The Astronomy Thread

latheboy · Feb 17, 2021

MusicForFish said:
“Farfarout” – Astronomers Confirm Solar System’s Most Distant Planetoid

A team, including an astronomer from the University of Hawaiʻi Institute for Astronomy (IfA), have confirmed a planetoid that is almost four times farther from the Sun than Pluto, making it the most distant object ever observed in our solar system. The planetoid, nicknamed “Farfarout,” was first det

scitechdaily.com

Planet X is real..

Cybsled · Feb 17, 2021

Pretty small at only 400KM, though. Haven't they hypothesized a much larger planet out there?

Ukerric · Feb 17, 2021

Cybsled said:
Pretty small at only 400KM, though. Haven't they hypothesized a much larger planet out there?

Yea, the ninth (since Pluto is now merely the most famous TNO instead of a planet) planet (if it exists, some studies say that the 9th hypothesis is not necessary to explain the orbits) is more massive and thus probably larger than Earth, but probably less than Neptune.

Araxen · Feb 18, 2021

It's rover landing day! I think it's supposed to land around 4PM central today.

Cybsled · Feb 18, 2021

I’m super excited for this mission: Mars copter, experiment to get O2 from the atmosphere, and basically a robo paleontologist

Sadre Spinegnawer · Feb 18, 2021

thnx Araxen.

Blazin · Feb 18, 2021

Can't get NASA eyes program downloaded system being slammed

Araxen · Feb 18, 2021

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover is scheduled to touch down on the Red Planet today (Feb. 18) at 3:55 p.m. EST (2055 GMT) — or at least that's when NASA will find out if it landed.

What time will NASA's Perseverance rover land on Mars today?

A communications delay complicates the rover's landing time.

www.space.com

I was an hour off. The YouTube stream just started.

Sadre Spinegnawer · Feb 18, 2021

fancy control room! No CRT's

Borzak · Feb 18, 2021

Krispy Kreme is giving away a special donut to celebrate the landing. Haven't seen it just heard it.

Blazin · Feb 18, 2021

Mars 2020 Entry Descent Landing - NASA/JPL

eyes.nasa.gov

To follow along stages.

Sadre Spinegnawer · Feb 18, 2021

I love how they gets elementary school kids involved. Fuckin A. "Hi kids, your nation is going to land on Mars, what should we call the spaceship?"

Science. The anti-drug, lol