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October 24th 12, 07:45 AM
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Something interesting Cassini discovered
That the decay rates of radioactive elements...are different outside
the Earth-Sun distance. How's that for shocking? They took measurements from the Cassini RTG. Be interesting if they could get something from the new Mars rover. 
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October 24th 12, 03:07 PM
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Something interesting Cassini discovered
On Tue, 23 Oct 2012 23:45:08 -0700 (PDT), RichA
wrote: That the decay rates of radioactive elements...are different outside the Earth-Sun distance. How's that for shocking? They took measurements from the Cassini RTG. Be interesting if they could get something from the new Mars rover. Where are you getting this? Back in 2008 some measurements suggested a variation in nuclear decay rates with distance from the Sun, as seen here on Earth. People looked at Cassini's RTG for support, and the Cassini data largely debunked the association between decay rates and distance from the Sun. The variation seen on Earth remains unexplained (I think), but is generally ascribed to either a seasonal instrumentation effect or to a subtlety of solar neutrino flux (which could modify the weak force). Is there some new report from Cassini?
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October 28th 12, 07:42 PM
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Something interesting Cassini discovered
On Oct 24, 9:07*am, Chris L Peterson wrote:
On Tue, 23 Oct 2012 23:45:08 -0700 (PDT), RichA wrote: That the decay rates of radioactive elements...are different outside the Earth-Sun distance. *How's that for shocking? *They took measurements from the Cassini RTG. *Be interesting if they could get something from the new Mars rover. Where are you getting this? Back in 2008 some measurements suggested a variation in nuclear decay rates with distance from the Sun, as seen here on Earth. People looked at Cassini's RTG for support, and the Cassini data largely debunked the association between decay rates and distance from the Sun. The variation seen on Earth remains unexplained (I think), but is generally ascribed to either a seasonal instrumentation effect or to a subtlety of solar neutrino flux (which could modify the weak force). Is there some new report from Cassini? No, I caught it on television. But if it's been debunked, ah well.
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