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The LASCO instruments are not the newest. They were built in the late 1980s, when a digital camera was something very special. Sometimes disturbances do happen.
There are two kinds that repeatedly occur:
Blackouts and Whiteouts, in broken lines, circle-like shapes, or over the whole picture. They are caused by the electronics box. There has never been a firmware update, since it was judged as too sensitive changing the flight-software.
Black and white pixels, occurring in patterns, without pattern or alone. Those "missing blocks" are telemetry dropouts, caused by radio interference or a disturbance in the data transfer to Goddard Space Flight Center.
originally posted by: jonwhite866
a reply to: Indigent
No, the planets in our solar system orbit the sun in a random pattern. There isn't a finite pattern of orbit. That in itself would mess up the orbits. Think about the size of Earths orbit compared to the sun. There's a point where we are no longer being dragged in by the Earths gravity. The same thing goes for the Sun, except the Sun's density is much larger allowing for a wider spread of orbit. It's not about how big an object is, it's about it's mass. This planet sized object, if planet sized at all, could be as light as a feather (unlikely but making a point) therefore causing no effect. Not to mention that the Sun's gravitational pull is so much bigger than Earths, that tiny object's pull would be overrun by the Sun's anyway so again no effect. I hope that helped answer your question.
The LASCO instruments are not the newest. They were built in the late 1980s, when a digital camera was something very special. Sometimes disturbances do happen.
There are two kinds that repeatedly occur:
Blackouts and Whiteouts, in broken lines, circle-like shapes, or over the whole picture. They are caused by the electronics box. There has never been a firmware update, since it was judged as too sensitive changing the flight-software.
Black and white pixels, occurring in patterns, without pattern or alone. Those "missing blocks" are telemetry dropouts, caused by radio interference or a disturbance in the data transfer to Goddard Space Flight Center.
I would also like to point out that the title is somewhat misleading as it really suggest that they are physical giant objects near the sun (whose presence were not of course confirmed by all the astronomers all around the world). I would rather say "Collage & Link List Of Extreme Size Anomalies Near The Sun."
originally posted by: elevenaugust
Most of these anomalies are the result of radio interferences or disturbances in the data tranfer.
originally posted by: draknoir2
How many years now and people are still misinterpreting very public SOHO images?
originally posted by: Blue Shift
originally posted by: draknoir2
How many years now and people are still misinterpreting very public SOHO images?
Since it started publishing them, I assume. Plenty of people who feel ordinary and useless in their own lives still trying to gain some kind of acclaim from being "that guy who discovered that unknown planet/alien ship/whatever that those egghead so-called 'scientists' in charge failed to see/purposely covered up."
originally posted by: jonwhite866
a reply to: wmd_2008
No, I haven't got all the knowledge on it, so if you say I'm wrong then please follow up on explaining why and correct me. There would not be an effect on our solar system. Planets orbit the sun randomly NOW and no major effect takes place. Having another Earth or Moon sized object that close to the sun won't catastrophically change anything. But again, if you are going to doubt someones knowledge then at least demonstrate your thoughts on the matter.
How do they orbit randomly when their POSITION AT ANY GIVEN TIME CAN BE PREDICTED !!!!!