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I didn't read all that.

Well, of course, we turn faucets on so pipes don't freeze in freezing weather, so of course different conditions can exist where water wouldn't freeze.

Last I read Earth's core spins separately from the outer mantle. Are there some physics going on we just haven't accounted for in these other planets. Not necessarily unusual physics just something we missed?

(yeah Pluto is or is not a planet -- identity crisis)

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I didn't read all that.

Well, of course, we turn faucets on so pipes don't freeze in freezing weather, so of course different conditions can exist where water wouldn't freeze.

for billions of years

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Last I read Earth's core spins separately from the outer mantle. Are there some physics going on we just haven't accounted for in these other planets. Not necessarily unusual physics just something we missed?

(yeah Pluto is or is not a planet -- identity crisis)

the scientists dismiss the idea that it is the same thing that goes on with Earth ... not so long ago that was a big mystery, "why hasnt the Earth cooled off if it's so old?" ... they knew nothing about radioactive elements till about the turn of the 20th century

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for billions of years

Man I'm amazed when someone shows a rock that is billions of years old.

Some more things about ice.

Ice can freeze into shapes that look manmade with the right lighting.

Let's Go To Pluto!

(Elon Musk Seal Of Approval)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55iEPU-hjUk

60 minutes to an hour, 60 seconds to a minute, 360 degrees in a circle, and perhaps 12 to a dozen comes from the Sumerians of 4500–2004 BC. They had a base 60 numbering system! They were also sex maniacs, Sexagesimal being very suggestive. JK

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The Sumerians likely chose base 60, also called sexagesimal, because the number 60 is highly divisible by many smaller numbers like 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, making calculations and division much easier, especially for tasks like measuring land, time, and astronomical observations which were crucial to their civilization; this theory is supported by the idea that they might have used a finger-counting system based on 12 (using the three sections of each finger on one hand) which could have contributed to the choice of 60 (12 x 5) as their base [AI summary]

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How was the number 60 important to the Sumerians?

Unlike the base-10 decimal system we use today, the Sumerians used a base-60, or sexagesimal, system. This choice was not arbitrary but was likely influenced by the Sumerians' astronomical observations and their calendar, which was based on the lunar cycle.

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What are some interesting facts about the number 60?

60 is the 4th superior highly composite number, the 4th colossally abundant number, the 9th highly composite number, a unitary perfect number, and an abundant number. It is the smallest number divisible by the numbers 1 to 6. [some of that is over my head]

Untranslated languages.

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While there's no exact number, several ancient languages remain untranslated, including the most prominent being the Indus Valley language and Linear A script from the Minoan civilization, meaning we still lack a comprehensive understanding of these cultures due to their undeciphered writing systems; other lesser-known scripts like Proto-Elamite and the Wadi El-Hol script also pose significant translation challenges for scholars.

What, no more Rosetta stones?

getting back to the liquid water ocean on Pluto

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...Well, of course, we turn faucets on so pipes don't freeze in freezing weather, so of course different conditions can exist where water wouldn't freeze...

I've been thinking about your response and exactly at what temperature the scientists think this ocean would register if it could be measured; spent quite a bit of time looking at articles about it and it seems that no one [except AI] wants to say what that temperature would be. I think this gets back to scientists really being unable to explain this.

The AI that google consistently throws at you anymore claims the temperature is -380F or lower in the ocean, but this is the surface temperature generally, so it's an AI hallucination from what I can tell. I think no scientist wants to be caught saying they have a good idea what the ocean temperature is, as no temperature works for what is now understood.

I like these things in science, not only are the new space telescopes revealing things about the universe that are challenging what we thought we knew, but even in our own solar system there are things that can not be explained

Maybe RXwine will get the award for explaining it. It's -380F but the way it flows keeps it going!

I'd be happy just solving tomorrow's lotto numbers.