Titan's Smooth Surface Baffles Scientists

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Titan's Smooth Surface Baffles Scientists

Posted by michael on Thursday October 28, 2004 @11:31AM from the that's-no-moon! dept.

JazMuadDib writes "Scientists expected a few rough spots when their space drone snapped close-range images of Titan, Saturn's largest moon. Instead, the planetlike moon appears to have a bizarre, mysteriously smooth surface, and Tuesday's images have left them in a state of wonder. Read more at the Tucson Citizen." NASA's Cassini pages have a wide assortment of images and analysis. Cassini's data has already thrown scientists for loop.

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I've just got my Karma back up to Positive... by FosterKanig · 2004-10-28 11:32 · Score: -1, Offtopic

and I've ruined with another First Post. Again.
1. Re:I've just got my Karma back up to Positive... by Anonymous Coward · 2004-10-28 11:36 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  2 in a row. Impressive!!!!11@!!OMGWTFBBQ
No.... by rainman_bc · 2004-10-28 11:34 · Score: -1, Offtopic

No nerds, it's not a friggin' Dyson Sphere, and Scotty isn't there in a transporter locked in loopback.

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that's no moon... by pbjones · 2004-10-28 11:35 · Score: -1, Offtopic

oooops, got carried away, well it was the obvious comment...

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BEFORE YOU MOD by Anonymous Coward · 2004-10-28 11:43 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Ask yourself, does paraphrasing the article deserve +5, insightful?
Just like Tivo by Mike+Farooki · 2004-10-28 11:52 · Score: -1, Offtopic

While it may be true that there's always another place right around the corner, you can suffer from too many options. I thought the same thing about TV when I first got Tivo and now I am inundated with all kinds of wonderful programming to watch. I'd just rather sit in Newark and stare at one rock all day long, if'n you don't mind.
Re:Not quite as the summary says by That's+Unpossible! · 2004-10-28 11:59 · Score: -1, Offtopic

the cloud cover which should be methane seems to be composed of something else, altogether.

"THE CLOUD COVER WHICH SHOULD BE METHANE SEEMS TO BE COMPOSED OF SOMETHING ELSE!"

You put a comma in the wrong place, and this is Slashdot, land of the grammar Nazis.

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Ext by Anonymous Coward · 2004-10-28 13:37 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Meag 2026
Re:Obligatory... by dickrichardv8 · 2004-10-28 17:38 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Benny Hill joke. Benny Hill feels little guys bald head and says: "that feels like my wife's ass" Little bald guy feels his own head and says: "yes, you are right, it does"