Tonight's lecture at Foothill College. I will post link when available.
Pluto, at the Edge of the Solar System
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Tonight's lecture at Foothill College. I will post link when available.
Pluto is about 3.7B miles away from us. It takes light approximately 5.5 hours to travel from Earth to Pluto. It would us take perhaps 9-12 years to travel there; bring a lunch and a coat!
248 years to orbit the sun...
What we used to see and what we now have seen, thanks to NASA's New Horizons exploration.
Arrokoth is a trans-Neptunian object located in the Kuiper belt. Arrokoth became the farthest and most primitive object in the Solar System visited by a spacecraft when the NASA space probe New Horizons conducted a flyby on 1 January 2019.
By primitive, we mean it is mush the same as it was over 4B years ago.
248 years to orbit the sun...
What we used to see and what we now have seen, thanks to NASA's New Horizons exploration.
Arrokoth is a trans-Neptunian object located in the Kuiper belt. Arrokoth became the farthest and most primitive object in the Solar System visited by a spacecraft when the NASA space probe New Horizons conducted a flyby on 1 January 2019.
By primitive, we mean it is mush the same as it was over 4B years ago.
Pluto is the taint of the solar system; oft-forgotten, but located past Uranus. 
Thanks for posting this; you get into some good lectures. Must be fascinating in person!
Thanks for posting this; you get into some good lectures. Must be fascinating in person!
I've read one of the new BUC-EES is going there.
Joining the 5 Starbucks that are likely already there...
I'm old skool; I prefer straight 40w and strict 3 Astronomical Unit OCIs.
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Here is the Foothill Astronomy Youtube channel. The lecture video will post any day now...Pluto is the taint of the solar system; oft-forgotten, but located past Uranus.
Thanks for posting this; you get into some good lectures. Must be fascinating in person!
I will say this lecture delivers a ton of information; not over-your-head-stuff, but I think many may find it difficult to absorb due to the shear amount of data. I did...
There are so many free Astronomy lectures in Silicon Valley within an easy drive. Driving to Berkeley is a bit challenging due to traffic, and parking is a hassle. The Stanford KIPAC series if flat out outta this world. There is much more... This exploration and learning is one of the best parts of my retired life. Highly recommended.
Anyone who comes here be warned; I will drag you to a lecture, probably in an electric roller skate rocket!
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I’m probably unfortunately never going to get to travel to our facility in Fairfield again, but if I manage it, I’m definitely gonna PM you to see if we can meet up for dinner. I’m all in for constructive, passionate discussions about various topics… like I’m sure would have occurred when I visited San Luis Obispo… if I had realized that’s what @slo town was an abbreviation for!
Dang tourists!!
Does that include the two-hour layover in Atlanta?
Don’t forget the operational delay of 2+ hours at Hartsfield. The last time I flew thru there, my connection didn’t happen and I was forced to sleep on a bench in the terminal… no hotel room offered. Equals- instant lifetime avoidance of any flight thru ATL Screw me once…
What gets me is the incomprehensible cold on Neptune and Pluto. Pluto averages -286 Fahrenheit.
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Note to self ... Maybe a 0w-16 PAO does have its place ... ???
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