[extropy-chat] Huygens: First visitor to Titan
Amara Graps
Amara.Graps at ifsi.rm.cnr.it
Sun Jan 16 20:35:56 UTC 2005
I said (wrongly)
>[Remote sensing -- which is used by most of the fields in
>astronomy, with the exception of planetary science -- is also
>one-step removed from the object that one is measuring. Planetary
>science is the almost the only astronomy field where one can
>collect astronomy data in-situ.]
This didn't come out right. I meant to say that remote sensing is the
primary method with which astronomers collect data, including
those in the planetary sciences, but planetary astronomers have
the added advantage of access to in-situ methods.
Amara
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