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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. 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.

  2. Not degrees by whmac33 · · Score: 5, Informative

    Could I be the first to point out that it's just 10 Kelvin? no degrees here

  3. For the lazy by krunoce · · Score: 5, Informative
    43 kelvin

    = -382.27 degrees Fahrenheit
    = -230.15 degrees Celsius

    = really fucking cold outside.

  4. 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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