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Satellites detect 'thousands' of new ocean-bottom mountains

60 pointsby elijahparkerover 10 years ago

5 comments

etepover 10 years ago
I hope the U.S. Navy incorporates this into their nautical charts, but, sadly, I doubt they will. I wonder if this data would have prevented the 2004 undersea collision of the USS San Francisco. see, e.g., <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_San_Francisco_(SSN-711)" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;USS_San_Francisco_(SSN-711)</a>
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wcoenenover 10 years ago
They are inferring mountains and trenches based on the observed effect of their gravity on the water above. But can&#x27;t there be mass concentrations that aren&#x27;t mountains, like the lunar maria?<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_concentration_(astronomy)" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Mass_concentration_(astronomy)</a>
rokhayakebeover 10 years ago
Can someone tell us the importance of this discovery?
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asciimoover 10 years ago
Clarification for the busy reader: these new mountains are newly <i>detected</i>, not newly created.
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tokenadultover 10 years ago
Duplicate of<p><a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8408514" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=8408514</a><p>submitted 22 hours ago (alas, without discussion, so it&#x27;s good to see some comments here). I see how that was done.
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