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Pluto is Much Colder Than Expected

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the stuff-is-moving-but-barely dept.

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...""

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  1. Explanation for the difference by winkydink · · Score: 4, Funny

    First time they used an oral thermometer, the second time a rectal one.

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  2. Not that cold... by _PimpDaddy7_ · · Score: 5, Funny

    The new temperature on Pluto according to scientists is 43 degrees Kelvin.

    That's nothing, my ex girlfriend easily was the coldest object in our solar system. She had to be way colder than that.

    1. Re:Not that cold... by quokkapox · · Score: 4, Funny

      Yes, and you appear to be the ultimate ladies' man yourself, Mr. PimpDaddy7.

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  3. In other words by hyc · · Score: 4, Funny

    it's just the sort of place you'd need to run a few Pentium Extreme Edition systems.

    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.

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  4. BAH! by dteichman2 · · Score: 4, Funny

    My P4 would fix that in about 10 mins.

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  5. But it's not so much . . . by Dausha · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's not so much the cold as it is the humidity.

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  6. In other news... by Somatic · · Score: 5, Funny
    > it's just the sort of place you'd need to run a few Pentium Extreme Edition systems.

    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.

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  7. Off topic Kelvin joke by Flying+pig · · Score: 4, Funny
    Lord Kelvin has a son who inherits the title. He goes to Cambridge and takes his first degree in Natural Sciences and gets a First, while still managing to play Rugby. Then he goes to Oxford to do his BSc, and then goes back to Cambridge where he does a brilliant PhD while turning out part time for the England cricket team. At which point he has a nervous breakdown from all the work. As part of his recovery program he is found a nice quiet job working as a bus conductor (NB only older UK residents will understand this.)
    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.

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