Kuiper Belt Orbiter, Naming Planet 9, Most Perfect Spheres | Q&A 246
Could we detect life on Earth from Neptune's orbit? Is the Moon shrinking over time? Why don't we send an orbiter the the Kuiper belt? What should we call Planet 9 if we find it? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Q&A show.
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Comments (2)
The obvious Name for planet 9 is Trojan. Troy is probably better though.
The first question reminds me of a talk I heard in the mid 70's by Carl Sagan at the University of Washington (Seattle) titled "Could Martian Astronomers Detect Life On Earth". It was a great presentation, but half way through the poor student who was operating the Carousel slide projector dropped the Carousel slide tray, spilling all of the slides. So the rest of the presentation had slides out of order, with many images upside down, etc. At the end of the talk, Sagan's final comment was that, based on the slide presentation, there was no intelligent life on earth. I am sure that the poor student never forgot that night. And greetings, Fraser, from chilly Finland. I so enjoyed the visit you and I had several months ago. Warm Regards. Chris Senn