Picture of the Day - October 25, 2018
Two frozen worlds very almost identical in their size ratio to one another as the Pluto-Charon double dwarf planet system.
To all my followers. I am creating some new blogs to include different interests of mine besides just astronomy and space engine. The first blog will be about rabbits and sharks. I know it sounds like an odd mix, but it covers both my favorites from land and the sea and will include pics of my two buns. A few other possible blogs I might start include general interests, sci-fi stuff, and maybe just thought for the day type material.
The rabbits and sharks blog should be up and running soon.
Picture of the day 2 - November 27, 2018
Tranquil brown ice-giant.
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Pictures of the day - December 5, 2018
I apologize for my lack pictures yesterday.
The fifth planet orbiting Insight B is a terrestrial-like planet roughly one quarter the mass of earth (0.27 Earth Masses) and 80% of Earth’s radius (5,093.84 km). It is predominately rocky world with a significant water content in its mantle, surrounded by a thin Carbon Dioxide atmosphere.
The surface is cold with an average temperature of -159 F, and an atmospheric pressure of 0.11 atmospheres. A single small spherical satellite orbits the planet. One day lasts approximately 23 hours 38 mins. Insight B-V orbits its sun at an average distance of 0.97 AU, completing an orbit once every 1.163 Earth Years. The planet is notable for having a retrograde rotation, orbiting almost on its side with an axial tilt of 104°. Considering the planet orbits between two gas giants, the extreme tilt is to be expected.
Insight B-V
Small Moon
Closeup
Day-time sky
Sunset
Picture of the day - February 14, 2019 (Late Post).
A dark nebula obscures the galaxy.
Picture of the Day - October 17, 2018
A double transit of two moons across the face of a giant ringed planet.
Picture of the Day 2 - October 17,2018
Another wider angle shot
The system’s 4th plant. This planet is a super-Earth orbiting the two suns at an average distance of 3.79 AU. At 4.66 Earth masses and a radius of 1.71 Earth’s the planet is quite large and massive compared to Earth. It has a hydrocarbon rich atmosphere and an average surface temperature of 187 K or -122 °F. 3 large satellites orbit the planet. The surface show evidence of numerous large impact events.
The plant’s large moons orbit close to the planet and are capable of producing double eclipses, a phenomenon only possible in star systems with more than 1 sun.
High Resolution Pictures
Picture 1 - Large battered world.
Picture 2 - Inner-most satellite occulting the planet.
Picture 3 - Large canyon
Picture 4 - Canyon close-up
Picture 5 - Double Eclipse
Picture 6 - Lunar shadow
Images taken by the Cassini & Voyager spacecraft of Titan, Saturn’s largest moon. Titan is the only moon in the Solar System to have a thick atmosphere and lakes of hydrocarbons (methane and liquid ethane).
To know more about the moon Titan click here
Image credit: NASA/JPL/SSI/Cassini & Voyager ( precessed by: Kevin Gill )
Picture of the day - December 13, 2018
Two large moons cross the face of an ice giant.
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