October 15th - 20th 2017
James Keane is putting his artistic and note taking skill to work at DPS17 where there appears to be plenty of talk about Pluto. Its nice that Keane takes notes for those of us that are unable to attend these conferences.
As of Tuesday 17th, there's not much that appears to be new from NASA scientists about Pluto.
This first Keane drawing suggest Hofgartner is trying to convey there are possible plume deposits on the surface of Sputnik Planitia.
As of Tuesday 17th, there's not much that appears to be new from NASA scientists about Pluto.
This first Keane drawing suggest Hofgartner is trying to convey there are possible plume deposits on the surface of Sputnik Planitia.
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The most important part of this Keane note is the underlined words "no confirmed plumes". I may choose, later on, to get into some detailed explanations describing why there aren't any plume deposits but for now simply take note of the fact "no confirmed plumes" is underlined, why is it underlined, because there are no confirmed plumes, zero, nadda. This is total speculative fabricated conjecture. Why does it matter? Because of what I said on my Triton page and my Eruptions page. |
James Keane DPS17 (1)
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It matters because it demonstrates the degree of energy being released at Pluto and whether that energy is strong enough to drive minerals up from deep inside Pluto or if its a near surface phenomenon.
This next drawing needs a little attention.
What scientists recognize about the sublimation pits (sub cups) is that they are more numerous near the edges of what they call "convection cells". On my Flopper page 80 and Pits page 12, I explain how these polygonal cells are more similar to ice sheets floating in a warmerish fluid of N2 than they are like convection cells The more aggressive bubbling or larger, deeper more numerous volume of sub cups along the edges of the cells is due to more relative heat existing along the edges.
NASA scientists are sold on their convection cell theory so to them the heat is naturally welling up in the middle of the cell causing the ice to bulge up in the middle but somehow this additional heat at the center does not create evaporation type sub cups. With that thought process in place they have to come up with an explanation as to why there is more activity along the edges where its supposed to be cooler (fewer sub cups).
According to the below Keane notes scientists explain it by a "conveyor belt model" which is supposed to demonstrate the viscous flow rates of the ices. viscosity is the measure of a fluid's resistance to flow. As the flow slips out and away from the center of the cell the cups increase in size due to the amount of time involved in conveying the cups from center to edge.
Now for the rub.
Their own figures are nine orders of magnitude off from what lab experiments show is possible.
Lab experiments show N2 nitrogen ice flow (viscosity) at ten to the tenth power over a time interval.
While their conveyor belt theory postulates the flow to be ten to the nineteenth power over time.
What scientists recognize about the sublimation pits (sub cups) is that they are more numerous near the edges of what they call "convection cells". On my Flopper page 80 and Pits page 12, I explain how these polygonal cells are more similar to ice sheets floating in a warmerish fluid of N2 than they are like convection cells The more aggressive bubbling or larger, deeper more numerous volume of sub cups along the edges of the cells is due to more relative heat existing along the edges.
NASA scientists are sold on their convection cell theory so to them the heat is naturally welling up in the middle of the cell causing the ice to bulge up in the middle but somehow this additional heat at the center does not create evaporation type sub cups. With that thought process in place they have to come up with an explanation as to why there is more activity along the edges where its supposed to be cooler (fewer sub cups).
According to the below Keane notes scientists explain it by a "conveyor belt model" which is supposed to demonstrate the viscous flow rates of the ices. viscosity is the measure of a fluid's resistance to flow. As the flow slips out and away from the center of the cell the cups increase in size due to the amount of time involved in conveying the cups from center to edge.
Now for the rub.
Their own figures are nine orders of magnitude off from what lab experiments show is possible.
Lab experiments show N2 nitrogen ice flow (viscosity) at ten to the tenth power over a time interval.
While their conveyor belt theory postulates the flow to be ten to the nineteenth power over time.
James Keane DPS17 (2)
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Their theory is NINE ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE off from experimental reality, that's a billion times off.
A BILLION TIMES This is how far out on a limb they are with this convection cell/conveyor belt theory. But I'm supposed to believe this theory, no matter how bizarre, simply because they are scientists and they postulated it. I'm supposed to believe this theory even though its a BILLION times off from experimental reality. I used to think some of my theories were a bit difficult to accept but the degree of faith required to believe this theory is inconceivable. |
James Keane DPS17 (3)
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James Keane DPS17 (6)
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This appears to be information that has already been noted both on this web site and in NASA released papers.
The evaporation of N2 into the atmosphere is seen as a fog along Pluto's terminator line. The fog rises up along the eastern uplands at the Tombaugh Regio terrain to become adiabatically condensed creating pools within the uplands to such a degree that I prefer to refer to these uplands as the wetlands even though wetlands are typically at low elevations. |
By the way, nice job on the art James and thanks for the notes.
