http://boingboing.net/2013/02/19/a-gravity-map-of-the-moon.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 00:58:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://boingboing.net/2013/02/19/a-gravity-map-of-the-moon.html#comment-1663668 Bruce Miller Sat, 23 Feb 2013 16:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=213975#comment-1663668 No cancer cures up there? Pity. No cancer cures up there? Pity.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2013/02/19/a-gravity-map-of-the-moon.html#comment-1659666 Grahamers2002 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 21:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=213975#comment-1659666 My father was a navigator on the earliest nuclear subs.  They had to constantly calibrate their clocks and computers for where there were on the Earth because when you pass near certain mineral deposits in the ocean floor, you experience minor gravity fluctuations that can affect even the way time passes as measured by atomic clocks. My father was a navigator on the earliest nuclear subs.  They had to constantly calibrate their clocks and computers for where there were on the Earth because when you pass near certain mineral deposits in the ocean floor, you experience minor gravity fluctuations that can affect even the way time passes as measured by atomic clocks.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2013/02/19/a-gravity-map-of-the-moon.html#comment-1659663 Grahamers2002 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 21:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=213975#comment-1659663 1 moon = 1 moon 1 moon = 1 moon

]]> http://boingboing.net/2013/02/19/a-gravity-map-of-the-moon.html#comment-1659539 Brent Kirkham Tue, 19 Feb 2013 19:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=213975#comment-1659539 Gravity! "How does that work?" That's not gravity, it's acne.  Ask any teenager. Gravity! “How does that work?”
That’s not gravity, it’s acne.  Ask any teenager.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2013/02/19/a-gravity-map-of-the-moon.html#comment-1659481 Joseph Francis Tue, 19 Feb 2013 18:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=213975#comment-1659481  Blue areas are 1/6 G. Yellow areas are -1/64 G (slight anti-gravity) and in the red areas you get free refills on coffee, but it's not very good.  Blue areas are 1/6 G. Yellow areas are -1/64 G (slight anti-gravity) and in the red areas you get free refills on coffee, but it’s not very good.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2013/02/19/a-gravity-map-of-the-moon.html#comment-1659468 bill_mcgonigle Tue, 19 Feb 2013 18:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=213975#comment-1659468 What's the scale?  The image on the NASA site has no legend either.  The gradient could be anywhere from a millionth to a tenth for all we know. What’s the scale?  The image on the NASA site has no legend either.  The gradient could be anywhere from a millionth to a tenth for all we know.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2013/02/19/a-gravity-map-of-the-moon.html#comment-1659450 oasisob1 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 18:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=213975#comment-1659450 "NASA probes that mapped the Moon's gravitational field before being intentionally crashed on its surface last December." Thereby rendering the newly created maps obsolete. “NASA probes that mapped the Moon’s gravitational field before being intentionally crashed on its surface last December.”
Thereby rendering the newly created maps obsolete.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2013/02/19/a-gravity-map-of-the-moon.html#comment-1659442 Cameron Postelwait Tue, 19 Feb 2013 18:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=213975#comment-1659442 the moon as a giant jaw breaker! the moon as a giant jaw breaker!

]]> http://boingboing.net/2013/02/19/a-gravity-map-of-the-moon.html#comment-1659430 euansmith Tue, 19 Feb 2013 18:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=213975#comment-1659430 I think there is one near Tycho. I think there is one near Tycho.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2013/02/19/a-gravity-map-of-the-moon.html#comment-1659431 euansmith Tue, 19 Feb 2013 18:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=213975#comment-1659431 Wow - its the day the Moon turned day-glo, you know? Wow – its the day the Moon turned day-glo, you know?

]]> http://boingboing.net/2013/02/19/a-gravity-map-of-the-moon.html#comment-1659420 jeaguilar Tue, 19 Feb 2013 17:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=213975#comment-1659420 Were there any powerful magnetic anomalies detected? Were there any powerful magnetic anomalies detected?

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