Infra-red observations of Titan showing persistent surface features have since ruled out that possibility.
For the moons and surface features of non-minor planets, though, the traditional themes are more rigorously enforced.
Its data may allow scientists to better understand and predict how various surface features absorb and reflect solar radiation, which influence both short-term weather patterns and longer-term climate trends.
Shatter cones are surface features with distinctive wavy patterns that are known to be created only by the tremendous force of a meteorite impact or an underground nuclear explosion.
The exhibit also features a console that gives visitors the feeling of flying around Mars and zooming in on its surface features, as well as a Mars terraforming game that runs on a multi-touch table.
The Surface also features a USB port, a full keyboard, and a multitouch keyboard and trackpad.
It does a nice job of bringing to the surface some features that were too far buried in menus for people to use.
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As no one does keyboards better than Microsoft, yet another keyboard is also available for Surface that features a full trackpad with clicking buttons.
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When we see a notable change in the gravity field, we can sync up this change with surface topography features such as craters, rilles or mountains.
In addition to its primary hardware specs, Surface also features a built in kickstand, which essentially turns the tablet into a monitor, and also a 3mm thin case that includes a multitouch keyboard.
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"It can be very difficult to predict collapse because there is very little surface evidence of the features, " says Dr Vanessa Banks, an expert in shallow geohazards and risk at the British Geological Survey.
He also got me thinking about a box that has been sitting on my desk for several weeks: A Microsoft Touch Mouse, which features a surface studded with touch sensors, so you can perform gestures on the mouse, the same way you might on a touch pad.
Essentially a network of tiny wires, it features a larger surface area than flat electrodes, giving it the leverage it needs to convert more electricity in a smaller form factor.
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It is one of the youngest and best preserved of such features on the lunar surface.
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Microsoft (nasdaq: MSFT - news - people ) is working to enable Surface to identify more phones and features.
Microsoft is working to enable Surface to identify more phones and features.
It claims the software creates a virtual topographical map of your features, which is then measured against the donor database, looking for similar surface textures, vector templating and, of course size of features.
There is a limit to the lifetime of these features: Europa's surface is relatively young, having been resurfaced by currently unknown processes some 50 million years ago.
The new (ie, old) wax has proved a faithful model of the earth's surface, and the researchers have seen features other than faults that remind them of real plates.
The titanium of the watch features a polished and satin-finished surface to emulate the mixed paint of the car.
While inheriting the sleek curved body design of the original model, the form factor of the new PS3 system features a new meticulous design with textured surface finish, giving an all new impression and a casual look.
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Sure, the Surface will have the nifty touch screen and cool web features.
The device has some of the same features as a table-top device called Surface which is produced by Microsoft.
Many of them question whether cultural phenomena, including destruction layers, cultural-piercing features (man-made structures displaced by surface rupturing, e.g. viaducts), structural damage to buildings, indications of repairs, historical accounts and myths can be reliably used as earthquake indicators.
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Topography: configuration of a surface including its relief and the position of its natural and man-made features.
You can tell Microsoft is especially proud of this detail: the first Surface ad emphasizes that feature to the point where Windows RT's various features more or less take a backseat.
Equal in excellence to the 264-seat main theater but presenting a striking design contrast, this secondary screening room has a hot pink entrance and features exposed loudspeakers and a grey, perforated acoustical wall and ceiling surface, making it more of an exposed machine for the moving image.
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While results of the internal inquiry have yet to surface, don't be surprised if the press event for God of War III features a petting zoo.
The VR3 features a screen about the same size as the Palm's, yet the entire surface is able to recognize natural handwriting.
"From our point of view, if the surface of Europa is subliming - if it is being sculpted by the sunlight - it will form these features, " Dr Hobley told BBC News.
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