Why Pluto???

[brandbll]

So what is all the blue from on Neptune? <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font size="3">You wanna talk some jive? I'll talk some jive. I'll talk some jive like you've never heard!</font></p> </div>

 

[yurkin]

Congrats on Calipso and Cloudsat Calli!<br />I forget which one you were working on.<br />

 

[brandbll]

What are those? <br /><br />And does anyone know what the blue on Neptune is from? Like what kind of air or anything? <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font size="3">You wanna talk some jive? I'll talk some jive. I'll talk some jive like you've never heard!</font></p> </div>

 

[chew_on_this]

If i remember correctly, methane.

 

[brandbll]

Do they have any idea what it's surface is made out of? <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font size="3">You wanna talk some jive? I'll talk some jive. I'll talk some jive like you've never heard!</font></p> </div>

 

[chew_on_this]

GOOGLE!

 

[brandbll]

"Neptune's magnetic field is, like Uranus', oddly oriented and probably generated by motions of conductive material (probably water) in its middle layers. "<br />So it might have water in it? <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font size="3">You wanna talk some jive? I'll talk some jive. I'll talk some jive like you've never heard!</font></p> </div>

 

[baktothemoon]

"If i remember correctly, methane."<br /><br />If it is methane then could the atmosphere feasibly light on fire if we tried to? Or is there not enough oxygen in the atmosphere?

 

[brandbll]

It said it's mostly Hydrogen, helium, and methane. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font size="3">You wanna talk some jive? I'll talk some jive. I'll talk some jive like you've never heard!</font></p> </div>

 

[brandbll]

Not to mention Triton would be much more interesting to study than Pluto's moon(s). Hell, Triton might be more interesting to study than Pluto itself. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font size="3">You wanna talk some jive? I'll talk some jive. I'll talk some jive like you've never heard!</font></p> </div>