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Neptune Selfie

Postby Kyle » Wed Jul 18, 2018 2:57 pm

This is a new picture of Neptune:



What's remarkable out it is that this wasn't taken from a Voyager fly-by or even the Hubble. This was taken from the Very Large Telescope facility on Earth. In other words: a big fucking telescope took this super clear picture of a planet 2.9 billion miles away.

Very cool.
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Re: Neptune Selfie

Postby Kyle » Wed Jul 18, 2018 3:13 pm

I have a weird question about Neptune. It says that the atmosphere is 80% hydrogen and 19% helium and 1% other stuff. So why doesn't it catch fire? Is that a dumb question? I'm sure it is, but I'm curious anyways.
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Re: Neptune Selfie

Postby Kyle » Wed Jul 18, 2018 3:15 pm

Never mind- got the answer. There's no oxygen- which is necessary to the combustion. Duh. It was a dumb question.

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