Pluto is Much Colder Than Expected 298
IZ Reloaded writes "Any would be travellers to Pluto should bring extra winter gear. The new temperature on Pluto according to scientists is 43 degrees Kelvin. That's 10 degrees Kelvin colder than expected. From CNN: "Astronomers think Pluto's colder than expected temperature reading involves interactions between nitrogen ice on the planet's surface and the nitrogen gas that makes up its atmosphere...Pluto is a dynamic example of what we might call an anti-greenhouse effect...""
Explanation for the difference (Score:5, Funny)
Not that cold... (Score:5, Funny)
That's nothing, my ex girlfriend easily was the coldest object in our solar system. She had to be way colder than that.
In other news ... (Score:2, Funny)
Naturally... (Score:2, Funny)
In other words (Score:5, Funny)
But seriously, while researchers try to find exotic materials that exhibit room-temperature superconductivity, you could take more common materials and run them at insanely fast speeds out there. Of course, it would take a while to upload your code and data and download any processing results.......
Maybe the dark side of Mercury would be more feasible.
Anti-greenhouse effect? (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Explanation for the difference (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Not that cold... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:hmm (Score:1, Funny)
Hmmmm.... (Score:3, Funny)
So does that mean scientists will continue to change what we can expect from Pluto? One decade they say it will get warmer, the next decade cooler?
BAH! (Score:4, Funny)
But it's not so much . . . (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Alternative Title (Score:2, Funny)
Can there be anything more cooler than Pluto? Venus is Hot... I think I want a pin up poster of that one!
Re:Not degrees (Score:1, Funny)
Re:hmm (Score:3, Funny)
Man on Pluto: "It's cold."
"It's not what we expected," said Mrs. White, mother of four, "We thought it'd be much milder than this. We haven't been able to go out all holiday and the kids have been bored. It was either this or Disney and the kids were all excited to get to see Pluto. We didn't think it'd be like this."
Mr. White says he intends to pursue compensation from NASA and other astronomic research organizations for misrepresenting Pluto in tourist information.
"It's flagrant false advertising," said Mr. White, father of three.
Re:Explanation for the difference (Score:3, Funny)
Re:So? (Score:2, Funny)
In other news... (Score:5, Funny)
Microsoft has already launched a probe to harness the power of Pluto to cool the Xbox 360.
The White House, misreading the term "global warming", immediately denied that Pluto exists. After reading the article they retracted the statement and issued another, stating that they will investigate Pluto's "anti-warmification properties".
An investigation has been opened into just who Kelvin is, and why he's allowed to practice science without a degree.
Re:Wait... (Score:1, Funny)
anti-greenhouse effect? (Score:2, Funny)
Not A Surprise (Score:3, Funny)
Hmmm... (Score:4, Funny)
I didn't really have Pluto on my "must visit" list anyway but with that announcement it's certainly never going to be on it.
Damn the Plutorians and their cold world.
Man... (Score:1, Funny)
Man, is logic that is colder, it's January! What would you expect?
Come back in summer.
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Just in time! (Score:3, Funny)
Off topic Kelvin joke (Score:5, Funny)
One day two Girton girls are on his bus and one remarks his age and physique, turns to the other and murmurs "Super conductor". To which the other replies "Three degrees Kelvin."
As a result of the parent post, this joke is now officially demolished.
Re:hmm (Score:2, Funny)
I am all confused about all this. Please give us details !
Re:Naturally... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:anti-greenhouse effect? (Score:3, Funny)
- the redhouse effect (red is complementary to green)
- the burnthouse effect (frost will "burn" plants in a greenhouse)
- the evergreenhouse effect (it is so cold that the plants are actually frozen green forever)
- the exgirlfriend effect (it's cold, and will never get warm; shameless plagiarizing another comment)
Ok, I suck.
Re:hmm (Score:2, Funny)
News just in... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:hmm (Score:1, Funny)
There's just so much fun when talking about nuclear spacecraft, the usual objections to launching said nuclear spacecraft, and then talking about "upping the anti".
As if those eco-freaks really needed to be riled up any more.