Date: 24/02/2019 03:52:21
From: mollwollfumble
ID: 1351166
Subject: re: Ryugu landing
mollwollfumble said:
mollwollfumble said:
mollwollfumble said:
Press release video of landing, and earlier successes. In Japanese with some English text.Not much English text. 17 minutes in, 184 metres above the landing point. Nail-biting drama.
27 minutes in. Talking about future JAXA missions, including one to Io !? Compares water on Earth to water on other solar system bodies. Great little graphics showing that there is less water on Earth than on some moons of the giant planets. I should screen dump those slides.
Volume of Earth’s salt and fresh water, compared to volume of Earth
Volume of Earth’s water compared to that of some moons.
Spot the difference? The above graphic has Triton, while I have Tethys. Very interesting. The values quoted above are almost all within the ranges I’ve given below.
