Thank you for your work, it's consistently excellent. I'm glad you gave yourself some slack on this video, we all need a moment to breathe after this year.
What a combination: A pot of tea, birds chatting around the birdbath at sunrise and listening to this episode premiere at 6am, Monday morning (yes, in the future). And a Happy New Year to you, too !
I love your channel and videos. Other people remark how good your content is, which trully is, but I'd like to highlight just how amazing your voice is! Best personality and kindness for explaining ideas, telling stories and making scientific facts being understood and alive. Is the quality of your content what brings me here, but is your way of telling them which makes it great.
Thank you so much for another wonderful entertaining production that has taught me more than I thought I'd ever want to know about something I didn't know existed! You are just the greatest. You should have a million subscribers, really, you are so good. I hope the end of 2020 goes smoothly for you and that 2021 turns out to be straightforward and boring, except for your work.
Great channel, I think I can speak for all of us when I say we all love and appreciate Nicks hard work. I’ve been watching since nearly the beginning and look forward to every episode. I watch each episode multiple times...Usually fall asleep to the episodes a few times as well as actually watching them while conscious hehe. Keep up the good work Nick. Please put up the PayPal link. I’ve got $20 for you. PayPal friends and family so there’s no fee for you. I see you took down your Patreon a while ago and haven’t referenced it in a while
Absolutely agree. Nick helps us so much in learning our solar system that I wish he’d let us help him too. It’s not just the knowledge either, I see so many comments saying that he helps them sleep with his pleasant, calming voice. I’m one of those people... and coming from an insomniac, the gift of sleep is one I’d certainly pay for.
OK. In answer to the semantic question being debated in this comment section, no I do not consider the various gods of the world "fictional". By my definition of the word, a fiction is a work composed by an author who does not believe it to be true, and told to an audience that does not believe it to be true. If the author believes his story to be true, but the audience may or may not, then it is not fiction, it is a legend, or myth. If both the author and any concievable audience consider the work to be true than it is factual.
I’m not sure why I didn’t get a notification sooner.... I’m subbed and have all notifications on. Oh well, better late than never! Thanks for the great content as always, Nick!
23:58 See, that’s the problem. The term “dwarf planet” was coined by Dr. Alan Stern in 1991 to literally mean “small planet”, in the same way that a dwarf star is a small star and a dwarf galaxy is a small galaxy. He coined this term to be consistent with the rest of astronomy. Unfortunately, since the IAU likes doing things the hard way with arbitrary and contrived methods, they voted that “dwarf planet” should be used to describe Pluto and its brethren. Then had another vote to define the classification of that term. “Being separate from a planet” became the most voted, so we are stuck with dwarf planets being not planets despite the ORIGINAL USAGE of the term meaning the exact OPPOSITE. If the Irrelevant Astronomical Union just used professional precedence instead of voting, we wouldn’t have this issue. This is why planetary scientists ignore the IAU and still call dwarf planets a type of planet, especially since the members of the IAU are not experts in planets anyway.
This was the first of your videos that RUclips suggested to me. Loved it! Tonnes of interesting facts and visualizations to match. I will stay and learn for a while.
Fabulous work as usual, so interesting with great touches of humour. Perhaps one day you will get the recognition you deserve. . I do hope so. For me, this is considerably more interesting than the BBC's outputs on this subject. And they get a substantial cash injection from the British tax payer. . .
the more time goes on and we discover more and more objects in the Keiper Belt, maybe even get so congested out there that a starship would have difficulty navigating through until it got to Neptune's orbit!
Well just because we haven't discovered something doesn't mean it isn't there, but even so, the Kuiper belt is a VAST volume of space (imagine a doughnut as wide and thick as the distance from the Sun to Saturn) so the chances of anything hitting anything else nowadays are virtually non-existent.
Got to say, this is the best video of the solar system I've come across. Yes lots still unknown, but that's what needs put out there to stir the imagination. Thank you for this contribution.
Thanks Nick, for another great video. And a Happy New Year to you too !! How about naming one of those obscure TNOs / KBOs after your channel. A dwarf planet named "ParallaxNick". Or your own favourite mythical God perhaps ? All the very best, Paul C.
Second time seeing this video. First time watched on phone. This time much better. Great video thanks not many speak about these little worlds. How many think that as we learn more these minor bodies will amaze? I do
Many thanks for all of the fine videos you have released Nick. I appreciate your dedication to rigorous research. In regards to this video, I myself don’t consider any of these little objects boring at all. Rather it seems to reinforce the many mechanisms in play during the formation of the solar system, and how all of these objects were affected in varying degrees to said mechanisms. I take comfort in the fact we as a species have so much to learn about our own backyard, and that I will be long departed before the surface is truly scratched. Just pondering what future generations will discover gives me comfort and hope. As an aside, one of my other favorite youtubers is also named Nick, though the subject matter of his videos is terrestrial geology. Don’t know why I mention it, other than I just now realized the names are the same. Sincerely all the best to you also.
@@parallaxnick637 If I may, I'd guess Nick Zentner. If you haven't watched him I do recommend watching. I know more about the geology of the Pacific North West than my own neighbourhood. ruclips.net/user/GeologyNick
Doesn't he do the Nick on the rocks on OPB? It looks and sounds like him. I'll have to see another shot in between shows. I just want to say thank you. I didn't know he had a channel on RUclips!! I sure enjoy his short shows. He's so knowledgeable about the geology around the area here in Oregon and Washington. ❤😊❤
If Haumea has an internal sea (or seas) of liquid, could the spin cause occasional ruptures of the ice shell that resurface substantial areas every time they occur? The density would suggest that Haumea does not have as much rock as some other TNOs.
28:45 You got your wish. 2002 MS4 has one of the tallest, if not the tallest, mountains in the solar system after an occultation. This makes it extremely interesting! Also I know it's top 10 but wish 2013 FY27 was also paired with Varda
I hope you had a great Christmas! Thank you for this wonderful information about the far out little planet's. I sure enjoy everything you put out. I pray for a much better year to come. I hope you have a very Happy New Year! Your so awesome! Thank you again. ❤😊❤
That would be us damned; the Solar System is just fine. And of course, there's no reason we couldn't pool money together for a quick trip, if we really wanted to.
i think there should be a standard, required course in high school on space science, where you learn the names and significant data on 50 most important space objects. the major TNO should all be in there, along with the major moons, and the voyager and pioneer probes.
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i think modern times should be allowed to have their own mystic figures... will they last as long, be as important? not if we don't name their names when naming celestial bodies, so for me it's always gonna be xena and her companion gabrielle, the warrior and the barde out there.
Other future "chaotic" names for TNOs: Scylla and Charybdis. I am astonished at the amount of knowledge attained for the objects on your list, ParallaxNick. Where did the lion's share come from, I suppose the Keck and/or VLT?
And the Hubble, Herschel and Spitzer space telescopes, the Subaru telescope, and a swarm of telescopes in Chile. Basically astronomers use the telescopes they best suited for their projects, assuming they can concince the board to give them time.
You often mention different chemical reactions happening on planets or asteroids that often have considerable effects on the evolution of the planet - would you consider making a video on that topic? Thank you for these incredible videos 👍
@@parallaxnick637 I agree that it would most likely take a whole series of videos to cover it all. But let me just mention a few examples: Chemical processes in different atmospheres on (exo)planets (usually including interaction with the stellar light) that yield changes to the properties (and composition) of the atmosphere over time, as well as interaction of the given atmosphere with the surface of the given planet/moon. Early stages of the Earth atmosphere (prior the bacteria showed up and started to cause considerable changes) could be part of such a series as well. Astrochemistry would be a very interesting topic too - apparently fairly complex molecules have been discovered in space and it would be very interesting to get a basic idea how these are created. As a (ax-) particle physicist I have a basic idea about nucleosynthesis, but chemistry - which is even more important when it comes to understanding the conditions on surfaces of planets and moons is outside my scope of intuition, so to speak. (I could come up with a way longer wish list, but I 'discovered' your channel only recently and thus have a backlog of your videos to watch - something I thoroughly enjoy).
Not enough interest in dwarf planets. As soon as they got a new name people suddenly got it in their heads that they weren't important. But they're just as relevant and interesting as any other planet or moon as far as I'm concerned.
You are something else man! I love your videos, to the point now - where I wait for days and whenever one drops I'll watch it as soon as possible! I do not remember how I found your channel, but I am sure glad I did! Quality content!
"Makemake's lack of atmosphere makes Pluto look like Venus"... is very descriptive comparison.
When all of the best names are taken already, may I please suggest "ParallaxNick," the God of RUclips Cosmology.
Well said.
For the most part so far in his videos, I'd say Planetary Astronomy... also a sprinkle of Exo-Planetary Astronomy.
It’s getting now that RUclips isn’t RUclips without this man and his fabulous stories
Oh yes, I'm very much looking forward to his videos ^_^
exactly what I needed this gloomy Sunday ❤
You deserve a million subs more than any other channel I watch!!
I am a simple man. I see content from ParallaxNick, I click it. Its sjust too good to miss. Keep up the good work!
If Makemake is deep red and its moon is black as coal, then clearly they should be named Santa and Krampus.
Thank you for your work, it's consistently excellent. I'm glad you gave yourself some slack on this video, we all need a moment to breathe after this year.
Damn Nick's been working hard to deliver this winter. Appreciate the effort man, this channel is art.
What a combination:
A pot of tea, birds chatting around the birdbath at sunrise and listening to this episode premiere at
6am, Monday morning (yes, in the future).
And a Happy New Year to you, too !
I love your channel and videos. Other people remark how good your content is, which trully is, but I'd like to highlight just how amazing your voice is! Best personality and kindness for explaining ideas, telling stories and making scientific facts being understood and alive. Is the quality of your content what brings me here, but is your way of telling them which makes it great.
Absolutely great stuff. I like how it reminds me of people reading stories from SCP Foundation, but its real and incredible
I kept thinking of the SCP when I was writing this. :)
Thank you so much for another wonderful entertaining production that has taught me more than I thought I'd ever want to know about something I didn't know existed! You are just the greatest. You should have a million subscribers, really, you are so good. I hope the end of 2020 goes smoothly for you and that 2021 turns out to be straightforward and boring, except for your work.
Great channel, I think I can speak for all of us when I say we all love and appreciate Nicks hard work. I’ve been watching since nearly the beginning and look forward to every episode. I watch each episode multiple times...Usually fall asleep to the episodes a few times as well as actually watching them while conscious hehe.
Keep up the good work Nick. Please put up the PayPal link. I’ve got $20 for you. PayPal friends and family so there’s no fee for you. I see you took down your Patreon a while ago and haven’t referenced it in a while
Agreed...one of the few channels I'd donate some coin to
10000000% agreeee
Absolutely agree. Nick helps us so much in learning our solar system that I wish he’d let us help him too. It’s not just the knowledge either, I see so many comments saying that he helps them sleep with his pleasant, calming voice. I’m one of those people... and coming from an insomniac, the gift of sleep is one I’d certainly pay for.
Another fine installment in the series. Thanks for your efforts and hope you get access to books back soon!
OK. In answer to the semantic question being debated in this comment section, no I do not consider the various gods of the world "fictional". By my definition of the word, a fiction is a work composed by an author who does not believe it to be true, and told to an audience that does not believe it to be true. If the author believes his story to be true, but the audience may or may not, then it is not fiction, it is a legend, or myth. If both the author and any concievable audience consider the work to be true than it is factual.
Hope you're having a wonderful week Nick. All the best for 2021.
No Farout, Farfarout or Goblin?
@@boutek Not big enough to be on the list. I may do another list of "notable" TNOs.
Well that saved me attempting to challenge the illegitimate fictional name over that of Myth!
Agree very much, I find the differences are very difficult to ignore.
You cant really compare Star Trek to Quetzalcoatl after all.
Enjoying watching this whole series again. Finlly got the patreon thing sorted again. Thanks Nick
I’m not sure why I didn’t get a notification sooner.... I’m subbed and have all notifications on. Oh well, better late than never! Thanks for the great content as always, Nick!
Mike Brown's white whale, ha, ha, that is poetic!
Nice to hear your voice again Parallax!
I really dig your videos brother.
Interesting remark about fictional gods.
I feel like HAL9000 is explaining this to me!
Awesome vid!
23:58 See, that’s the problem. The term “dwarf planet” was coined by Dr. Alan Stern in 1991 to literally mean “small planet”, in the same way that a dwarf star is a small star and a dwarf galaxy is a small galaxy. He coined this term to be consistent with the rest of astronomy. Unfortunately, since the IAU likes doing things the hard way with arbitrary and contrived methods, they voted that “dwarf planet” should be used to describe Pluto and its brethren. Then had another vote to define the classification of that term. “Being separate from a planet” became the most voted, so we are stuck with dwarf planets being not planets despite the ORIGINAL USAGE of the term meaning the exact OPPOSITE. If the Irrelevant Astronomical Union just used professional precedence instead of voting, we wouldn’t have this issue. This is why planetary scientists ignore the IAU and still call dwarf planets a type of planet, especially since the members of the IAU are not experts in planets anyway.
Great topic! You really don't see other space channels talking much about trans Neptunian objects. Keep up the amazing work!
Thanks Nick. Your narration style is classic and superb. It reminds me of a young David Attenborough.
Verging on heresy I know, but I'd suggest Carl Sagan.
@@LonesomeTwin I can see a little of Sagan’s style in Nick’s speech. To me Sagan has an oration tone, contrast to Nick’s more intimate prose recital.
Merry late Christmas ParallaxNick, hope 2021 leads to a great year for both your channel and astronomical findings
Nick, I could listen to you all day long. Fabulous content!
This was the first of your videos that RUclips suggested to me. Loved it! Tonnes of interesting facts and visualizations to match. I will stay and learn for a while.
Fabulous work as usual, so interesting with great touches of humour. Perhaps one day you will get the recognition you deserve. . I do hope so. For me, this is considerably more interesting than the BBC's outputs on this subject. And they get a substantial cash injection from the British tax payer. . .
the more time goes on and we discover more and more objects in the Keiper Belt, maybe even get so congested out there that a starship would have difficulty navigating through until it got to Neptune's orbit!
Well just because we haven't discovered something doesn't mean it isn't there, but even so, the Kuiper belt is a VAST volume of space (imagine a doughnut as wide and thick as the distance from the Sun to Saturn) so the chances of anything hitting anything else nowadays are virtually non-existent.
Thank you for the great video. Have a Happy New Year and joyous 2021.
Subscribed after listening to you on JMG's channel. (At least in part due to JMG's suggestion!)
I hope you find my channel informative :)
This channel is like a protein shake for the mind.
This year has been so naff! Finding ParallaxNick's RUclips channel has been one of the few positives!
I would be all in on a Plutonian Resonance video. 😁😁🪐
Got to say, this is the best video of the solar system I've come across. Yes lots still unknown, but that's what needs put out there to stir the imagination. Thank you for this contribution.
This video make make me happy.
Wonderful as always..best show about space anywhere...looking foward to next show..MUCH LUV FROM N.AUGUSTA S.C
Give it the ol college try bro. We are here patiently awaiting your upcoming videos. Thanks for all your hard work friend. Hope all is well.
Thanks Nick, for another great video. And a Happy New Year to you too !! How about naming one of those obscure TNOs / KBOs after your channel. A dwarf planet named "ParallaxNick". Or your own favourite mythical God perhaps ? All the very best, Paul C.
A dwarf planet is a planet. Says so right in the name.
Best TNO video EVER!
I still remember when you were planet 9, Pluto
As far as I am concerned, a dwarf planet is still a planet.
Cataloguing all the other siblings would have given us new planets.. alas it is not to be.
Fantastic, glad I could catch the premier!
Thanks for another enjoyable one. Keep em comin! They are much appreciated.
Happy New Year Nick thanks for the awesome work you've given us this year
Second time seeing this video. First time watched on phone. This time much better. Great video thanks not many speak about these little worlds.
How many think that as we learn more these minor bodies will amaze? I do
Many thanks for all of the fine videos you have released Nick. I appreciate your dedication to rigorous research. In regards to this video, I myself don’t consider any of these little objects boring at all. Rather it seems to reinforce the many mechanisms in play during the formation of the solar system, and how all of these objects were affected in varying degrees to said mechanisms. I take comfort in the fact we as a species have so much to learn about our own backyard, and that I will be long departed before the surface is truly scratched. Just pondering what future generations will discover gives me comfort and hope.
As an aside, one of my other favorite youtubers is also named Nick, though the subject matter of his videos is terrestrial geology. Don’t know why I mention it, other than I just now realized the names are the same. Sincerely all the best to you also.
Would you link the other Nick? I'd like to check out his work :)
@@parallaxnick637 If I may, I'd guess Nick Zentner. If you haven't watched him I do recommend watching. I know more about the geology of the Pacific North West than my own neighbourhood.
ruclips.net/user/GeologyNick
@@parallaxnick637 oh and thank you for this list of "boring" TNOs
@@rhoddryice5412 You are correct. Thanks!
Doesn't he do the Nick on the rocks on OPB? It looks and sounds like him. I'll have to see another shot in between shows.
I just want to say thank you. I didn't know he had a channel on RUclips!!
I sure enjoy his short shows. He's so knowledgeable about the geology around the area here in Oregon and Washington. ❤😊❤
Nick, thank you as always. Engrossing insights, looking forward to your review of cosmology 2020.
If Haumea has an internal sea (or seas) of liquid, could the spin cause occasional ruptures of the ice shell that resurface substantial areas every time they occur? The density would suggest that Haumea does not have as much rock as some other TNOs.
it could be mostly water ice like Enceladus.
Happy New Year Nick. I just wanted to say you made 2020 much better for me. I wish you the best going into 2021
28:45 You got your wish. 2002 MS4 has one of the tallest, if not the tallest, mountains in the solar system after an occultation. This makes it extremely interesting!
Also I know it's top 10 but wish 2013 FY27 was also paired with Varda
Oh my , the future ,the future , I'm now more inclined to scour out my eyes ...plz stand by
Thank you for making the video. Well spent Sunday entertainment.
I hope you had a great Christmas!
Thank you for this wonderful information about the far out little planet's.
I sure enjoy everything you put out.
I pray for a much better year to come.
I hope you have a very Happy New Year!
Your so awesome!
Thank you again. ❤😊❤
Thanks so much for the wonderful things you bring to my world. I love your work
Brilliant! This is what the internet is for!!!
PS Aren't all the gods fictional?
"...fictional gods." Is there any other kind?
No. Thor is a fictional God based in mythology. The Christian God would not be considered as such, being based in religion with believers.
@@carlosoliveira-rc2xt The christian god is no more real than Thor.
@@thetruth45678 You're obtuse. What is your level of education? Do you even know the meaning of the word mythology or allegory?
@@carlosoliveira-rc2xt You're going to tell me that the christian god is a scientific reality? Didn't think so.
Be the solar System dammed for having so many facinating Places and us having so few spaceprobes
That would be us damned; the Solar System is just fine. And of course, there's no reason we couldn't pool money together for a quick trip, if we really wanted to.
It would be nice if in the future, Eris's major settlement is called Xena, with a couple of suburbs named Warrior and Princess!
No love for Gabrielle?
@@pattheplanter I was thinking the same thing.
Subscribed. This is good stuff. Thank you!
So when are we sending probes to these dwarf planets? Wanna see some pics like those of Pluto!
Not for a while I'm afraid...
This makes me wonder if other stars often have several dwarf planets form on the outskirts
That is almost certain to be true. We've already found Kuiper belts around other stars.
Happy New Year, thanks for another great video... I wish you and all of your viewers a great 2021!!
Best Christmas present this year
How could we find so many small objects the size of Sedna at such great distances, but not find something bigger than earth out there?
I want to discover a KBO with a moon so I can name it Mario and the moon Luigi.
Absolutely awesome. Thank you for the video.
Oh, and I subscribed by the way😁
Gah! I missed the premiere. The one time i sleep in XP
i think there should be a standard, required course in high school on space science, where you learn the names and significant data on 50 most important space objects. the major TNO should all be in there, along with the major moons, and the voyager and pioneer probes.
i think modern times should be allowed to have their own mystic figures... will they last as long, be as important? not if we don't name their names when naming celestial bodies, so for me it's always gonna be xena and her companion gabrielle, the warrior and the barde out there.
Thank you so much for these wonderful vids.
Excellent. Though surely all gods are fictional.
I wish i could like this video many times.
"MS. This one REALLY needs a name"
Thank you & keep up the good work!
Thank you for your x-mas gift to yourself 🎄🎁🎅👍😊
29:33 - ...? ALL gods are fictional: So what has changed?
2:10 - Eris got closer!
Other future "chaotic" names for TNOs: Scylla and Charybdis.
I am astonished at the amount of knowledge attained for the objects on your list, ParallaxNick. Where did the lion's share come from, I suppose the Keck and/or VLT?
And the Hubble, Herschel and Spitzer space telescopes, the Subaru telescope, and a swarm of telescopes in Chile. Basically astronomers use the telescopes they best suited for their projects, assuming they can concince the board to give them time.
I enjoyed this very much. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for the easy listening.
You often mention different chemical reactions happening on planets or asteroids that often have considerable effects on the evolution of the planet - would you consider making a video on that topic? Thank you for these incredible videos 👍
That's a fairly broad topic. Are you referring to astrochemistry? Or the chemistry that occurs on planetary objects? Because that would include Earth.
@@parallaxnick637 I agree that it would most likely take a whole series of videos to cover it all. But let me just mention a few examples: Chemical processes in different atmospheres on (exo)planets (usually including interaction with the stellar light) that yield changes to the properties (and composition) of the atmosphere over time, as well as interaction of the given atmosphere with the surface of the given planet/moon. Early stages of the Earth atmosphere (prior the bacteria showed up and started to cause considerable changes) could be part of such a series as well. Astrochemistry would be a very interesting topic too - apparently fairly complex molecules have been discovered in space and it would be very interesting to get a basic idea how these are created. As a (ax-) particle physicist I have a basic idea about nucleosynthesis, but chemistry - which is even more important when it comes to understanding the conditions on surfaces of planets and moons is outside my scope of intuition, so to speak.
(I could come up with a way longer wish list, but I 'discovered' your channel only recently and thus have a backlog of your videos to watch - something I thoroughly enjoy).
May I ask why you don’t upload much I mean your content is so soothing!
Plus Pluto will always be a planet. Period.
I upload as much as I can, but I do everything myself, so it takes time.
@@parallaxnick637 that’s cool 👍🏻
It’s your Christmas present to us 🙏
Some of these names are intense
Haumea looks like a tv screen with the wrong aspect ratio setting.
Looking forward for more in 2021
Thanks for this 👍
What a good idea. A much neglected part of our gyrating system.
Nick, well done sir. Keep it up.
Not enough interest in dwarf planets. As soon as they got a new name people suddenly got it in their heads that they weren't important. But they're just as relevant and interesting as any other planet or moon as far as I'm concerned.
ooooooooooo i shall be tuning in
Haven't we always named worlds after fictional gods?
Haulmea yes it just got wierder
Be the solar System dammed for having so many facinating Places and us having so few spaceprob
Cheers from Detroit!
You are something else man! I love your videos, to the point now - where I wait for days and whenever one drops I'll watch it as soon as possible!
I do not remember how I found your channel, but I am sure glad I did! Quality content!
It's okay if Santa is a little big around the middle.
I think this is my favourite
IN RE Text at 23:50... Yes, please, make that video on resonance orbits.
I like how Gong Gong has genuine cultural and mythological meaning behind the name, but the internet definitely only chose it because it sounds dumb
Actually I think an astrologer might have swung the vote with a campaign.