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John Curtis
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 Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 5:59 pm Post subject: Messenger reveals similarities with Luna |
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http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/news_room/details.php?id=111
The image of Kuiper is similar to Luna>s Aristarchus, which may
indicate
common origins.
http://www.thunderbolts.info/tpod/2006/image06/060309aristarchus.jpg
The rays may be caused by reflection of titanium dioxide (TiO2) which
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produced by the action of hydrogen on ilmenite.
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1993LPI....24..531G
In the absence of oxygen, hydrogen exits the volcano unscathed.
Craig, H. and Lupton, J.E. (1976). "Primordial neon, helium, and
hydrogen in oceanic basalts." Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 31: 369-385
Somebody observed that the rays are mostly free of craters which
means that volcanic activity is recent. John Curtis |
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George
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| Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 3:31 am Post subject: Re: Messenger reveals similarities with Luna |
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"John Curtis" <john@curtis.ms> wrote in message
news:a81fddef-15da-41ba-b322-bb3db3cd6084@n1g2000prb.googlegroups.com...
[quote]http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/news_room/details.php?id=111
The image of Kuiper is similar to Luna>s Aristarchus, which may
indicate
common origins.
http://www.thunderbolts.info/tpod/2006/image06/060309aristarchus.jpg
The rays may be caused by reflection of titanium dioxide (TiO2) which
is
produced by the action of hydrogen on ilmenite.
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1993LPI....24..531G
In the absence of oxygen, hydrogen exits the volcano unscathed.
Craig, H. and Lupton, J.E. (1976). "Primordial neon, helium, and
hydrogen in oceanic basalts." Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 31: 369-385
Somebody observed that the rays are mostly free of craters which
means that volcanic activity is recent. John Curtis
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1) You didn>t provide us with an image of Kuiper to compare with
Aristarchus.
2) The rays you refer to trace back to an impact crater near Mercury>s
north pole.
George |
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