Friday, February 04, 2005
Hot Bottoms
A Bonobo has a hot bottom. So does Saturn?
Images credit: W. M. Keck Observatory/NASA/JPL-G. Orton
Like all else... "hot" is a relative term. Although the Keck/JPL/NASA scientists didn't say how hot the vortex is, they did indicate that it is 5 or 6 degrees warmer than the more northern regions.
By my estimation that would make it about 100 degrees K. (in case you have forgotten Kelvin, that's about -285 degs. F.).
Images credit: W. M. Keck Observatory/NASA/JPL-G. Orton
Like all else... "hot" is a relative term. Although the Keck/JPL/NASA scientists didn't say how hot the vortex is, they did indicate that it is 5 or 6 degrees warmer than the more northern regions.
By my estimation that would make it about 100 degrees K. (in case you have forgotten Kelvin, that's about -285 degs. F.).
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Bula M
Surely a scientist would know that the correct annotation for aboslutes is Kelvin...........not degrees Kelvin!
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Surely a scientist would know that the correct annotation for aboslutes is Kelvin...........not degrees Kelvin!
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: February 9, 2005 at 10:16 AM
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