re: Explaining Pluto & Solar Heat

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Jacob Samorodin — 7/10/2003 4:39:08 PM (archived)

I had a bet with a women on this forum a few years ago
about Pluto. I forgot her name, and she doesn't post here anymore. Seems she's a wiz at math. Better that I.

Anyways, I hypothesized that the cyclically-changing orbital-geometry
between Pluto, Charon and the sun generates minute "tidal-flexing" in the Plutonian crust, melting & sublimating buried nitrogen ice...the N2 gas might erupt like "Old Faithful" every 3.2 or 6.4 days through Plutonian crustal cracks.
She disagreed. I stuck to my guns.

Jacob

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Pluto's seasonal changes. - Marcia - 7/9/2003 11:28:10 PM
- Is Pluto the king of the comets? - REB - 7/10/2003 11:17:36 AM
  - re: Maybe... - Marcia - 7/10/2003 1:27:20 PM
    - The early Solar System was an interesting place. - REB - 7/10/2003 2:03:58 PM
- Explaining Pluto & Solar Heat - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/10/2003 8:02:17 AM
  - re: Explaining Pluto & Solar Heat - Jacob Samorodin - 7/10/2003 4:39:08 PM
    - re: Good for you, Jake. (n/t) - Marcia - 7/10/2003 5:52:43 PM
      - re: ... sometimes it's math, sometimes it has to do with chemistry. - Marcia - 7/10/2003 6:22:59 PM
  - re: Explaining Pluto & Solar Heat - Marcia - 7/10/2003 1:57:03 PM
    - Yes! - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/10/2003 2:56:18 PM
  - re: Explaining Pluto & Solar Heat - Jack Herer - 7/10/2003 1:40:08 PM
    - Testing theories will require better tools or more $atellite$! ;-) (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/10/2003 3:03:16 PM

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