All,
Waiting here for the Pluto mission close image results. We will see a lot spit out and received in the next ten days.
My planetary geology/geophysics peers are pacing the floor. Early Pluto images look a lot like Titan, and my bet is than during the 20 years Pluto is inside Neptune's orbit that there are methane lakes like Titan.
My favorite moon is:
http://www.theoi.com/Ther/KuonKerberos.htmlLove that name, it rolls off the tongue like olive oil: Kerberos. Had to look up the mythology, and it is an alternative for the more familiar Cerebus-- the vicious dog that guards the gates of hell.
NASA has a huge win here. The technology works and the navigation and celestial mechanics phenomenal.
F = mass (acceleration), but I bet there are twenty terms in the equation.
Man I love this stuff. On to the Kuiper belt!
