOs. ("Cold" referring not to temperature but to the circular, uninclined orbits of these objects; "classical" in that their orbits have changed little since forming, and represent a sample of the primordial Kuiper Belt.)
New Horizons scientists have also seen evidence for methanol, water ice and organic molecules on the surface -- a spectrum similar to some of the most extreme objects we've seen in the outer solar system.
Flyby data transmission continues, with all data expected on the ground by late summer 2020.MareKromium10/12/19 at 14:50Ufologo: Ciao Paolo! Ben tornato! L'Unico Forum serio r...
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ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-Ultima_Thule_-_1.jpgUltima Thule97 visiteThe New Horizons team used the Hubble Space Telescope to search for its post-Pluto, Kuiper Belt flyby target. Using observations made with Hubble on June 26, 2014, the science team (led by co-investigator Marc Buie) discovered an object that New Horizons could reach with its available fuel. The object was subsequently designated 2014 MU69, given the minor planet number 485968 and, with public input, nicknamed "Ultima Thule" (which means "beyond the known world").
MU69 is located in the Kuiper Belt, beyond the orbit of Neptune. At 12:33 a.m. (EST) on January 1, 2019, New Horizons flew just 2,200 miles (3,500) kilometers from the object's surface, when it was about 4 billion miles (6.6 billion kilometers) from the Sun -- the most distant planetary flyby in history and the first close-up look at a solar system object of this type.
Ultima Thule is the first unquestionably primordial contact binary ever explored. Approach pictures hinted at a strange, snowman-like shape, but further analysis of images, taken near closest approach, uncovered just how unusual the KBO's shape really is. At 22 miles (35 kilometers) long, the binary consists of a large, flat lobe (nicknamed "Ultima") connected to a smaller, rounder lobe (nicknamed "Thule").
This strange shape was the biggest surprise of the flyby. Nothign like it has been anywhere in the solar system -- sending the planetary science community back to the drawing board to understand how planetesimals (the building blocks of the planets) form.
Because it is so well preserved, MU69 offered our clearest look back to the era of planetesimal accretion and the earliest stages of planetary formation. Apparently the two lobes once orbited each other, like many so-called binary worlds in the Kuiper Belt, until something brought them together in a "gentle" merger.
In color and composition, New Horizons data revealed that MU69 resembles many other objects found in its region of the Kuiper Belt. Consistent with pre-flyby observations from the Hubble Telescope, Ultima Thule is very red – redder even than Pluto, which New Horizons flew past on the inner edge of the Kuiper Belt in 2015 – and about the same color as many other so-called "cold classical" KBOs. ("Cold" referring not to temperature but to the circular, uninclined orbits of these objects; "classical" in that their orbits have changed little since forming, and represent a sample of the primordial Kuiper Belt.)
New Horizons scientists have also seen evidence for methanol, water ice and organic molecules on the surface -- a spectrum similar to some of the most extreme objects we've seen in the outer solar system.
Flyby data transmission continues, with all data expected on the ground by late summer 2020.MareKromium10/12/19 at 07:16MareKromium: Salve Amici. Dopo quasi quattro anni di silenzio, ...
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0-The Solar System.jpgA "New" Solar System (according to IAU)? No, thanks...155 visite"Plutone non è degno di essere considerato un Pianeta": questa, con un pizzico di polemica (da parte nostra) ed in estrema sintesi, la decisione della IAU la quale, dovendo scegliere se portare (o non) da 9 a 12 il numero dei Membri Maggiori del Sistema Solare, ha " elegantemente" pensato e deliberato di ridurli ad 8!
Questa decisione, a parere di Lunar Explorer Italia, costituisce un futile, inutile e villano "sgarbo postumo" nei confronti del grande Astronomo Americano Clyde Tombaugh (lo scopritore di Plutone) e quindi abbiamo deciso, in quanto Gruppo di Ricercatori Indipendenti, di non riconoscere la "IAU Resolution n. 6-A" e pertanto continueremo a considerare il nostro Sistema Solare inclusivo di Plutone (anzi: del Pianeta "Doppio" Plutone-Caronte).
Clyde Tombaugh nacque nel 1906 da una famiglia di agricoltori dell'Illinois. da ragazzo sviluppò un forte interesse per l'osservazione del cielo, incoraggiato sia dal padre che dallo zio. Il primo telescopio con il quale osservò le stelle apparteneva a suo zio. Clyde era insoddisfatto del primo telescopio che aveva comprato in un negozio, così decise di costruirne uno lui stesso. Il padre di Clyde si trovò un secondo lavoro per pagare i materiali necessari. Il telescopio che Clyde costruì nel 1925 fu solo il primo di oltre trenta telescopi che costruì nel corso della sua vita.
Nel 1928 Clyde finì di costruire un telescopio riflettore da 23 cm, molto preciso. La montatura fu costruita con un albero a gomiti, preso da un'automobile Buick del 1910, e da parti di scarto di una macchina agricola! Tuttavia non fu con questo che Clyde compì le osservazioni che gli valsero un'offerta di lavoro dal Lowell Observatory. Clyde fece disegni molto dettagliati delle proprie osservazioni al telescopio di Marte e Giove. Inviò i suoi disegni agli astronomi del Lowell Observatory, chiedendo commenti e suggerimenti. Invece ricevette un'offerta per andare a lavorare all'osservatorio come astronomo praticante. Clyde accettò il lavoro e cominciò a dedicarsi alla ricerca del famoso "Pianeta X" di Percival Lowell, un pianeta ancora sconosciuto che avrebbe dovuto trovarsi oltre Nettuno. Il lavoro di Clyde Tombaugh consisteva nel fotografare un pezzettino di cielo per volta, poi esaminarlo attentamente e confrontare le diverse fotografie per identificarvi eventuali oggetti non identificati in movimento, che avrebbero potuto essere pianeti. Clyde Tombaugh fotografò oltre il 65% del cielo e trascorse migliaia di ore esaminando le immagini. Dopo dieci mesi di durissimo lavoro, spesso lavorando anche la notte in una cupola non riscaldata, Clyde Tombaugh scoprì il pianeta Plutone. Clyde Tombaugh morì all'età di novant'anni, il 17 gennaio 1997.
09/19/17 at 12:16AndreaGG: Quelle rientrano gi? nei calcoli, credo. Qui servi...
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0-The Solar System.jpgA "New" Solar System (according to IAU)? No, thanks...155 visite"Plutone non è degno di essere considerato un Pianeta": questa, con un pizzico di polemica (da parte nostra) ed in estrema sintesi, la decisione della IAU la quale, dovendo scegliere se portare (o non) da 9 a 12 il numero dei Membri Maggiori del Sistema Solare, ha " elegantemente" pensato e deliberato di ridurli ad 8!
Questa decisione, a parere di Lunar Explorer Italia, costituisce un futile, inutile e villano "sgarbo postumo" nei confronti del grande Astronomo Americano Clyde Tombaugh (lo scopritore di Plutone) e quindi abbiamo deciso, in quanto Gruppo di Ricercatori Indipendenti, di non riconoscere la "IAU Resolution n. 6-A" e pertanto continueremo a considerare il nostro Sistema Solare inclusivo di Plutone (anzi: del Pianeta "Doppio" Plutone-Caronte).
Clyde Tombaugh nacque nel 1906 da una famiglia di agricoltori dell'Illinois. da ragazzo sviluppò un forte interesse per l'osservazione del cielo, incoraggiato sia dal padre che dallo zio. Il primo telescopio con il quale osservò le stelle apparteneva a suo zio. Clyde era insoddisfatto del primo telescopio che aveva comprato in un negozio, così decise di costruirne uno lui stesso. Il padre di Clyde si trovò un secondo lavoro per pagare i materiali necessari. Il telescopio che Clyde costruì nel 1925 fu solo il primo di oltre trenta telescopi che costruì nel corso della sua vita.
Nel 1928 Clyde finì di costruire un telescopio riflettore da 23 cm, molto preciso. La montatura fu costruita con un albero a gomiti, preso da un'automobile Buick del 1910, e da parti di scarto di una macchina agricola! Tuttavia non fu con questo che Clyde compì le osservazioni che gli valsero un'offerta di lavoro dal Lowell Observatory. Clyde fece disegni molto dettagliati delle proprie osservazioni al telescopio di Marte e Giove. Inviò i suoi disegni agli astronomi del Lowell Observatory, chiedendo commenti e suggerimenti. Invece ricevette un'offerta per andare a lavorare all'osservatorio come astronomo praticante. Clyde accettò il lavoro e cominciò a dedicarsi alla ricerca del famoso "Pianeta X" di Percival Lowell, un pianeta ancora sconosciuto che avrebbe dovuto trovarsi oltre Nettuno. Il lavoro di Clyde Tombaugh consisteva nel fotografare un pezzettino di cielo per volta, poi esaminarlo attentamente e confrontare le diverse fotografie per identificarvi eventuali oggetti non identificati in movimento, che avrebbero potuto essere pianeti. Clyde Tombaugh fotografò oltre il 65% del cielo e trascorse migliaia di ore esaminando le immagini. Dopo dieci mesi di durissimo lavoro, spesso lavorando anche la notte in una cupola non riscaldata, Clyde Tombaugh scoprì il pianeta Plutone. Clyde Tombaugh morì all'età di novant'anni, il 17 gennaio 1997.
09/19/17 at 08:42Anakin: Allora dovrebbero esserci anche in occasione dei r...
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0-The Solar System.jpgA "New" Solar System (according to IAU)? No, thanks...155 visite"Plutone non è degno di essere considerato un Pianeta": questa, con un pizzico di polemica (da parte nostra) ed in estrema sintesi, la decisione della IAU la quale, dovendo scegliere se portare (o non) da 9 a 12 il numero dei Membri Maggiori del Sistema Solare, ha " elegantemente" pensato e deliberato di ridurli ad 8!
Questa decisione, a parere di Lunar Explorer Italia, costituisce un futile, inutile e villano "sgarbo postumo" nei confronti del grande Astronomo Americano Clyde Tombaugh (lo scopritore di Plutone) e quindi abbiamo deciso, in quanto Gruppo di Ricercatori Indipendenti, di non riconoscere la "IAU Resolution n. 6-A" e pertanto continueremo a considerare il nostro Sistema Solare inclusivo di Plutone (anzi: del Pianeta "Doppio" Plutone-Caronte).
Clyde Tombaugh nacque nel 1906 da una famiglia di agricoltori dell'Illinois. da ragazzo sviluppò un forte interesse per l'osservazione del cielo, incoraggiato sia dal padre che dallo zio. Il primo telescopio con il quale osservò le stelle apparteneva a suo zio. Clyde era insoddisfatto del primo telescopio che aveva comprato in un negozio, così decise di costruirne uno lui stesso. Il padre di Clyde si trovò un secondo lavoro per pagare i materiali necessari. Il telescopio che Clyde costruì nel 1925 fu solo il primo di oltre trenta telescopi che costruì nel corso della sua vita.
Nel 1928 Clyde finì di costruire un telescopio riflettore da 23 cm, molto preciso. La montatura fu costruita con un albero a gomiti, preso da un'automobile Buick del 1910, e da parti di scarto di una macchina agricola! Tuttavia non fu con questo che Clyde compì le osservazioni che gli valsero un'offerta di lavoro dal Lowell Observatory. Clyde fece disegni molto dettagliati delle proprie osservazioni al telescopio di Marte e Giove. Inviò i suoi disegni agli astronomi del Lowell Observatory, chiedendo commenti e suggerimenti. Invece ricevette un'offerta per andare a lavorare all'osservatorio come astronomo praticante. Clyde accettò il lavoro e cominciò a dedicarsi alla ricerca del famoso "Pianeta X" di Percival Lowell, un pianeta ancora sconosciuto che avrebbe dovuto trovarsi oltre Nettuno. Il lavoro di Clyde Tombaugh consisteva nel fotografare un pezzettino di cielo per volta, poi esaminarlo attentamente e confrontare le diverse fotografie per identificarvi eventuali oggetti non identificati in movimento, che avrebbero potuto essere pianeti. Clyde Tombaugh fotografò oltre il 65% del cielo e trascorse migliaia di ore esaminando le immagini. Dopo dieci mesi di durissimo lavoro, spesso lavorando anche la notte in una cupola non riscaldata, Clyde Tombaugh scoprì il pianeta Plutone. Clyde Tombaugh morì all'età di novant'anni, il 17 gennaio 1997.
09/16/17 at 07:56AndreaGG: Non intendo che tutto si risolve con un paio (o mi...
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