Re: [asa] Martian ice caps

Excellent links Janice as they show that there are perfectly good
explanations for these instances of warming. In other words, nothing
really related to solar output changing. But we already did know that.

Thank you for providing these links

<quote>
Jay Pasachoff, an astronomy professor at Williams College, said that
Pluto's global warming was "likely not connected with that of the
Earth. The major way they could be connected is if the warming was
caused by a large increase in sunlight. But the solar constant--the
amount of sunlight received each second--is carefully monitored by
spacecraft, and we know the sun's output is much too steady to be
changing the temperature of Pluto."
<quote>

Soon you too will accept good science.

On 9/11/07, Janice Matchett <janmatch@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> At 12:15 PM 9/11/2007, George L. Murphygmurphy@raex.com wrote:
>
>
> "...Seasonal effects on Mars are exacerbated in comparison with earth
> because of the fact that, while the inclination of Mar's axis is about the
> same as earth's, its orbital eccentricity is significantly greater (roughly
> 1/11 in comparison with 1/60). So briefly, care is needed in comparing the 2
> planets. While Burgy's friend may be a good geologist, he/she may not be a
> knowledgeable areologist." ~ George
> @ No kidding.
>
> Pluto Sees Global Warming: MIT
> http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2002/pluto.html
>
> Global Warming on Jupiter: Hubble Telescope
> http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/060504_red_jr.html
>
> Neptune's Moon Getting Warmer: Hubble Telescope
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/120259.stm
>
> Mars Emerging from Ice Age: NASA
> http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/mars_ice-age_031208.html
>
> ~ Janice
>
>

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Received on Tue Sep 11 23:17:10 2007