Notes

The measurements

One finding from the papers, set next to the sequence. One note at a time, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.

The run

1. Thursday, 3 September 2026

   Working lids

   Probes found working faces where textbooks parked dead ice.

   Io through Mars

2. Tuesday, 8 September 2026

   Three moons

   Ganymede, Callisto, and Titan sit in one size class. The lids do not.

   Ganymede → Callisto → Titan

3. Wednesday, 9 September 2026

   Leftover lid

   Ganymede’s dark terrain is about the area of Europa.

   Europa → Ganymede

4. Thursday, 10 September 2026

   Methane paradox

   Titan’s present methane sky may only be a late episode.

   Titan

5. Tuesday, 15 September 2026

   Triton frost

   Nitrogen ice, with methane, carbon monoxide, and carbon dioxide. The family Titan carries as air, frozen.

   Titan → Triton

6. Wednesday, 16 September 2026

   Continental class

   Mars’s mean crust sits with Earth’s continents, not with Earth’s global mix.

   Mars

7. Thursday, 17 September 2026

   One plume

   Tharsis is one standing volcanic rise.

   Mars

8. Tuesday, 22 September 2026

   Two scars

   Valles Marineris is a rift beside that rise.

   Mars

9. Wednesday, 23 September 2026

   Liquid light core

   InSight heard a liquid, lighter-than-expected core.

   Mars

10. Thursday, 24 September 2026

    Inner core

    Earth’s field almost died. A young inner core is one reading.

    Living Earth

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