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May 24, 2007 8:17:04 GMT -1
Post by Dr LuKas on May 24, 2007 8:17:04 GMT -1
This is amazing, beyond what we call incredible on Earth. Who's been to Everest on here? The tallest moutain on Earth, it's huge isn't it, 8850 metres high to be exact, a monster. Right but check out the size of the tallest mountain (which is actually a volcano) on Mars, it's 16 MILES high!!! That's even too big to fathom. Now who's been to the Grand Canyon? I bet some of you have, it's funking huge right? The size of the thing is too much to take in, 217 miles long and between 5-15 miles wide! But on Mars there is a canyon system that goes around a quarter of the planet's surface at 2,500 MILES long. Up to 400miles wide at some points and as deep as 4 miles. 4 Miles deep!!!. Let me put this into persepctive, when you skydive out of a plane and parachute back to Earth you are jumping from about 1/4 to 1/2 of a mile up. Imagine if you jump off the top of that canyon on Mars, you'd be falling for several minutes! Funking amazing.
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May 24, 2007 8:20:39 GMT -1
Post by CmonYouSpurs on May 24, 2007 8:20:39 GMT -1
some amazing facts there m8. I have been to the Gran Canyon and it is awsome. Cant comprehend the one on Mars though
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May 24, 2007 8:22:15 GMT -1
Post by jh1980 on May 24, 2007 8:22:15 GMT -1
Your enthusiasm would be infectious Lucas, were it not for the fact something equally infectious is palpably increasing its hold on my sinuses... dagnammit!
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May 24, 2007 8:22:36 GMT -1
Post by Giar on May 24, 2007 8:22:36 GMT -1
Cav's man boobs are bigger
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May 24, 2007 8:26:00 GMT -1
Post by Dr LuKas on May 24, 2007 8:26:00 GMT -1
Right what I'm about to say is just as profound as my first post.
Mars is only about half the size of Earth, so imagine what else is out there, just imagine......
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May 24, 2007 8:29:23 GMT -1
Post by jh1980 on May 24, 2007 8:29:23 GMT -1
Right what I'm about to say is just as profound as my first post. Mars is only about half the size of Earth, so imagine what else is out there, just imagine...... You are profound. Has anyone got some paracetamol?
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May 24, 2007 8:30:15 GMT -1
Post by Billy on May 24, 2007 8:30:15 GMT -1
hungover Jules ;D Morning Lucas
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May 24, 2007 8:31:17 GMT -1
Post by Dr LuKas on May 24, 2007 8:31:17 GMT -1
Am I? ;D The bigger the headache, the bigger the pill and funk is the big pill. Ride on Jules
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May 24, 2007 8:31:45 GMT -1
Post by Dr LuKas on May 24, 2007 8:31:45 GMT -1
hungover Jules ;D Morning Lucas Morning, do you see how amazing Mars is now?
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May 24, 2007 8:35:00 GMT -1
Post by Billy on May 24, 2007 8:35:00 GMT -1
Yeah it is amazing - I love facts and stuff like that - stuff you can't quite get your head round. Like the speed of light is 186,000 miles per second
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May 24, 2007 8:37:32 GMT -1
Post by jh1980 on May 24, 2007 8:37:32 GMT -1
Am I? ;D The bigger the headache, the bigger the pill and funk is the big pill. Ride on Jules There is no limit to the depth of your profundity, brother... *Listens to the Funk, drinks Lemsip, feels better!* Dammit Billy I'm not hungover, my sinuses are playing up and I think I'm getting the dreaded man flu! Yes Mars is amazing. Among other celestial bodies.
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May 24, 2007 9:20:45 GMT -1
Post by Neko Bazu on May 24, 2007 9:20:45 GMT -1
Try Jupiter sometime. The Great Red Spot is a hurricane-like storm so vast, three Earths could fit within its boundaries, and the clouds tower 8km higher than the clouds surrounding it. It was first seen 177 years ago, but could be up to 400 years old. The winds around the edge of the spot peak at 430km/h, and these are known to have slowed over time as the spot decreased in size - imagine what it was like when it first formed!
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May 24, 2007 9:21:19 GMT -1
Post by Neko Bazu on May 24, 2007 9:21:19 GMT -1
And~ further to the above:
Jupiter is 2+1/2 times as massive as all the other planets in the solar system combined; its diameter is 11 times that of Earth's and the volume is 1,317 times Earth's.
The sun's diameter is 109 times that of Earth's - 1,392,000km - and the volume is that of 1.3m Earths. It accounts for 99.8% of the solar system's mass by itself.
The sun, however, is still tiny by star measurements. Antares, the brightest star in the Scorpius constellation (16th brightest in the sky), has a diameter 700 times that of the sun's - 974,400,000km. To put that into perspective, if it were at the centre of our solar system, its outer surface would reach beyond Mars' orbit. Our entire solar system would only account for 18% of this star's mass.
Antares' diameter is 76,300 times that of Earth's.
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May 24, 2007 9:26:17 GMT -1
Post by jh1980 on May 24, 2007 9:26:17 GMT -1
There's no doubt Jupiter is cool... but not being able to stand on it would be a drag... this is also very much the case with Venus. Extremely funky planet, but a bit too hot to handle...!
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May 24, 2007 9:29:48 GMT -1
Post by Dr LuKas on May 24, 2007 9:29:48 GMT -1
You can't land on Jupiter and there's no chance you can go and explore its surface like you could Mars. Undoubtedly though it has a funky ass like almost all celestial bodies.
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May 24, 2007 9:34:53 GMT -1
Post by Neko Bazu on May 24, 2007 9:34:53 GMT -1
If I were visiting Jupiter, I'd have to go for one of the moons. Europa would be cool, what with it having natural heat and energy and water below the surface. It's probably the funkiest of the lot too - the Manics wrote a song called 'Miss Europa Disco Dancer'
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May 24, 2007 9:36:42 GMT -1
Post by jh1980 on May 24, 2007 9:36:42 GMT -1
If I were visiting Jupiter, I'd have to go for one of the moons. Europa would be cool, what with it having natural heat and energy and water below the surface. It's probably the funkiest of the lot too - the Manics wrote a song called 'Miss Europa Disco Dancer' Good call. Unfortunately the song was written after they had become mediocre!
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May 24, 2007 9:41:01 GMT -1
Post by Dr LuKas on May 24, 2007 9:41:01 GMT -1
IO is the most likely place to hold life, of Jupiter's moons, it's just covered in ice, thicker than anything we know on earth, could be tiny organisms under the ice.
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May 24, 2007 9:43:49 GMT -1
Post by ITFC Dudette6 on May 24, 2007 9:43:49 GMT -1
This thread's more exciting than any of my Physics lessons on space!
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May 24, 2007 9:44:26 GMT -1
Post by jh1980 on May 24, 2007 9:44:26 GMT -1
IO is the most likely place to hold life, of Jupiter's moons, it's just covered in ice, thicker than anything we know on earth, could be tiny organisms under the ice. Are they likely to be funky organisms, they will surely be super chilled (no cheese intended...)
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