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Mars flyover from orbiter images.
Chris L Peterson wrote:
On Fri, 24 Mar 2017 06:17:28 -0700 (PDT), "Chris.B" wrote: On Friday, 24 March 2017 01:13:18 UTC+1, Chris L Peterson wrote: I'm not sure a dust storm on Mars poses much risk to someone on the surface. The dust grains themselves could be abrasive and do some surface damage to a suit, but otherwise, you'd hardly notice the fastest winds on Mars, which have less energy than a mild breeze on Earth. That's an interesting point. Conversely, the slightest breeze on Venus is equivalent to a hurricane on Earth. Although you'd probably not be worrying about the force of the wind so much as the fact that it consisted of 800° sulfuric acid! Fahrenheit? Hang your head in shame. |
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Mars flyover from orbiter images.
On Fri, 24 Mar 2017 14:46:15 -0000 (UTC), Mike Collins
wrote: Chris L Peterson wrote: On Fri, 24 Mar 2017 06:17:28 -0700 (PDT), "Chris.B" wrote: On Friday, 24 March 2017 01:13:18 UTC+1, Chris L Peterson wrote: I'm not sure a dust storm on Mars poses much risk to someone on the surface. The dust grains themselves could be abrasive and do some surface damage to a suit, but otherwise, you'd hardly notice the fastest winds on Mars, which have less energy than a mild breeze on Earth. That's an interesting point. Conversely, the slightest breeze on Venus is equivalent to a hurricane on Earth. Although you'd probably not be worrying about the force of the wind so much as the fact that it consisted of 800° sulfuric acid! Fahrenheit? Hang your head in shame. Not that the units really matter at that point. 800 has a nice ring to it. But if you prefer, we could go with 800 K, which is pretty close to the mark. |
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Mars flyover from orbiter images.
On Friday, 24 March 2017 14:40:52 UTC+1, Chris L Peterson wrote:
Although you'd probably not be worrying about the force of the wind so much as the fact that it consisted of 800° sulfuric acid! I wouldn't be surprised if they had their own version of Scrumpy when people became worried about climate change. According to Venusian legend their version of Ivanky said: "They have no Aspirin? Then let them eat Glybera!" ;-) |
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On Fri, 24 Mar 2017 09:19:33 -0600, Chris L Peterson
wrote: On Fri, 24 Mar 2017 14:46:15 -0000 (UTC), Mike Collins wrote: Chris L Peterson wrote: On Fri, 24 Mar 2017 06:17:28 -0700 (PDT), "Chris.B" wrote: On Friday, 24 March 2017 01:13:18 UTC+1, Chris L Peterson wrote: I'm not sure a dust storm on Mars poses much risk to someone on the surface. The dust grains themselves could be abrasive and do some surface damage to a suit, but otherwise, you'd hardly notice the fastest winds on Mars, which have less energy than a mild breeze on Earth. That's an interesting point. Conversely, the slightest breeze on Venus is equivalent to a hurricane on Earth. Although you'd probably not be worrying about the force of the wind so much as the fact that it consisted of 800° sulfuric acid! Fahrenheit? Hang your head in shame. Not that the units really matter at that point. 800 has a nice ring to it. But if you prefer, we could go with 800 K, which is pretty close to the mark. On Mars, - 40 degrees would not be an unusual temperature. C or F does not matter in this case, but it cannot be K. :-) |
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Mars flyover from orbiter images.
Paul Schlyter wrote:
On Fri, 24 Mar 2017 09:19:33 -0600, Chris L Peterson wrote: On Fri, 24 Mar 2017 14:46:15 -0000 (UTC), Mike Collins wrote: Chris L Peterson wrote: On Fri, 24 Mar 2017 06:17:28 -0700 (PDT), "Chris.B" wrote: On Friday, 24 March 2017 01:13:18 UTC+1, Chris L Peterson wrote: I'm not sure a dust storm on Mars poses much risk to someone on the surface. The dust grains themselves could be abrasive and do some surface damage to a suit, but otherwise, you'd hardly notice the fastest winds on Mars, which have less energy than a mild breeze on Earth. That's an interesting point. Conversely, the slightest breeze on Venus is equivalent to a hurricane on Earth. Although you'd probably not be worrying about the force of the wind so much as the fact that it consisted of 800° sulfuric acid! Fahrenheit? Hang your head in shame. Not that the units really matter at that point. 800 has a nice ring to it. But if you prefer, we could go with 800 K, which is pretty close to the mark. On Mars, - 40 degrees would not be an unusual temperature. C or F does not matter in this case, but it cannot be K. :-) He was writing about Venus. |
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Mars flyover from orbiter images.
On Sat, 25 Mar 2017 23:49:20 -0000 (UTC), Mike Collins
wrote: On Mars, - 40 degrees would not be an unusual temperature. C or F does not matter in this case, but it cannot be K. :-) He was writing about Venus. Yes, but he was comparing another place where two different temperature units could be used for the same value. |
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