Kuyacabangwa ukuthi uPluto uneziqu ezidabukisayo ngaphakathi futhi mhlawumbe unolwandle olungaphansi kwesimo, ngakho isimo sakhe sivalelwe ngoyiki oluqukethe amanzi, i-methane ne-nitrogeni. Ngenxa yokuthi ibhodi lezwe, umbala we-Pluto ubomvu, omhlophe, okhaki kanye nokhaki obomvu.
Yini umbala wangempela kaPluto?
Isimo se-Pluto sivalelwe ngoyiki oluqukethe amanzi, i-methane, ne-nitrogeni futhi kuyacabangwa ukuthi uneziqu ezidabukisayo ngaphakathi kanye nokungenzeka ukuthi unolwandle olungaphansi kwesimo. I-NASA ichaze isimo se-Pluto njengesimo esiphukene nasemaceleni, sibomvu, omhlophe, okhaki, nokhaki obomvu.
Kungani uPluto ushintsha umbala?
Amaphuzu abomvu akhanyayo acabangwa ukuthi avela kumakhemikhali athi tholins, okuyinto izinto zokuphila ezizalelwa phezulu kwesimo emva kokuthi izinkanyezi zezulu noma ukukhanya kwesibhakabhaka kuxhumane nemethane ebusweni nasezulwini lase-Pluto.
UPluto ubomvu noma mlu?
Isimo se-Pluto sinezoba eliluhlaza kwezulu, kulesi sithombe sokuqala esibukwa ngokuluhlaza okuthathwe yi-New Horizons spacecraft okushicilelwe yi-NASA. Izithombe zombala zikaPluto ezishicilelwe yi-NASA kulo nyaka zibonisa ukuthi iplanethi elincane ibomvu obukhakibhakhi. Kodwa isithombe esisha kakhulu sikhombisa ukuthi ngisho nje ngezombala zazo, isimo se-Pluto sinezoba eliluhlaza kwezulu.
Ingabe iPluto ishintsha umbala?
Inqaku elipheleleyo. I-NASA namuhla yashicilela isethi enkulu yezithombe ezenziwe kuPluto, iplanethi elincane elikude. Izithombe ezithathwe yi-Hubble Space Telescope yaseNASA zibonisa umhlaba oqhaf-qhaf oshisayo, ombala wamalasi amnyama, okhuphukela izinguquko zesizini ngombala nenhlabathi yayo.
Umbala wangempela wePluto ngowuphi?
Iplanethi yini le ebomvu?
Neptune: Iplanethi ebomvu | NASA.
Iplanethi yini enezichotho ezibomvu?
Lokhu kwenza iPluto indawo enhlekelele egcwele ngqo, futhi umhlabathi wayo ukhona phakathi kwe-negative 378 kuya kwe-negative 396 degrees Fahrenheit. Atmosphere yayo encane ihlanganisa amanitrojini, amamethani namakhemikhali wekhasoni, futhi noma izulu libomvu kuPluto, izichotho zibomvu ngenxa yokuqoqwa kwamakhemikhali.
Ingabe iPluto yimnyama kakhulu?
IPluto iqhubeka emkhakheni wohlanga lwethu lwezinkanyezi, amabiliyoni amamayela kude. Ukukhanya kwelanga lapho kunomthelela kunalapha eMhlabeni, kodwa akuyona imnyama ngokuphelele. Ngenxa yaleyo minyaka, nje ngokufiphala kusasa nokusihlwa nsuku zonke, ukukhanya eMhlabeni kufana nalokho kwansuku yasePluto.
Ingabe khona iplanethi eMnyama?
Kodwa yini okwenza ukuthi zithathe wonke amaqhinga wabo, futhi kungani ziyahluka kanje? Iplanethi zohlanga lwethu lwezinkanyezi ziyahlukahluka ngendlela ziyibukeka. IMercury imnyama njengomato wokhuni, ngesikhathi iVenus imhlophe njengentambo, uMhlabathi ubomvu obukhazimulayo, noMars obomvu obusithoba.
Iplanethi eliphephile likuthiwani?
Okutholakalwe okusha? Iplanethi eliphephile! Ngempela, isiqondiso sombala ungumcabango kuphela okutholakala kusuka ekubalweni kwesakhiwo semikhiqizo yalo. Iplanethi, elibizwa ngokuthi WASP-104b, ligijima amayunithi angu-4 wezinkulungwane kwekilomitha ukusuka kunesibani esingumuntu omusha okuphuziwe. Iminyaka engu-1.75 yonke.
Iplanethi eliluhlaza likuthiwani?
Uranus uyathola umbala wayo wokwesibhakabhaka ohlaza kusuka egazini eli-methane emkhathini. Ukukhanya kwelanga kuphela emkhathini futhi kubuyiselwa ngaphandle yizimpawu zezwe lika-Uranus.
Ingabe uPluto unomphongolo?
Inqubo yokuhamba kwe-New Horizons ingabuyisela izithombe ezingcono kakhulu ze-Pluto, kodwa lokho akusho ukuthi imfihlo yedwala likazwe ayinakho ukunqanda.
Ingabe uPluto uluhlaza noma obomvu?
Ukubonakala kwendawo yombala kaPluto kubonakala kuhamba kwi-15.1, kuhlaselela kwi-13.65 eperihelion. Ngamanye amazwi, iplanethi inombala wezinto ezihlukahlukene, kuhlanganise izindawo ezimhlophe zokukhanya nokuhlaza okukhanyayo, kuya kumagagasi omhlophe nokusibhakabhaka okuncane, kuya kwezindawo ezinkulu ezibomvu.
Kungani uPluto uguqula umbala obomvu?
Kwedwala likazwe i-Pluto, ukuguqulwa kwombala obomvu kungenzeka kudalwe yizinhlayiya zezinto zokugqoka ezivela uma amandla okushisa kwezinkanyezi kanye nokukhanya kwelanga kuhlangabezana nomethane emkhathini womoya kanye nasesivalweni se-Pluto.
Yini iPluto engaluhlaza?
Ukukhanya okuphezulu kwesikhashana kusuka elangeni kusabalalisa amanitrojeni nomethani phezulu kwemoyakwakhe iPluto, okuvumela ukuthi amatholini namachiza amaningi aqede, kusho abafundi. Amatholini evela phansi kuya kumoyakwakhe iPluto, okuchaza kungani iplanethi elincane ibonakala ngombala obomvu.
Yini isibhakabhaka sikaPluto siluhlaza?
“Isibhakabhaka esiluhlaza silandela ngenxa yokukhanya okuphazamisayo kwelanga ngamakhambi amancane kakhulu. Emhlabeni, lawa makhambi ngamakhambi amancane kakhulu amanitrojeni. KuPluto kubonakala sengathi aqede — kodwa kusase amakhambi amancane — amakhambi afana nokhuni esithi amatholini.”
Ingabe kukhona umhlaba obomvu?
Uhlelo lwentuthuko yomhlaba obomvu lubhekene nezidalwa zokuphila ezithuthukisa ukudla kwazo kwesikhathi eside zomhlaba, ngokusebenzisa imolekhula elula i-retinal kunokuba ngokugcwele i-chlorophyll, lokhu kwenza umhlaba ubonakale obomvu kunezwe eliluhlaza.
Ingabe kukhona umhlaba wezintaba?
“IPluto iboniswa ngombala wezintaba okuhlukanisa izindawo ezahlukene ezweni. Ikota elizokwesobunxele livela ngombala wehlaza-okwesibhakabhaka, kanti ikota elizokwesokudla livela ngombala wehlaza-omfula kuqala kuya kumbala obomvu kwezansi,” kusho uNasa.
Yini iplanethi yamaphupho?
Iplanethi yamaphupho’ sikunyelwe sengathi kuyinto okuyintando ka JJ Abrams okuzobhekwa ekuqaleni kweprojekthi yakhe elandelayo, kodwa lokho akuyona nje yinye yemibala eminingi eyenziwa ukuchaza iPlanethi Nine, iplanethi yomqondo. Uma kutholakala, kuzoba yikuphela kwepulanethi okutholakala okwakhiwe ngaphakathi kwesistimu yelanga kusukela ngo-1846.
Yikuphi ukuqala okumnyama kakhulu?
Ukuqala okumnyama kakhulu okutholakala: Okumnyama njengamanzi, kugxilisa ukukhanya okuncane. Abalulekile baphinde baphinde bakwenze ukuthi iplanethi egasini elisha i-TrES-2b imnyama ngekhanya elincane elibomvu.
UPluto ugcine ngokukhanya?
Ngolwesihlanu, iNASA yashicilela isithombe esisha esisabekayo esithathwe yi-New Horizons space probe ngesikhathi sokuhamba kwawo kuPluto: ukubuka amandla kaPluto ngaphansi kwemitha yamanzi. Imiphumela yikukhanya okuthula okublue okungqongqotha iplanethi yedwafu endaweni eyindilinga ephelele.