ReconRat Posted September 19, 2012 Report Share Posted September 19, 2012 Where do I get this shit...NASA Messenger probe orbiting Mercury is sending data that appears to say that the planet Mercury doesn't belong to this solar system... it's from somewhere else. ALIEN!Mercury probe points to different origin for 1st planet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gump Posted September 19, 2012 Report Share Posted September 19, 2012 I'm not sure what this really means. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReconRat Posted September 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2012 (edited) I'm not sure what this really means.It means they don't think it formed up like all the other planets we have. A good guess is that it formed up somewhere else under other circumstances. Like another planetary system, and got knocked loose and went into orbit here. Or something like that...Probably will have to say the same about Pluto when a close look sends data back.edit: NASA isn't saying anything yet, but CNN jumped on it... Edited September 19, 2012 by ReconRat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gump Posted September 19, 2012 Report Share Posted September 19, 2012 I figured they all came from somewhere else. Like dropping a bag of marbles and random formations occured. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max power Posted September 19, 2012 Report Share Posted September 19, 2012 Its a conspiracy, man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReconRat Posted September 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2012 I figured they all came from somewhere else. Like dropping a bag of marbles and random formations occured.Nope, the standard model is that planets form from material similar to our Sun. That material was in orbit around the Sun.But looking at other planetary systems, so far that "standard model" isn't worth much. Everything is chaos, it's all different, pretty much every one...It's all way weirder than anything we ever imagined. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anden Posted September 19, 2012 Report Share Posted September 19, 2012 Creationists are right! The flying spaghetti monster put it there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buildit Posted September 19, 2012 Report Share Posted September 19, 2012 So venus has high sulfur levels too as a result of volcanic activity. I would add the possibility that the surface material is the result of early vulcanism and proximity to the sun resulting in great early tectonic stress causing the high concentrations at the surface, solid Fe core and possible resulting in its slow rotation as lighter elements were litterally blown off the surface by solar winds that have to atmosphere to contend with like Venus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serpentracer Posted September 19, 2012 Report Share Posted September 19, 2012 (edited) if mercury is so different from the other planets please explain jupiter, saturn, neptune and uranus. all a giant ball of gasses. would that make earth "alien"? Edited September 19, 2012 by serpentracer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buildit Posted September 19, 2012 Report Share Posted September 19, 2012 if mercury is so different from the other planets please explain jupiter, saturn, neptune and uranus. all a giant ball of gasses. would that make earth "alien"?Not so much as gas giants seem common in many solar systems. They are also easier to detect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBBaron Posted September 19, 2012 Report Share Posted September 19, 2012 if mercury is so different from the other planets please explain jupiter, saturn, neptune and uranus. all a giant ball of gasses. would that make earth "alien"?The differences noted on Mercury are based on the matter makeup. The gas giants are more a difference of size. The smaller planets bleed of most or all of the gasses while the gas giants are able to contain them due to their much larger/stronger gravity field.Different bands around the sun create conditions that form different types of planets. Im guessing that Mercury's make up will be readily explained by the much different conditions it was formed under. Craig Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buildit Posted September 19, 2012 Report Share Posted September 19, 2012 Good point. Heavier materials at the center and lighter stuff at the edges? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReconRat Posted September 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2012 Doubts creep in. some of the news articles are back pedaling. It's too early to know yet. But Mercury doesn't follow the plan. It could have come from the asteroid belt, just as easily as from outside our solar system. Only time and data will tell. It's just not likely that it "formed" where it is now.They are pretty firm on it didn't get hit by something else, or boil away, or other theories that don't work out. At least for now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OsuMj Posted September 21, 2012 Report Share Posted September 21, 2012 Maybe it will have more complex Si based life forms Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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