1 00:00:08,360 --> 00:00:10,840 Speaker 1: Hey, jor Hey, you like the mountains, don't you. I 2 00:00:11,280 --> 00:00:14,440 Speaker 1: used to drink mountain dew. Yeah. I mean do you 3 00:00:14,480 --> 00:00:18,680 Speaker 1: like climbing mountains? Oh? Climb? I like skiing and hiking, yeah, 4 00:00:18,680 --> 00:00:20,919 Speaker 1: and I like looking at great views. All right, So 5 00:00:20,960 --> 00:00:26,160 Speaker 1: then what's the tallest mountain you ever summitted? I've been 6 00:00:26,239 --> 00:00:29,000 Speaker 1: to the top of El Capitan, and is that That 7 00:00:29,040 --> 00:00:31,240 Speaker 1: was like three thousand, three thousand feet I think, And 8 00:00:31,280 --> 00:00:33,120 Speaker 1: I bet that felt like a bit crazy, like a 9 00:00:33,159 --> 00:00:36,080 Speaker 1: little extreme. It was pretty pretty amazing. I mean I 10 00:00:36,120 --> 00:00:39,360 Speaker 1: was exhausted, but the views were amazing. You know, everything 11 00:00:39,440 --> 00:00:42,000 Speaker 1: looks so small. Well, what if I told you that 12 00:00:42,040 --> 00:00:45,080 Speaker 1: they were taller mountains out there, I mean like Mount Everett's. 13 00:00:45,159 --> 00:00:47,960 Speaker 1: Oh no, that's like a baby mountain. I'm talking much 14 00:00:48,479 --> 00:00:51,080 Speaker 1: much taller mountains. Well, they taste as good as mountain dew. 15 00:01:08,680 --> 00:01:10,679 Speaker 1: Hi am Jorge. I'm a cartoonist and the creator of 16 00:01:10,720 --> 00:01:14,680 Speaker 1: PhD comments. Hi. I'm Dania Whitson. I'm a particle physicist 17 00:01:14,720 --> 00:01:17,319 Speaker 1: and I'm learning how to live stream and welcome to 18 00:01:17,360 --> 00:01:20,959 Speaker 1: our podcast. Daniel and Jorge explain the university production of 19 00:01:21,080 --> 00:01:23,000 Speaker 1: I Heart Radio, in which we take a tour of 20 00:01:23,120 --> 00:01:26,319 Speaker 1: everything out there in the universe. Everything crazy, everything fast, 21 00:01:26,360 --> 00:01:30,520 Speaker 1: everything slow, everything hot, everything dense. Everything that you want 22 00:01:30,560 --> 00:01:33,000 Speaker 1: to know about the universe, explained in a way that 23 00:01:33,040 --> 00:01:35,600 Speaker 1: hopefully makes sense and entertains you. That's right. We take 24 00:01:35,640 --> 00:01:37,640 Speaker 1: a look at the everyday life, the physics of the 25 00:01:37,720 --> 00:01:40,120 Speaker 1: every day, and we also look at the extremes of 26 00:01:40,160 --> 00:01:44,240 Speaker 1: the universe all over, the biggest, the brightest, the loudest, 27 00:01:44,360 --> 00:01:47,640 Speaker 1: the craziest things out there in the universe, and bring 28 00:01:47,680 --> 00:01:49,800 Speaker 1: it to you here on this podcast because one of 29 00:01:49,800 --> 00:01:52,000 Speaker 1: my favorite things about the universe is that it is 30 00:01:52,080 --> 00:01:55,720 Speaker 1: so extreme. Here life on Earth is actually pretty calm 31 00:01:55,760 --> 00:01:58,880 Speaker 1: and slow and comfortable. But out there in the universe, 32 00:01:58,960 --> 00:02:01,760 Speaker 1: things are exploding, things are hot, things are dense. There 33 00:02:01,880 --> 00:02:04,440 Speaker 1: is crazy stuff happening out there, and that's how we 34 00:02:04,520 --> 00:02:06,880 Speaker 1: learned about the universe. We go to those places where 35 00:02:06,960 --> 00:02:09,880 Speaker 1: crazy things happen, and that shows us what is possible 36 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:12,160 Speaker 1: in the universe. Though thankfully we don't live in one 37 00:02:12,200 --> 00:02:15,440 Speaker 1: of those crazy thankfully, right We Earth is pretty calm, 38 00:02:15,480 --> 00:02:19,440 Speaker 1: I think, well, not these days, definitely not these days, 39 00:02:19,919 --> 00:02:23,240 Speaker 1: but in general, in a cosmic sense, we are in 40 00:02:23,280 --> 00:02:25,760 Speaker 1: a pretty quiet part of the Solar System, and you'd 41 00:02:25,840 --> 00:02:27,440 Speaker 1: rather live in a calm place you don't want to 42 00:02:27,480 --> 00:02:31,760 Speaker 1: have a vacation home on a neutron star. I feel 43 00:02:31,760 --> 00:02:34,440 Speaker 1: like life is pretty exciting enough already as it is. 44 00:02:34,680 --> 00:02:37,799 Speaker 1: I don't think I need more mountains extreme. I bet 45 00:02:37,800 --> 00:02:40,960 Speaker 1: if they offered the tours of neutron Stars ski down 46 00:02:40,960 --> 00:02:44,000 Speaker 1: a slope on the mountains of Io, people would definitely 47 00:02:44,040 --> 00:02:46,880 Speaker 1: do it. Yeah, the ski left would take a lot 48 00:02:46,919 --> 00:02:50,000 Speaker 1: a long time, though. Well, we have a series of 49 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:53,320 Speaker 1: podcasts we've been really enjoying all about the extremes of 50 00:02:53,320 --> 00:02:56,400 Speaker 1: the universe. We did the hottest place, the coldest place, 51 00:02:56,480 --> 00:02:58,639 Speaker 1: the biggest thing. What else did we do? We did 52 00:02:58,680 --> 00:03:02,400 Speaker 1: the emptiest thing, the itightest things, the biggest explosions in 53 00:03:02,400 --> 00:03:05,200 Speaker 1: the universe. There's a lot of st out there in 54 00:03:05,200 --> 00:03:08,280 Speaker 1: the universe, you know, And it's interesting to think that 55 00:03:08,320 --> 00:03:10,520 Speaker 1: there is sort of a maximum of these things. You know, 56 00:03:10,560 --> 00:03:13,720 Speaker 1: there is a maximum brightness, there is a maximum emptiness, 57 00:03:13,720 --> 00:03:16,920 Speaker 1: there is a maximum size of things. Yeah, and each 58 00:03:16,919 --> 00:03:19,000 Speaker 1: of these was fun to explore, and each one taught 59 00:03:19,080 --> 00:03:21,560 Speaker 1: us a little bit of physics along the way while 60 00:03:21,600 --> 00:03:24,840 Speaker 1: hopefully educating you about all the crazy stuff that's happening 61 00:03:24,919 --> 00:03:26,560 Speaker 1: in the universe. Yeah, and like you said, I think 62 00:03:26,600 --> 00:03:28,600 Speaker 1: It's interesting because it really kind of pushes your brain 63 00:03:28,680 --> 00:03:31,880 Speaker 1: a little bit to think beyond sort of what is 64 00:03:31,919 --> 00:03:34,280 Speaker 1: around us, or to try to wrap your head around 65 00:03:34,520 --> 00:03:37,520 Speaker 1: things that are that big or that bright or that small. 66 00:03:37,640 --> 00:03:39,880 Speaker 1: I think we've done smallest too, right, Yeah, well we 67 00:03:39,880 --> 00:03:42,000 Speaker 1: don't know what the smallest thing is, right, the smallest thing. 68 00:03:42,200 --> 00:03:46,320 Speaker 1: So far, we've done the funniest fart joke, the biggest 69 00:03:46,320 --> 00:03:49,240 Speaker 1: space banana. Oh wait, that that's in the queue for later, 70 00:03:49,320 --> 00:03:53,160 Speaker 1: got it. That's right. Tease the audience with that one. 71 00:03:53,680 --> 00:03:55,840 Speaker 1: But I think each of these teaches us something because 72 00:03:55,880 --> 00:03:58,040 Speaker 1: if you learn what's the datast possible thing or the 73 00:03:58,040 --> 00:04:00,400 Speaker 1: smallest thing and the hottest thing, it shows you what 74 00:04:00,480 --> 00:04:03,440 Speaker 1: the universe can do. And um, I think that that's 75 00:04:03,480 --> 00:04:06,320 Speaker 1: what's exciting, is prying the universe open and figuring out 76 00:04:06,360 --> 00:04:09,160 Speaker 1: what's possible, what's out there, and also just you know, 77 00:04:09,240 --> 00:04:12,880 Speaker 1: pulling ourselves out of our little cosmic neighborhood and realizing 78 00:04:13,320 --> 00:04:15,720 Speaker 1: that most of the universe is pretty different from the 79 00:04:15,760 --> 00:04:17,840 Speaker 1: kind of stuff that we experience. It's right. So today 80 00:04:17,880 --> 00:04:20,400 Speaker 1: on the podcast, we'll be talking about one such extreme 81 00:04:20,520 --> 00:04:23,160 Speaker 1: in the universe as part of our Extreme Universe series. 82 00:04:23,200 --> 00:04:25,520 Speaker 1: And so today we're talking about something that I think 83 00:04:25,640 --> 00:04:28,280 Speaker 1: everyone is maybe probably familiar with. I think we can 84 00:04:28,320 --> 00:04:30,880 Speaker 1: all see one maybe when we look outside our windows 85 00:04:30,920 --> 00:04:33,919 Speaker 1: every day, I hope. So it's something that I certainly enjoy. 86 00:04:33,960 --> 00:04:36,680 Speaker 1: I've always lived near one of these things, or in 87 00:04:36,760 --> 00:04:38,839 Speaker 1: one of these things, or I guess on one of 88 00:04:38,880 --> 00:04:41,239 Speaker 1: these things. I started to imagine not having went around. 89 00:04:41,400 --> 00:04:43,440 Speaker 1: You haven't lived under one, you haven't lived under one. 90 00:04:43,720 --> 00:04:46,360 Speaker 1: That's where I'm gonna retire. Yeah, that's my retirement play. 91 00:04:47,880 --> 00:04:53,200 Speaker 1: If things get any worse, that's where you're headed. But 92 00:04:53,240 --> 00:05:01,080 Speaker 1: today on the podcast, we'll be asking the question what 93 00:05:01,360 --> 00:05:04,880 Speaker 1: is the biggest mountain in the Solar system? The biggest 94 00:05:04,960 --> 00:05:07,080 Speaker 1: or the tallest? Daniel, I was going to ask you 95 00:05:07,279 --> 00:05:09,640 Speaker 1: are we doing biggest or tallest? Like do you want 96 00:05:09,680 --> 00:05:13,200 Speaker 1: to know where is the highest point sort of based 97 00:05:13,200 --> 00:05:15,800 Speaker 1: to peak or the highest point above sea level or 98 00:05:15,839 --> 00:05:19,400 Speaker 1: like the most stuff underneath the peak, Like a really 99 00:05:19,640 --> 00:05:22,599 Speaker 1: not very tall mountain but really wide would that count? 100 00:05:23,400 --> 00:05:26,040 Speaker 1: Or like if he had a really thin but tall mountain, 101 00:05:26,120 --> 00:05:30,159 Speaker 1: would that be the biggest. Well, from a skiing point 102 00:05:30,160 --> 00:05:32,640 Speaker 1: of view, you definitely would prefer tall and thin too 103 00:05:32,680 --> 00:05:34,760 Speaker 1: short and fat? Right? Oh? Man? I mean I don't 104 00:05:34,760 --> 00:05:36,960 Speaker 1: want to be all mountain body image stuff over here. 105 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:39,040 Speaker 1: But you know, when it comes to skiing, there is 106 00:05:39,040 --> 00:05:41,280 Speaker 1: a difference. Yeah, well I think you know, I think, 107 00:05:41,320 --> 00:05:42,880 Speaker 1: aren't they sort of the same? I mean, if you 108 00:05:42,920 --> 00:05:45,440 Speaker 1: think about mountains, they all have sort of the same shape, right, 109 00:05:45,440 --> 00:05:48,560 Speaker 1: So this triangular shape you don't see like round mountains, 110 00:05:48,680 --> 00:05:51,560 Speaker 1: or like square mountains, or like tall and skinning mountains. 111 00:05:51,600 --> 00:05:53,880 Speaker 1: They're all sort of triangular shape. So aren't they the 112 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:57,359 Speaker 1: same thing? Like asking the tallest means asking also the 113 00:05:57,360 --> 00:06:00,200 Speaker 1: biggest in terms of mass. I think, yes, if all 114 00:06:00,240 --> 00:06:02,440 Speaker 1: mountains were the same shape, then you're right, the tallest 115 00:06:02,480 --> 00:06:05,520 Speaker 1: would be the biggest. But not an expert in geology, 116 00:06:05,560 --> 00:06:08,000 Speaker 1: but having done a tiny bit of research for this podcast, 117 00:06:08,400 --> 00:06:10,599 Speaker 1: I learned that they're not actually all the same. Ship 118 00:06:10,760 --> 00:06:13,039 Speaker 1: There are around mountains, There are square mountains. There are 119 00:06:13,200 --> 00:06:15,479 Speaker 1: tall and thin, and they're shorter and fatter mountains like 120 00:06:15,520 --> 00:06:18,080 Speaker 1: we'll talk about it, but like volcanic mountains can be 121 00:06:18,160 --> 00:06:21,920 Speaker 1: pretty flat. And also depending on the amount of gravity, 122 00:06:22,200 --> 00:06:24,680 Speaker 1: the shape of volcanic mountain bearing. Yeah, I think there's 123 00:06:24,680 --> 00:06:27,120 Speaker 1: a formula for like the slope of a mountain depends 124 00:06:27,160 --> 00:06:29,320 Speaker 1: on what the rocks are made out of and then 125 00:06:29,680 --> 00:06:32,159 Speaker 1: also the gravity. Because you have a lot of gravity, 126 00:06:32,160 --> 00:06:34,960 Speaker 1: it'll will flatten the mountains, and you have less gravity, 127 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:38,120 Speaker 1: they'll be bigger. Yeah. Yeah, So if you're a booster 128 00:06:38,200 --> 00:06:41,280 Speaker 1: for one particular mountain you think should be champion, you 129 00:06:41,400 --> 00:06:43,240 Speaker 1: might have, you know, a bone to pick at the 130 00:06:43,320 --> 00:06:45,600 Speaker 1: end after we declare our champions. Okay, but to be 131 00:06:45,680 --> 00:06:48,159 Speaker 1: on the podcast, I guess you're you're using tallest like 132 00:06:48,360 --> 00:06:51,280 Speaker 1: distance between the base of it to the peak of it. 133 00:06:51,440 --> 00:06:53,479 Speaker 1: I think based to peak is the best measurement. It 134 00:06:53,480 --> 00:06:55,320 Speaker 1: depends what you want in a mountain. If what you 135 00:06:55,360 --> 00:06:57,839 Speaker 1: want is an amazing view, then you really want to 136 00:06:57,839 --> 00:07:01,279 Speaker 1: be sort of highest point above sea level. But imagine 137 00:07:01,320 --> 00:07:03,880 Speaker 1: like a really big mountain that's like the size of 138 00:07:03,920 --> 00:07:05,560 Speaker 1: the whole planet. You're not going to get a great 139 00:07:05,640 --> 00:07:07,559 Speaker 1: view if you just sort of walk to the top 140 00:07:07,600 --> 00:07:09,800 Speaker 1: of that thing. So really what you want is base 141 00:07:09,920 --> 00:07:12,680 Speaker 1: to peak, right. You want to be above everything else 142 00:07:12,720 --> 00:07:14,480 Speaker 1: around you so you get a green view. I see, 143 00:07:14,520 --> 00:07:18,040 Speaker 1: what will give you the best perspective for the views 144 00:07:18,280 --> 00:07:21,320 Speaker 1: for the views. Yeah, but there's one more caveat which 145 00:07:21,360 --> 00:07:24,080 Speaker 1: is what if part of the mountain is underwater, Like 146 00:07:24,120 --> 00:07:27,600 Speaker 1: imagine underwater mounta with only very tip sticking out, or 147 00:07:27,640 --> 00:07:29,760 Speaker 1: what if it's like cloud covered up to the very tip, 148 00:07:29,840 --> 00:07:32,040 Speaker 1: you know, then you can't see very much. You just 149 00:07:32,080 --> 00:07:34,520 Speaker 1: see a little tip. Then you get no views at 150 00:07:34,560 --> 00:07:37,679 Speaker 1: all if you're standing in the clouds. So, as usual, 151 00:07:38,120 --> 00:07:40,080 Speaker 1: the deeper we dive into a topic, the more we 152 00:07:40,120 --> 00:07:44,240 Speaker 1: discover and it's funny and the more board the audience 153 00:07:44,600 --> 00:07:47,840 Speaker 1: as we keep on discussing the definition of a mountain. 154 00:07:48,160 --> 00:07:51,120 Speaker 1: But for the podcast, we're just gonna go with, um, 155 00:07:51,200 --> 00:07:52,960 Speaker 1: you know, I guess the base is what Why had 156 00:07:53,080 --> 00:07:55,600 Speaker 1: we define the base just where it stops being a mountain? Yeah? 157 00:07:55,680 --> 00:07:57,440 Speaker 1: And other mountains? Man, you want to start a whole 158 00:07:57,480 --> 00:08:01,440 Speaker 1: other conversation about where a mountain ends. The whole Earth 159 00:08:01,520 --> 00:08:05,200 Speaker 1: is one big mountain. I don't know. There you go. 160 00:08:06,920 --> 00:08:10,960 Speaker 1: The Sun is a mountain, The Milky Way is a mountain. Yeah, 161 00:08:11,080 --> 00:08:13,280 Speaker 1: but you might be surprised also to learn where the 162 00:08:13,320 --> 00:08:16,240 Speaker 1: highest mountain is in the Solar system. That's right. And 163 00:08:16,280 --> 00:08:18,280 Speaker 1: so that's the question we'll be asking today is what 164 00:08:18,520 --> 00:08:21,360 Speaker 1: is the tallest I we'll go with tallestan what is 165 00:08:21,360 --> 00:08:24,400 Speaker 1: the tallest mountain in the Solar system? By which I 166 00:08:24,440 --> 00:08:26,600 Speaker 1: mean really sort of what's the biggest one, because it's 167 00:08:26,600 --> 00:08:29,680 Speaker 1: really just about size and impressiveness, and I don't know 168 00:08:29,880 --> 00:08:33,760 Speaker 1: for me, the word tallest doesn't convey that good levels. 169 00:08:34,800 --> 00:08:36,760 Speaker 1: So we're asking what is the tallest? What is the 170 00:08:36,760 --> 00:08:40,120 Speaker 1: most confusing podcast system? What is it the tallest mountain 171 00:08:40,920 --> 00:08:43,760 Speaker 1: in the Solar system? And you might be surprised it's 172 00:08:43,800 --> 00:08:46,520 Speaker 1: not here on Earth, it's not even on Mars even 173 00:08:46,679 --> 00:08:49,920 Speaker 1: or Jupiter. And so we'll get to the answer here 174 00:08:50,040 --> 00:08:51,760 Speaker 1: at the end of the podcast. But first we were 175 00:08:51,800 --> 00:08:55,040 Speaker 1: wondering how knowledgeable people are about mountains in the Solar 176 00:08:55,080 --> 00:08:58,520 Speaker 1: system and if people knew where is the tallest mountain 177 00:08:58,640 --> 00:09:00,679 Speaker 1: in the Solar system? So I walk around campus that 178 00:09:00,720 --> 00:09:03,400 Speaker 1: you see Irvine before it was shut down, and I 179 00:09:03,480 --> 00:09:06,760 Speaker 1: asked people where was the tallest mountain in the Solar System? 180 00:09:06,840 --> 00:09:09,440 Speaker 1: And none of them, you'll notice, gave me the flat 181 00:09:09,480 --> 00:09:11,160 Speaker 1: that you just gave me. None of them said, well, 182 00:09:11,160 --> 00:09:14,240 Speaker 1: do you mean biggest or tallest? I want a clear definition. 183 00:09:14,320 --> 00:09:18,120 Speaker 1: They all understood what I meant. Well they are you 184 00:09:18,240 --> 00:09:21,080 Speaker 1: see your fine students, he said, in the most positive 185 00:09:21,120 --> 00:09:24,040 Speaker 1: complementary way possible. And that's right. Yeah, And so people 186 00:09:24,320 --> 00:09:26,400 Speaker 1: had opinions about this. Think about it for a second, 187 00:09:26,440 --> 00:09:28,120 Speaker 1: if some want to ask you, where are you thought 188 00:09:28,200 --> 00:09:30,720 Speaker 1: the tallest mountain in the Solar System is? What would 189 00:09:30,760 --> 00:09:34,480 Speaker 1: you say? Mount Everest? Mount Everest? There's no bigger mountain 190 00:09:34,600 --> 00:09:41,160 Speaker 1: somewhere else in the Solar System. Maybe somewhere in Jupiter. 191 00:09:41,320 --> 00:09:48,200 Speaker 1: I don't know. Probably not on Earth, but it might be. 192 00:09:48,640 --> 00:09:53,920 Speaker 1: I'm assuming not. We're not what planet do things like? 193 00:09:53,960 --> 00:10:00,760 Speaker 1: You have bigger mountains? The biggest mountain in the Solar System? Oh, 194 00:10:00,800 --> 00:10:03,000 Speaker 1: that's a hard question. Um, I don't know if I 195 00:10:03,040 --> 00:10:05,440 Speaker 1: could say for sure. I'm gonna assume that it's not 196 00:10:05,480 --> 00:10:08,240 Speaker 1: on Earth, that it's probably on a separate planet within 197 00:10:08,280 --> 00:10:12,920 Speaker 1: our Solar system. Um. Yeah, So which which planet you 198 00:10:12,920 --> 00:10:23,720 Speaker 1: think it's post like? M hmm, I'm going to say Mars? Mars? Yeah? 199 00:10:23,920 --> 00:10:30,319 Speaker 1: How come? Um? I would assume based on how gaseous 200 00:10:30,320 --> 00:10:34,800 Speaker 1: some of the larger planets are. I'm not sure in 201 00:10:35,040 --> 00:10:37,880 Speaker 1: terms of the planets that are closest to the Sun. 202 00:10:38,840 --> 00:10:41,480 Speaker 1: I guess I really don't know a ton about planets 203 00:10:41,520 --> 00:10:46,319 Speaker 1: in general. Marsh don't how do you post? Right? For sure? 204 00:10:46,400 --> 00:10:50,120 Speaker 1: Heard it's similar? But does it make sense to you 205 00:10:50,480 --> 00:10:53,280 Speaker 1: that Mars is the biggest mountain given that it's like 206 00:10:53,320 --> 00:11:01,040 Speaker 1: tektomic you're not an active uh not totally, alright, I 207 00:11:01,360 --> 00:11:05,200 Speaker 1: guess I always just thought, even if it has like 208 00:11:05,280 --> 00:11:09,160 Speaker 1: less tectonic activity, Mars is a little smaller than Earth, 209 00:11:10,640 --> 00:11:15,000 Speaker 1: so I guess conceivably, I don't like in the Earth. 210 00:11:16,320 --> 00:11:25,080 Speaker 1: Oh no, um, Mount Everest in the marsh. I know 211 00:11:25,240 --> 00:11:29,280 Speaker 1: there's I know, the highest mountain of the Olympics or something. 212 00:11:29,360 --> 00:11:32,480 Speaker 1: I forgot a name. Alright, A lot of great guesses, 213 00:11:32,760 --> 00:11:35,360 Speaker 1: I mean, know what he said, like Mount Trasta in California. 214 00:11:35,440 --> 00:11:37,600 Speaker 1: People went to other planets right away. They're like, it's 215 00:11:37,600 --> 00:11:40,559 Speaker 1: on Mars, It's on Jupiter's Mount Everest. What do you think? 216 00:11:40,600 --> 00:11:42,200 Speaker 1: What do you think of the Jupiter answer? That one 217 00:11:42,240 --> 00:11:44,319 Speaker 1: puzzled me a little bit, Like, how do you imagine 218 00:11:44,400 --> 00:11:47,800 Speaker 1: a mountain on Jupiter? Well, imagine a triangular shape, Daniel. 219 00:11:50,679 --> 00:11:52,920 Speaker 1: Is that how you start everything? Physicists start everything with 220 00:11:52,960 --> 00:11:57,160 Speaker 1: a spear engineer start everything with a triangle. No, like Jupiter, Like, 221 00:11:57,240 --> 00:11:59,480 Speaker 1: I don't. It doesn't have a surface. You can't really 222 00:11:59,480 --> 00:12:02,040 Speaker 1: have mount It's not a rocky planet. I was wondering 223 00:12:02,040 --> 00:12:03,720 Speaker 1: what was going through their minds as they were saying 224 00:12:03,800 --> 00:12:06,200 Speaker 1: Jupiter and the imagining, I mean, Jupiter is mostly a 225 00:12:06,240 --> 00:12:08,480 Speaker 1: gas planet. Yeah, I mean it's got you know, gas, 226 00:12:08,559 --> 00:12:13,040 Speaker 1: and then like metallic hydrogen oceans, and then the very 227 00:12:13,120 --> 00:12:16,760 Speaker 1: core there might be something rocky which could I guess 228 00:12:16,800 --> 00:12:18,880 Speaker 1: have features on it, But that's not really a mountain 229 00:12:18,880 --> 00:12:21,079 Speaker 1: the way we're thinking. But isn't the core made out 230 00:12:21,120 --> 00:12:25,120 Speaker 1: of like frozen gas or like you said, metallic gas, canny, 231 00:12:25,200 --> 00:12:27,160 Speaker 1: you have mountains in those? Yeah, I suppose you could. 232 00:12:27,160 --> 00:12:28,760 Speaker 1: And I think there might even be some rock and 233 00:12:28,800 --> 00:12:31,320 Speaker 1: some ice there in the core of Jupiter. But is 234 00:12:31,320 --> 00:12:33,520 Speaker 1: that really a mountain? I mean, if it's under an 235 00:12:33,520 --> 00:12:39,280 Speaker 1: ocean of liquid hydrogen, like if it's under water, you know, 236 00:12:39,400 --> 00:12:41,439 Speaker 1: just regular water here on Earth, do you still consider 237 00:12:41,440 --> 00:12:44,880 Speaker 1: it a mountain? Yes, definitely. Okay, so a mountain could 238 00:12:44,920 --> 00:12:46,679 Speaker 1: be covered in liquid, could be covering Look what I 239 00:12:46,679 --> 00:12:48,560 Speaker 1: see where you're going with this. I'm not sure that 240 00:12:48,640 --> 00:12:50,880 Speaker 1: this is where those people were going though. I think 241 00:12:50,920 --> 00:12:54,240 Speaker 1: they were just like, Jupiter is big, therefore biggest mountains. 242 00:12:54,480 --> 00:12:57,800 Speaker 1: Oh right, They're like, what's the biggest planet, Surely that 243 00:12:57,920 --> 00:13:00,280 Speaker 1: must have the biggest mountain exactly. I think that's what 244 00:13:00,280 --> 00:13:01,960 Speaker 1: they were doing. Yeah, well that makes sense, And so 245 00:13:02,040 --> 00:13:04,000 Speaker 1: let's get into this question of what is the tallest 246 00:13:04,000 --> 00:13:06,240 Speaker 1: mountain in the Solar system. And so first, what makes 247 00:13:06,240 --> 00:13:08,200 Speaker 1: a tall mountain? Daniels. So it turns out, what's the 248 00:13:08,240 --> 00:13:12,560 Speaker 1: recipe for making a mountain? At rocks stir four min 249 00:13:12,640 --> 00:13:15,400 Speaker 1: into a triangular shape? You start with your triangle cookie 250 00:13:15,440 --> 00:13:18,800 Speaker 1: cutter exactly. You get your triangle shape pan out. Um. No, 251 00:13:18,880 --> 00:13:21,600 Speaker 1: it turns out there are three ways to make a mountain. Right, 252 00:13:21,800 --> 00:13:24,200 Speaker 1: you are designing your your planet and you want a 253 00:13:24,200 --> 00:13:27,000 Speaker 1: big mountain. There's three techniques you can use. And the 254 00:13:27,040 --> 00:13:29,520 Speaker 1: first one is probably the one people are most familiar with, 255 00:13:29,800 --> 00:13:32,760 Speaker 1: and that's just have tech tonics. Right. That means you've 256 00:13:32,800 --> 00:13:36,040 Speaker 1: got these big plates of Earth or whatever your mountain 257 00:13:36,160 --> 00:13:39,679 Speaker 1: is called, banging around and slamming into each other and 258 00:13:39,720 --> 00:13:42,280 Speaker 1: pushing against each other. And where they push, they tend 259 00:13:42,280 --> 00:13:44,280 Speaker 1: to like ride up on top of each other. And 260 00:13:44,280 --> 00:13:47,679 Speaker 1: then you get mountains like your famous Himalayas. Oh, that's 261 00:13:47,679 --> 00:13:50,920 Speaker 1: how the Himalayas reformed, like two giant plates and they 262 00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:53,520 Speaker 1: crash and what comes up is the mountain. Yeah, India 263 00:13:53,600 --> 00:13:57,480 Speaker 1: basically backed up into China and the result is the Himalayas. 264 00:13:58,040 --> 00:14:00,320 Speaker 1: I'm not saying whose fault it is, you know, but 265 00:14:00,679 --> 00:14:03,920 Speaker 1: they exchange phone numbers, insurance information, and they're like, oh, 266 00:14:04,000 --> 00:14:06,640 Speaker 1: look what we made. China was right there. India just 267 00:14:06,679 --> 00:14:08,520 Speaker 1: like ran right into it. I mean, I know who 268 00:14:08,600 --> 00:14:11,800 Speaker 1: I'm who I'm siding with on that on that conflict. 269 00:14:12,280 --> 00:14:14,199 Speaker 1: And and so that's one way to make montains is 270 00:14:14,320 --> 00:14:17,600 Speaker 1: is having plates crashing into each other. But you can 271 00:14:17,640 --> 00:14:20,120 Speaker 1: also make them other ways, right, yeah, exactly. You can 272 00:14:20,160 --> 00:14:23,720 Speaker 1: also build up a mountain by spewing up um magma 273 00:14:23,760 --> 00:14:26,120 Speaker 1: from underneath the earth. Like you got a crack and 274 00:14:26,160 --> 00:14:28,920 Speaker 1: the magma spews up, you get a volcano. The lava 275 00:14:28,920 --> 00:14:31,000 Speaker 1: comes out and it builds up a mountain. And it's 276 00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:34,920 Speaker 1: that's like slowly deposit lava layer after layer after layer, 277 00:14:35,240 --> 00:14:37,160 Speaker 1: and it adds up and eventually you get a mountain. 278 00:14:37,320 --> 00:14:41,400 Speaker 1: You know, like Hawaii. Hawaii exists. It's basically the tip 279 00:14:41,480 --> 00:14:43,560 Speaker 1: of a mountain that starts at the bottom of the ocean. 280 00:14:44,240 --> 00:14:47,440 Speaker 1: You can you can grow a mountain too, exactly. It's 281 00:14:47,440 --> 00:14:52,800 Speaker 1: like a chia pet. Yeah, yeah, there you go. And um, 282 00:14:52,920 --> 00:14:55,160 Speaker 1: you know there's lots of famous volcanic mountains, you know, 283 00:14:55,240 --> 00:14:58,560 Speaker 1: like Mountain Vesuvius. Right, it's a mountain and it's there 284 00:14:58,640 --> 00:15:02,280 Speaker 1: because it's been positing lava and building itself up year 285 00:15:02,320 --> 00:15:05,200 Speaker 1: after year. And it's also interesting, like the tectonic ones, 286 00:15:05,520 --> 00:15:07,760 Speaker 1: they build up very gradually and then they get worn 287 00:15:07,880 --> 00:15:10,360 Speaker 1: down by the weather, and so they have to sort 288 00:15:10,400 --> 00:15:12,400 Speaker 1: of life cycle where they get taller and taller and taller, 289 00:15:12,440 --> 00:15:14,240 Speaker 1: and and they and they're pointy and then they get 290 00:15:14,280 --> 00:15:16,680 Speaker 1: sort of softer and round. Me Like, you can tell 291 00:15:16,720 --> 00:15:19,920 Speaker 1: how old a mountain ranges by how sharp and craggy 292 00:15:19,960 --> 00:15:23,160 Speaker 1: it is. Like the Rocky Mountains are pretty young, whereas 293 00:15:23,160 --> 00:15:25,880 Speaker 1: the Smoky Mountains in the eastern United States are kind 294 00:15:25,880 --> 00:15:28,000 Speaker 1: of old because they're all like smoothed over on the 295 00:15:28,120 --> 00:15:31,560 Speaker 1: top from like wind or just from like they collapse 296 00:15:31,800 --> 00:15:35,160 Speaker 1: from like wind and rain. Yeah, weather Man, Yeah, they 297 00:15:35,200 --> 00:15:38,400 Speaker 1: just get worn down. They're old and old and busted. 298 00:15:40,480 --> 00:15:43,000 Speaker 1: And the Rockies the hot new mountains. But the volcanic 299 00:15:43,040 --> 00:15:47,360 Speaker 1: mountains they're dynamic, right, Like they just keep adding more layers. 300 00:15:47,400 --> 00:15:49,320 Speaker 1: You know. It's like that guy who keeps putting new 301 00:15:49,400 --> 00:15:51,400 Speaker 1: rooms in his house. But they also collapse, right because 302 00:15:51,400 --> 00:15:55,760 Speaker 1: they're like sometimes doesn't the lava create like cavities underneath 303 00:15:55,800 --> 00:15:57,920 Speaker 1: and then they end up collassing. Yeah, they're unstable in 304 00:15:57,960 --> 00:16:00,520 Speaker 1: totally different ways, and so like the life cycle of 305 00:16:00,560 --> 00:16:03,680 Speaker 1: these tectonic ones and the volcanic ones are pretty different. Cool, 306 00:16:03,840 --> 00:16:05,960 Speaker 1: and so what are some other ways we can make them? All? Right? 307 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:07,800 Speaker 1: So then the last one is sort of my favorite way, 308 00:16:08,080 --> 00:16:13,200 Speaker 1: which is you have is it aliens? Aliens could probably 309 00:16:13,200 --> 00:16:16,840 Speaker 1: build mountains. Man, that would have four ways? What can 310 00:16:16,920 --> 00:16:19,600 Speaker 1: aliens do? Know? This one is cool because it's so dramatic, 311 00:16:19,680 --> 00:16:22,480 Speaker 1: Like this one happens when you have a big cosmic impact, 312 00:16:22,600 --> 00:16:24,920 Speaker 1: like you have a huge crater, you know, like a 313 00:16:24,920 --> 00:16:27,880 Speaker 1: big asteroid hits the planet and it creates a big 314 00:16:27,920 --> 00:16:30,600 Speaker 1: collision and that can lead to mountains. But wait, I 315 00:16:30,600 --> 00:16:32,960 Speaker 1: would imagine it just makes a big hole. How can 316 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:36,040 Speaker 1: it make a mountain unless you create a hole? And 317 00:16:36,080 --> 00:16:37,400 Speaker 1: then that you can count that as the base of 318 00:16:37,520 --> 00:16:40,680 Speaker 1: where does the rock from the whole go up, up, 319 00:16:40,800 --> 00:16:43,160 Speaker 1: up and out? Well there's that, But where does the 320 00:16:43,240 --> 00:16:45,400 Speaker 1: rock from the hole go up and out and it 321 00:16:45,480 --> 00:16:48,240 Speaker 1: comes back down? And the idea is that it like 322 00:16:48,280 --> 00:16:51,400 Speaker 1: it creates often mountains along the rim, Like if you 323 00:16:51,440 --> 00:16:53,800 Speaker 1: look up at a picture of meteor crater, that big 324 00:16:53,840 --> 00:16:57,240 Speaker 1: meteor crater in Arizona, you'll see that it has a 325 00:16:57,360 --> 00:16:59,600 Speaker 1: rim and that rim is raised up not just above 326 00:16:59,640 --> 00:17:02,080 Speaker 1: the bay of the crater, but also relative to the 327 00:17:02,120 --> 00:17:05,119 Speaker 1: ground near it. Right, So I guess the meteor or 328 00:17:05,200 --> 00:17:08,520 Speaker 1: something falls, or the aliens crash land, Aliens land their 329 00:17:08,520 --> 00:17:12,480 Speaker 1: really big ship. Yeah, and then it pushes everything out. 330 00:17:12,560 --> 00:17:14,760 Speaker 1: And that's another way to create a mountain, because you're 331 00:17:14,840 --> 00:17:17,000 Speaker 1: you're pushing earthly. Yeah, and it's sort of weird, like 332 00:17:17,040 --> 00:17:19,720 Speaker 1: on one hand, you're throwing rocks up into the air 333 00:17:19,880 --> 00:17:22,320 Speaker 1: and that eject us sort of land and they can 334 00:17:22,359 --> 00:17:25,080 Speaker 1: pile up. But also there's some sort of compression wave. 335 00:17:25,119 --> 00:17:26,560 Speaker 1: Because if you look at some of these mountains, and 336 00:17:26,560 --> 00:17:29,439 Speaker 1: we'll talk about them, they're pretty crazy. They're really sharp, 337 00:17:29,640 --> 00:17:32,159 Speaker 1: and some of these really big craters they have like 338 00:17:32,200 --> 00:17:35,480 Speaker 1: a secondary ring around it, Like you have the first 339 00:17:35,560 --> 00:17:37,280 Speaker 1: ring at the very edge of the crater, and then 340 00:17:37,400 --> 00:17:39,879 Speaker 1: some of them have like multiple rings around them. And 341 00:17:39,960 --> 00:17:43,199 Speaker 1: scientists don't understand it. It's like controversial. Actually reached out 342 00:17:43,240 --> 00:17:45,520 Speaker 1: to a friend of mine's a planetary scientist, and he said, 343 00:17:45,800 --> 00:17:48,800 Speaker 1: the formation of these multiple rings is controversial, but there's 344 00:17:48,840 --> 00:17:52,040 Speaker 1: some thought that they represent the imprints of seismic waves 345 00:17:52,320 --> 00:17:55,399 Speaker 1: that propagate out from the impact point. So just like 346 00:17:55,440 --> 00:17:59,439 Speaker 1: the shock wave, it just somehow like pops mountains up 347 00:17:59,520 --> 00:18:03,520 Speaker 1: and then they reason place. Yeah, pretty cool, it's pretty crazy. 348 00:18:03,680 --> 00:18:06,320 Speaker 1: It's pretty crazy. Thank you forgot aliens making snow angels 349 00:18:07,720 --> 00:18:11,200 Speaker 1: giant aliens lying down. I didn't forget it. I thought 350 00:18:11,200 --> 00:18:16,359 Speaker 1: of it and rected this is a science podcast and 351 00:18:16,400 --> 00:18:19,160 Speaker 1: not Jorge makes stuff up. Did you actually consider it? 352 00:18:20,400 --> 00:18:22,480 Speaker 1: I thought, Jorge will suggest this. I have to have 353 00:18:22,520 --> 00:18:26,160 Speaker 1: a response. Right where where? Where are your references? Daniel 354 00:18:26,600 --> 00:18:30,600 Speaker 1: proved to me that it's not possible. Okay, I'll go 355 00:18:30,640 --> 00:18:32,760 Speaker 1: to the experiment. All right, Well let's get into now, 356 00:18:33,280 --> 00:18:35,760 Speaker 1: what is the tallest mountain in the Solar System? Is 357 00:18:35,760 --> 00:18:37,720 Speaker 1: it here on Earth? Is it on Jupiter? Is it 358 00:18:37,800 --> 00:18:54,119 Speaker 1: on Mars? But first let's take a quick break. All right, Daniel, 359 00:18:54,119 --> 00:18:57,680 Speaker 1: we're talking about the tallest and or the biggest mountains 360 00:18:57,760 --> 00:18:59,760 Speaker 1: in the Solar System, and so I think we should 361 00:18:59,760 --> 00:19:02,040 Speaker 1: maybe start here on Earth. What do you think since 362 00:19:02,080 --> 00:19:04,520 Speaker 1: we're here I was before I was kidnapped by the 363 00:19:04,560 --> 00:19:08,840 Speaker 1: Aliens and forced to broadcast this podcast from their orbiting 364 00:19:09,119 --> 00:19:14,360 Speaker 1: mother ship. You'll be sponsored by the mountain Duke of Venus. 365 00:19:14,080 --> 00:19:17,800 Speaker 1: That's right, the extreme Aliens. Well, even if we begin 366 00:19:17,880 --> 00:19:21,160 Speaker 1: here on Earth, there's already something of a controversy about 367 00:19:21,160 --> 00:19:24,600 Speaker 1: what's the tallest mountain on Earth? Really, you mean scientists 368 00:19:24,640 --> 00:19:28,119 Speaker 1: can't agree on stuff. I think it's actually engineers debating 369 00:19:28,119 --> 00:19:32,720 Speaker 1: the details of definitions, because your go to answer is 370 00:19:32,720 --> 00:19:35,960 Speaker 1: Mount Everest. Right, it's like eight point eight kilometers above 371 00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:39,600 Speaker 1: sea level. It's the highest point on Earth. Right, highest 372 00:19:39,600 --> 00:19:42,480 Speaker 1: point above sea level. And that's a famous mountain. It's beautiful, 373 00:19:42,680 --> 00:19:44,640 Speaker 1: lots of people have died trying to climb in. It's 374 00:19:44,680 --> 00:19:47,800 Speaker 1: totally extreme. Guess its props and as we said before, 375 00:19:47,880 --> 00:19:51,320 Speaker 1: it's like the Mount Everest of mountains. It's the Mount 376 00:19:51,400 --> 00:19:54,359 Speaker 1: Everest of Mount Everest. And it's a tectonic one, right 377 00:19:54,400 --> 00:19:57,000 Speaker 1: it comes. It's part of this incredible chain of mountains 378 00:19:57,359 --> 00:20:00,640 Speaker 1: in the Himalayas. Oh really wow. And it was quite 379 00:20:00,680 --> 00:20:03,280 Speaker 1: a collision India into China. I think that was actually 380 00:20:03,320 --> 00:20:05,800 Speaker 1: still happening. Like I think Mount Everest is getting taller 381 00:20:05,880 --> 00:20:09,440 Speaker 1: every year. It actually grows about a quarter inch every year, 382 00:20:09,480 --> 00:20:12,280 Speaker 1: and that's because the slow motion collision between India and 383 00:20:12,359 --> 00:20:16,280 Speaker 1: China is still happening. And so India like hasn't stopped. 384 00:20:16,280 --> 00:20:18,320 Speaker 1: It ran right into China and it's just like pressed 385 00:20:18,320 --> 00:20:20,520 Speaker 1: on the gas pedal and it's just pushing and pushing 386 00:20:20,560 --> 00:20:23,119 Speaker 1: and pushing, and so this rocket just going up and 387 00:20:23,200 --> 00:20:25,920 Speaker 1: up and up. But wait, isn't sea levels also going up? 388 00:20:25,960 --> 00:20:30,560 Speaker 1: So isn't that raising some of that fullness? That is 389 00:20:30,600 --> 00:20:33,280 Speaker 1: a very good point. Climate change is going to bring 390 00:20:33,320 --> 00:20:37,480 Speaker 1: down Mount Everest. That's maybe the least important consequence of 391 00:20:37,760 --> 00:20:43,040 Speaker 1: climate change. But there's another contender, right, There's another contender, 392 00:20:43,080 --> 00:20:47,520 Speaker 1: which is Manukea. Manokea is a volcanic mountain in the 393 00:20:47,560 --> 00:20:51,240 Speaker 1: Pacific and it's only four point two kilometers of a 394 00:20:51,359 --> 00:20:54,800 Speaker 1: sea level, but that's because most of its underwater. If 395 00:20:54,840 --> 00:20:57,679 Speaker 1: you went from the tip of Manukea down to the 396 00:20:57,720 --> 00:21:00,080 Speaker 1: base at the bottom of the ocean floor, that's more 397 00:21:00,080 --> 00:21:03,880 Speaker 1: than ten kilometers. Wow. So that's ah, that's a whole 398 00:21:03,960 --> 00:21:06,000 Speaker 1: kilometer and a half bigger than Mount Everest. So I 399 00:21:06,080 --> 00:21:07,960 Speaker 1: know it like would look down in Mount Everest and 400 00:21:08,119 --> 00:21:12,040 Speaker 1: laugh at how pathetic it is. It's Hawaiian, so it's 401 00:21:12,080 --> 00:21:15,800 Speaker 1: probably pretty chill. It would be pretty friendly. The goddess, 402 00:21:15,800 --> 00:21:18,159 Speaker 1: it's the goddess of Lavas, who would probably be you know, 403 00:21:18,560 --> 00:21:22,320 Speaker 1: be like, hey, yeah, so I bet Hawaiian's out there. 404 00:21:22,480 --> 00:21:25,600 Speaker 1: Think of Manukea as the tallest mountain or the biggest mountain. 405 00:21:25,760 --> 00:21:28,520 Speaker 1: Also it's definitely wider, like these volcanic mountains tend to 406 00:21:28,520 --> 00:21:30,879 Speaker 1: be pretty wide because the lava doesn't just pile up 407 00:21:30,880 --> 00:21:34,480 Speaker 1: in one spot, right, it flows. So but going back 408 00:21:34,520 --> 00:21:36,439 Speaker 1: to right definition, it would be the biggest mountain, right 409 00:21:36,440 --> 00:21:39,160 Speaker 1: because it doesn't matter if it's underwater or partly underwater 410 00:21:39,240 --> 00:21:42,320 Speaker 1: or partly under clouds. We're talking like based to peak, 411 00:21:42,359 --> 00:21:45,680 Speaker 1: based to peak, Monukea hands down the biggest mountain on Earth. Okay, 412 00:21:45,680 --> 00:21:47,919 Speaker 1: so that's here on Earth. That's the biggest mountain we 413 00:21:47,920 --> 00:21:50,600 Speaker 1: have here on Earth. It's bigger than anything else. There's 414 00:21:50,640 --> 00:21:53,360 Speaker 1: no bigger feature on this planet on this planet. That's right. 415 00:21:53,600 --> 00:21:55,520 Speaker 1: That's the best we could do, all right. Then now 416 00:21:55,600 --> 00:21:58,600 Speaker 1: let's go into other planets in this Solar system and 417 00:21:58,680 --> 00:22:01,480 Speaker 1: let's start I guess with the when the one clusest 418 00:22:01,520 --> 00:22:03,560 Speaker 1: of the Sun. What's going on in Mercury, what's the 419 00:22:03,840 --> 00:22:05,840 Speaker 1: How big are the mountains and Mercury. So Mercury is 420 00:22:05,880 --> 00:22:08,679 Speaker 1: not that impressive. It's a small little planet and it 421 00:22:08,720 --> 00:22:13,200 Speaker 1: doesn't have like tectonic activity or crazy volcanoes, but it 422 00:22:13,280 --> 00:22:16,600 Speaker 1: is impacted a lot. So these huge rocks hit Mercury 423 00:22:16,880 --> 00:22:20,200 Speaker 1: and create these features and there's this one feature on Mercury. 424 00:22:20,200 --> 00:22:23,800 Speaker 1: It's an enormous impact and it's called the colorous Mantes 425 00:22:24,200 --> 00:22:26,520 Speaker 1: and it has these rings around the edge of it 426 00:22:26,600 --> 00:22:30,320 Speaker 1: that are three kilometers above the plane. Oh, I guess 427 00:22:30,320 --> 00:22:32,960 Speaker 1: there's no sea level in Mercury, is there? There's this 428 00:22:33,119 --> 00:22:36,120 Speaker 1: third level, no sea level? Yeah, exactly, it's what we're 429 00:22:36,160 --> 00:22:37,800 Speaker 1: just doing based to peak, right as the sea levels 430 00:22:37,800 --> 00:22:40,320 Speaker 1: are relevant. So based to peak. This thing that rings 431 00:22:40,400 --> 00:22:43,840 Speaker 1: this crater is three kilometers. It's sort of hard to imagine. 432 00:22:43,840 --> 00:22:47,359 Speaker 1: It's like these sharp spikes that are ringing around this crater, 433 00:22:47,560 --> 00:22:49,720 Speaker 1: and it's it's a pretty high. You know, this is 434 00:22:49,720 --> 00:22:52,159 Speaker 1: not a little bump. Three kilometers is nothing to sneeze, 435 00:22:52,160 --> 00:22:54,720 Speaker 1: a pretty tall. It's like um as big as Mountea 436 00:22:55,440 --> 00:22:59,560 Speaker 1: sea level, almost as high above sea level as Maniche is. Yeah, 437 00:22:59,600 --> 00:23:03,399 Speaker 1: and it's much narrower. Right, These impact mountains are these 438 00:23:03,440 --> 00:23:05,760 Speaker 1: impact features, whatever you want to call them, a much 439 00:23:05,840 --> 00:23:09,399 Speaker 1: narrower because they come from these explosions. They're more like shards, right, 440 00:23:09,440 --> 00:23:12,720 Speaker 1: They're not built up slowly. They're more dramatic. Yes, they're 441 00:23:12,840 --> 00:23:15,800 Speaker 1: very dramatic. All right, So that's very creat What about Venus? 442 00:23:15,840 --> 00:23:18,360 Speaker 1: What does Venus have Venus is pretty impressive. It has 443 00:23:18,400 --> 00:23:22,720 Speaker 1: tectonic activity and its tallest mountain is called the skady 444 00:23:22,800 --> 00:23:26,640 Speaker 1: Mons and it's six and a half kilometers high, so 445 00:23:26,880 --> 00:23:30,320 Speaker 1: it doesn't match Mount Everest. And it's a tectonic mountain, 446 00:23:30,440 --> 00:23:33,760 Speaker 1: so it's formed by you know, crushing together of these plates. 447 00:23:33,840 --> 00:23:37,840 Speaker 1: But the weirdest thing about this mountain is Venus's atmosphere. Right. Remember, 448 00:23:37,920 --> 00:23:41,440 Speaker 1: Venus is really weird. And people think that Venus once 449 00:23:41,560 --> 00:23:44,520 Speaker 1: looked like Earth, that it once had a nice temper 450 00:23:44,640 --> 00:23:47,400 Speaker 1: climate and maybe even oceans, and then it was hit 451 00:23:47,720 --> 00:23:51,200 Speaker 1: by huge meteor that caused basically climate change and a 452 00:23:51,520 --> 00:23:54,119 Speaker 1: runaway greenhouse effect. They heated it up, and now the 453 00:23:54,160 --> 00:23:57,919 Speaker 1: atmosphere is crazy and it's like nine degrees on the 454 00:23:57,960 --> 00:24:02,200 Speaker 1: surface of Venus. And so the surface of this mountain 455 00:24:02,240 --> 00:24:06,639 Speaker 1: is covered in metallic snow flakes of lead that have 456 00:24:06,720 --> 00:24:11,800 Speaker 1: precipitated lead. The snow snow made of flakes of lead. Yeah. Like, 457 00:24:12,080 --> 00:24:17,240 Speaker 1: now talk about extreme skiing. That's like a quadruple black 458 00:24:17,280 --> 00:24:21,160 Speaker 1: diamond right there with a couple of crossbones, just to 459 00:24:21,200 --> 00:24:23,200 Speaker 1: make sure you don't ski on the It's a lead 460 00:24:23,240 --> 00:24:26,040 Speaker 1: diamond and it's hard to understand, like the weather on 461 00:24:26,080 --> 00:24:28,920 Speaker 1: the surface because not only is it really hot to 462 00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:31,880 Speaker 1: imagine this stuff would just melt, it's also really high pressure. 463 00:24:32,119 --> 00:24:34,560 Speaker 1: So the phase diagrams are pretty complicated, so you can 464 00:24:34,560 --> 00:24:37,880 Speaker 1: get stuff that's solid at higher temperatures than it would 465 00:24:37,920 --> 00:24:39,920 Speaker 1: be here on Earth because of the pressure. Oh I see, 466 00:24:39,920 --> 00:24:42,760 Speaker 1: it's not just hot nine out trees, it's also super 467 00:24:42,880 --> 00:24:46,200 Speaker 1: high pressure, really high pressure. So yeah, not a good place. 468 00:24:46,240 --> 00:24:50,160 Speaker 1: I do not recommend skiing on castle. That's key vacation. Yeah, 469 00:24:50,200 --> 00:24:52,440 Speaker 1: everything we've sent to the surface of Venus like has 470 00:24:52,520 --> 00:24:57,080 Speaker 1: lasted for you know, minutes and then been crushed because 471 00:24:57,160 --> 00:25:00,520 Speaker 1: the because of the pressure. Alright, but still that's a 472 00:25:00,520 --> 00:25:03,080 Speaker 1: pretty big mountains six point four kilometers and it's like 473 00:25:03,200 --> 00:25:05,159 Speaker 1: time we know it's tectonic because you can see the 474 00:25:05,160 --> 00:25:07,720 Speaker 1: plates on Venus kind of coming together or they're just 475 00:25:07,760 --> 00:25:09,240 Speaker 1: not in the form of a ring. They're not in 476 00:25:09,240 --> 00:25:10,720 Speaker 1: the form of a ring, and it doesn't look like 477 00:25:10,840 --> 00:25:13,560 Speaker 1: volcanic and so they've deduced from looking at the surface 478 00:25:13,560 --> 00:25:15,800 Speaker 1: of Venus that there's tectonic activity. I don't know if 479 00:25:15,840 --> 00:25:18,480 Speaker 1: they know exactly where the edges of those plates are, 480 00:25:18,840 --> 00:25:20,919 Speaker 1: but this definitely looks like a tectonic mountain. Well, it's 481 00:25:20,960 --> 00:25:23,800 Speaker 1: interesting to think that Earth has bigger mountains than all 482 00:25:23,800 --> 00:25:26,240 Speaker 1: of these other planets so far. Ye, and remember that 483 00:25:26,280 --> 00:25:28,760 Speaker 1: Earth is bigger than Mercury, right, so you'd expect a 484 00:25:28,800 --> 00:25:31,800 Speaker 1: bigger planet to have larger features, just sort of like proportionally. 485 00:25:32,119 --> 00:25:34,600 Speaker 1: And Earth is about the same size as Venus. It's 486 00:25:34,640 --> 00:25:36,680 Speaker 1: pretty close, and so you expect them to be about 487 00:25:36,720 --> 00:25:38,680 Speaker 1: the same size. And hey, you know, it's not far off. 488 00:25:39,240 --> 00:25:42,320 Speaker 1: So I understand why you imagine a bigger planet would 489 00:25:42,320 --> 00:25:45,200 Speaker 1: have bigger mountains, But it's actually sort of the opposite 490 00:25:45,400 --> 00:25:47,480 Speaker 1: later when we get to Mars, which is confusing. So 491 00:25:47,640 --> 00:25:50,440 Speaker 1: having a bigger planet doesn't mean have bigger mountains, not necessarily. 492 00:25:51,600 --> 00:25:57,600 Speaker 1: How about tallest mountains, triangulist mountains, square mountains? All right, Well, 493 00:25:57,600 --> 00:25:59,720 Speaker 1: that takes us to somewhere else in the Solar System. 494 00:25:59,720 --> 00:26:02,960 Speaker 1: Where else can we find big mountains? Apparently that we 495 00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:04,840 Speaker 1: can have mounts, not just some planets. We can also 496 00:26:04,880 --> 00:26:06,520 Speaker 1: have him on moons. Yeah, we can have them on 497 00:26:06,560 --> 00:26:09,439 Speaker 1: the moons. So our moon has a pretty impressive feature. 498 00:26:09,520 --> 00:26:12,680 Speaker 1: It's mons hygans and it's five and a half kilometers 499 00:26:12,800 --> 00:26:16,359 Speaker 1: high from an impact almost four billion years ago, some 500 00:26:16,520 --> 00:26:18,679 Speaker 1: huge thing hit it that was like two hundred and 501 00:26:18,680 --> 00:26:22,320 Speaker 1: fifty kilometers wide, and so you have this crazy crater 502 00:26:22,680 --> 00:26:25,320 Speaker 1: with edges of it that have these features of it 503 00:26:25,359 --> 00:26:28,200 Speaker 1: that are almost six kilometers up and you can see 504 00:26:28,240 --> 00:26:29,880 Speaker 1: him in a ring. Can you see him from earth 505 00:26:30,080 --> 00:26:31,400 Speaker 1: or is it on the other side of the moon. 506 00:26:31,520 --> 00:26:33,800 Speaker 1: You can see them from Earth and can study them 507 00:26:33,800 --> 00:26:36,600 Speaker 1: in a telescope, and so they're pretty impressive. Cool, and 508 00:26:36,800 --> 00:26:39,200 Speaker 1: it's it's our moon. Is not the only moon with mountains, 509 00:26:39,320 --> 00:26:41,440 Speaker 1: that's right, And they get harder and harder to pronounce. 510 00:26:41,560 --> 00:26:44,080 Speaker 1: And if you get further out, Yes, does our moon 511 00:26:44,119 --> 00:26:45,959 Speaker 1: have a name or is it just the moon? Our 512 00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:49,240 Speaker 1: moon is called Luna and our sun is called Soul. 513 00:26:49,560 --> 00:26:51,280 Speaker 1: Did you just make that up? I know that it's 514 00:26:51,280 --> 00:26:53,240 Speaker 1: Soul has it's the name of our sun. But I 515 00:26:53,520 --> 00:26:56,200 Speaker 1: never heard our moon called Luna. It's called Luna. Check 516 00:26:56,240 --> 00:26:59,280 Speaker 1: it nice. But the moon Io has a feature called 517 00:27:00,200 --> 00:27:06,760 Speaker 1: boy bussal Mantes and it's eighteen kilometers high. What, yes, 518 00:27:06,880 --> 00:27:10,840 Speaker 1: eighteen kilometers so it like blows away Mount Everest, blows 519 00:27:10,880 --> 00:27:14,639 Speaker 1: away Monica. So Io is a moon of what Jupiter? Saturn? 520 00:27:14,800 --> 00:27:17,080 Speaker 1: I was a moon of Jupiter and it's the most 521 00:27:17,160 --> 00:27:20,760 Speaker 1: volcanically active world in the whole Solar system. So it's 522 00:27:20,800 --> 00:27:23,280 Speaker 1: got a lot of stuff going on, the most volcanically 523 00:27:23,320 --> 00:27:26,359 Speaker 1: active volcanoes Everywhere's a lot of stuff going on on 524 00:27:26,400 --> 00:27:30,040 Speaker 1: the inside of Io, and that also leads to tectonic activity. 525 00:27:30,280 --> 00:27:33,119 Speaker 1: And so this thing is actually a tectonic mountain on Io. 526 00:27:33,560 --> 00:27:37,520 Speaker 1: And it's eighteen kilometers high. So that's pretty impressive. It's 527 00:27:37,560 --> 00:27:41,160 Speaker 1: like twice the height of Mount Everest. Yeah, and I 528 00:27:41,200 --> 00:27:43,600 Speaker 1: was pretty impressed until I started reading about the moons 529 00:27:43,640 --> 00:27:47,199 Speaker 1: of Saturn. Now there's one moon of Saturn called Us 530 00:27:47,520 --> 00:27:50,680 Speaker 1: and this one is so weird. It's got a ridge 531 00:27:50,840 --> 00:27:54,440 Speaker 1: all the way around the equator that's twenty kilometers high. 532 00:27:54,800 --> 00:27:57,479 Speaker 1: It looks sort of like a like a walnut, you know, 533 00:27:57,560 --> 00:28:00,199 Speaker 1: like a spherical object with a ring around on the 534 00:28:00,280 --> 00:28:02,840 Speaker 1: edge of it, like a belt, Like it has a belt. Yeah, 535 00:28:02,880 --> 00:28:07,280 Speaker 1: it's like a like love handles, like love handles, maybe 536 00:28:07,280 --> 00:28:09,480 Speaker 1: it ate a bunch of other moods. And it goes 537 00:28:09,520 --> 00:28:11,399 Speaker 1: all the way around. It goes three quarters of the 538 00:28:11,400 --> 00:28:14,280 Speaker 1: way around, three quarters of the way around. Nobody understands it, 539 00:28:14,320 --> 00:28:17,280 Speaker 1: nobody knows why, nobody knows how. Like somebody squished the planet, 540 00:28:17,320 --> 00:28:19,480 Speaker 1: like took it from top to bottom and it squished 541 00:28:19,520 --> 00:28:22,600 Speaker 1: and like bulget out mountains in the middle. Definitely some 542 00:28:22,720 --> 00:28:25,679 Speaker 1: interesting history there. And you know, it's not a small feature. 543 00:28:25,760 --> 00:28:29,960 Speaker 1: It's twenty kilometers high, so and it would be all around, 544 00:28:30,280 --> 00:28:33,760 Speaker 1: so it's like Manukea plus mount Everest not even as 545 00:28:33,840 --> 00:28:35,760 Speaker 1: tall as and it would just you would see it 546 00:28:35,800 --> 00:28:38,320 Speaker 1: as this mountain range that just keeps going off into 547 00:28:38,360 --> 00:28:43,360 Speaker 1: the horizon in both directions. It's a really weird feature. Yeah. 548 00:28:43,600 --> 00:28:46,320 Speaker 1: All right, Well, we are getting closer to the biggest mountain, 549 00:28:46,560 --> 00:28:50,680 Speaker 1: the tallest mountain in the Solar System, and so we'll 550 00:28:50,720 --> 00:28:53,160 Speaker 1: we've we've we've come down to the final two and 551 00:28:53,200 --> 00:28:55,960 Speaker 1: so let's get into what they are, where they are, 552 00:28:56,200 --> 00:28:58,480 Speaker 1: and how tall they are. But first let's take a 553 00:28:58,560 --> 00:29:14,040 Speaker 1: quick break. All right, So we're talking about the tallest 554 00:29:14,080 --> 00:29:17,240 Speaker 1: mountain in the Solar System. Our first runner up for 555 00:29:17,280 --> 00:29:19,760 Speaker 1: tallest mountain is not here on Earth. It's not on 556 00:29:19,800 --> 00:29:23,880 Speaker 1: any Moon, it's not on Jupiter. It's actually on Mars. Yeah. 557 00:29:23,880 --> 00:29:27,320 Speaker 1: It's sort of amazing little Mars, right, It's much smaller 558 00:29:27,320 --> 00:29:31,120 Speaker 1: than Earth but has much bigger features. It's very dramatic. 559 00:29:31,680 --> 00:29:34,800 Speaker 1: And this mountain on Mars is the Olympus Mons and 560 00:29:34,840 --> 00:29:39,200 Speaker 1: it's almost twenty two kilometers high. I remember Mount Never 561 00:29:39,680 --> 00:29:43,840 Speaker 1: almost nine kilometers. Mount o Kea, our tallest volcano is 562 00:29:43,960 --> 00:29:48,400 Speaker 1: ten kilometers. This thing is too. It's basically called Mount Olympus, 563 00:29:48,440 --> 00:29:53,080 Speaker 1: like the Greek exactly. It definitely wins the Olympics of mountains. 564 00:29:53,600 --> 00:29:57,200 Speaker 1: It's enormous and it's and it's not just tall, right, 565 00:29:57,240 --> 00:30:01,200 Speaker 1: it's also it's also really big becau because there's not 566 00:30:01,240 --> 00:30:04,400 Speaker 1: that much gravity on Mars, and so it's sort of 567 00:30:04,680 --> 00:30:08,600 Speaker 1: flows and becomes really broad, and the whole mountain if 568 00:30:08,600 --> 00:30:10,320 Speaker 1: you look at like the edges of it, it goes 569 00:30:10,400 --> 00:30:12,880 Speaker 1: it's like the size of France. Wow, if you were 570 00:30:12,960 --> 00:30:14,760 Speaker 1: to walk from the tip to the base, it'd be 571 00:30:14,760 --> 00:30:17,480 Speaker 1: like walking from the center of France to the border. Yeah. 572 00:30:17,520 --> 00:30:19,920 Speaker 1: You can take like the outline of this mountain and 573 00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:22,320 Speaker 1: superimposed on France and you're like, yeah, that's about the 574 00:30:22,320 --> 00:30:25,239 Speaker 1: same side. Do you think that's cheating a little bit? Though? 575 00:30:25,320 --> 00:30:27,920 Speaker 1: Like if you have less gravity, does that is that 576 00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:31,000 Speaker 1: like steroids? Kind of in the Olympics that mountain rises 577 00:30:31,680 --> 00:30:33,840 Speaker 1: because it's like or you know how they it's easier 578 00:30:33,840 --> 00:30:37,240 Speaker 1: to run and the higher altitudes because there's less gravity. 579 00:30:37,400 --> 00:30:40,120 Speaker 1: You know, Yeah, I think people were thinking bigger planet, 580 00:30:40,160 --> 00:30:44,760 Speaker 1: bigger mountains, But you're right, smaller planet, less gravity, bigger features, 581 00:30:44,760 --> 00:30:47,160 Speaker 1: easier to maintain a big mountain, yeah, and easier to 582 00:30:47,160 --> 00:30:49,280 Speaker 1: build it up and easier to maintain it. Things don't 583 00:30:49,360 --> 00:30:52,120 Speaker 1: roll down as much. And so that's pretty impressive. That's 584 00:30:52,160 --> 00:30:56,200 Speaker 1: twenty one nine kilometers And it's volcanic, right, it's stuff 585 00:30:56,240 --> 00:30:59,320 Speaker 1: spewing out from the inside of Mars. Mars doesn't have 586 00:30:59,400 --> 00:31:02,960 Speaker 1: tectonic activity as far as we know, so volcanoes are impact. 587 00:31:03,040 --> 00:31:05,680 Speaker 1: Is the only way Mars could get up onto this list. 588 00:31:06,080 --> 00:31:08,360 Speaker 1: And this is a volcanic mountain, right, And so that's 589 00:31:08,400 --> 00:31:12,160 Speaker 1: the biggest mountain on a planet in the Solar System, 590 00:31:12,280 --> 00:31:15,680 Speaker 1: that's right. Like that's if you're just counting planets or moons, 591 00:31:15,720 --> 00:31:17,720 Speaker 1: that's it. Is this the biggest mont that's it. That's 592 00:31:17,760 --> 00:31:20,640 Speaker 1: the number one feature on a planet in the Solar System. 593 00:31:20,720 --> 00:31:26,760 Speaker 1: But but the most impressive is a really, really weird 594 00:31:26,880 --> 00:31:30,720 Speaker 1: feature is on an asteroid, an asteroid. It's not even 595 00:31:30,720 --> 00:31:33,000 Speaker 1: on a planet. It's not even on a planet. It's 596 00:31:33,040 --> 00:31:36,240 Speaker 1: not even on a moon. It's on an asteroid. There's 597 00:31:36,280 --> 00:31:39,480 Speaker 1: this one asteroid in the asteroid belt. It's pretty big 598 00:31:39,520 --> 00:31:43,280 Speaker 1: it's like five hundred kilometers wide, which is sizeable for 599 00:31:43,400 --> 00:31:47,040 Speaker 1: an asteroid, and it's got this feature on it from 600 00:31:47,080 --> 00:31:49,400 Speaker 1: an impact crater. And the the thing you have to understand 601 00:31:49,520 --> 00:31:53,440 Speaker 1: is that the crater itself is four hundred kilometers wa 602 00:31:53,520 --> 00:31:56,640 Speaker 1: wait wait what what? Wait? Wait? So how can it's 603 00:31:56,680 --> 00:31:58,920 Speaker 1: like the most of the asteroid is a crater. Yes, 604 00:31:59,040 --> 00:32:01,200 Speaker 1: the whole like back half of this thing, the south 605 00:32:01,240 --> 00:32:05,240 Speaker 1: pole is this thing is just a big crater. Like 606 00:32:05,360 --> 00:32:08,480 Speaker 1: this thing was totally rear ended and it didn't get 607 00:32:08,480 --> 00:32:11,440 Speaker 1: any insurance information because nobody fixed this thing up. Like 608 00:32:11,520 --> 00:32:13,280 Speaker 1: the whole back of this thing was just blown out 609 00:32:13,320 --> 00:32:14,800 Speaker 1: in a big crater. It's like it's like if you 610 00:32:14,880 --> 00:32:17,080 Speaker 1: take an apple and you take a giant bite out 611 00:32:17,080 --> 00:32:21,120 Speaker 1: of it, that's kind of what you get. Yeah. Yeah, 612 00:32:21,160 --> 00:32:24,280 Speaker 1: but it's even weirder because this impact happened like a 613 00:32:24,360 --> 00:32:26,600 Speaker 1: billion years ago. But the mountain is actually at the 614 00:32:26,600 --> 00:32:30,640 Speaker 1: center and that's something I don't understand at all. And 615 00:32:30,680 --> 00:32:33,640 Speaker 1: the mountain has this name, it's called Rhea Silva. And 616 00:32:33,680 --> 00:32:36,880 Speaker 1: the mountain at the center of this crater is twenty 617 00:32:37,000 --> 00:32:40,920 Speaker 1: two kilometers high, so it's like just taller than that 618 00:32:40,960 --> 00:32:43,280 Speaker 1: mountain on Mark. Wait. Wait, okay, so um. So, the 619 00:32:43,280 --> 00:32:45,959 Speaker 1: biggest mountain in the Solar System is not on a planet. 620 00:32:46,120 --> 00:32:49,800 Speaker 1: It's on an asteroid called what Vesta is the name 621 00:32:49,840 --> 00:32:55,320 Speaker 1: of the asteroid Vesta, and the asteroid is five kilometers wide. 622 00:32:55,960 --> 00:32:58,640 Speaker 1: It has a hole that's four d kilometers wide, and 623 00:32:58,760 --> 00:33:01,520 Speaker 1: in the middle of that whole is a mountain. It's 624 00:33:01,560 --> 00:33:03,600 Speaker 1: such a weird structor to think about it. There is 625 00:33:03,640 --> 00:33:05,400 Speaker 1: weird stuff out there in the Solar System, and that's 626 00:33:05,400 --> 00:33:07,760 Speaker 1: why I love these episodes, because like it's basically like 627 00:33:07,760 --> 00:33:10,479 Speaker 1: a bowl, like a flying bowl with a with a 628 00:33:10,480 --> 00:33:13,880 Speaker 1: mountain of guacamole in the middle, floating out in space. 629 00:33:13,920 --> 00:33:15,560 Speaker 1: If you had lunch yet, or hey, I think maybe 630 00:33:15,600 --> 00:33:18,520 Speaker 1: you should have a snack before these episodes. I need 631 00:33:18,520 --> 00:33:21,520 Speaker 1: another banana. It's pretty weird. I was looking at pictures 632 00:33:21,560 --> 00:33:24,600 Speaker 1: of this thing and it's definitely something weird to look at. Okay, 633 00:33:24,600 --> 00:33:26,440 Speaker 1: so if I google it, what does it look like. 634 00:33:26,560 --> 00:33:28,520 Speaker 1: It looks like a huge hole with a mountain in 635 00:33:28,560 --> 00:33:32,520 Speaker 1: the middle. It's just a flying hole with with a 636 00:33:32,560 --> 00:33:34,440 Speaker 1: pimple in the middle. And we've learned a lot about 637 00:33:34,480 --> 00:33:37,360 Speaker 1: Vesta actually because bits of it have fallen to Earth, 638 00:33:37,920 --> 00:33:40,400 Speaker 1: like this collision happened a billion years ago, and a 639 00:33:40,400 --> 00:33:42,640 Speaker 1: lot of the asteroids in the Asteroid belt used to 640 00:33:42,680 --> 00:33:45,840 Speaker 1: be bits of Vesta, and then some of them fell 641 00:33:45,880 --> 00:33:47,440 Speaker 1: to Earth, and like, you know, we can pick up 642 00:33:47,440 --> 00:33:49,000 Speaker 1: a rock here on Earth and we can be like, 643 00:33:49,200 --> 00:33:51,880 Speaker 1: this rock doesn't seem like it was formed on Earth. 644 00:33:51,920 --> 00:33:54,080 Speaker 1: It seems like the Moon, or it seems like Mars, 645 00:33:54,160 --> 00:33:56,600 Speaker 1: or it seems like this weird asteroid. And it's a 646 00:33:56,600 --> 00:33:58,800 Speaker 1: pretty cool way to explore the Solar System just by 647 00:33:58,840 --> 00:34:01,160 Speaker 1: finding little bits of it here on Earth. And it's 648 00:34:01,200 --> 00:34:03,160 Speaker 1: amazing we can track it, like this bit of of 649 00:34:03,160 --> 00:34:06,600 Speaker 1: I rack came from that asteroid bazillion miles away. Yeah, 650 00:34:06,640 --> 00:34:09,120 Speaker 1: because a lot of these have their own different history, right, 651 00:34:09,440 --> 00:34:12,520 Speaker 1: and that leads to different you know, fractions of ice 652 00:34:12,560 --> 00:34:15,640 Speaker 1: and different kinds of ice, and different kinds of rock 653 00:34:15,719 --> 00:34:18,680 Speaker 1: and different um you know, heavy metals and stuff. And 654 00:34:18,719 --> 00:34:21,160 Speaker 1: so from those sort of fingerprints you can tell where 655 00:34:21,160 --> 00:34:23,360 Speaker 1: a rock came from, which I think is amazing. And 656 00:34:23,400 --> 00:34:26,399 Speaker 1: so we found bits of Vesta. But Vesta, in my mind, 657 00:34:26,560 --> 00:34:29,680 Speaker 1: is the champ. It's just slightly edges out Mars, but 658 00:34:29,760 --> 00:34:31,880 Speaker 1: it is more impressive. Okay, So it has a feature 659 00:34:32,080 --> 00:34:34,360 Speaker 1: that looks like a mountain. That is a mountain, I 660 00:34:34,360 --> 00:34:37,719 Speaker 1: guess is a triangular is it? It's just a it's 661 00:34:37,719 --> 00:34:44,080 Speaker 1: a giant bump that peak two basse is Yeah, And 662 00:34:44,120 --> 00:34:46,799 Speaker 1: the edges of this crater are also very dramatic. They 663 00:34:46,800 --> 00:34:49,200 Speaker 1: don't quite rise twenty two kilometers, but they're you know, 664 00:34:49,239 --> 00:34:51,919 Speaker 1: on the same scale there in the teens. And you're 665 00:34:51,920 --> 00:34:53,680 Speaker 1: saying it's mostly made out of it's not made out 666 00:34:53,680 --> 00:34:56,879 Speaker 1: of rock. Yeah, it's like rock and mostly ice, right, 667 00:34:56,920 --> 00:34:59,160 Speaker 1: And there's people don't understand. There's a lot of ice 668 00:34:59,200 --> 00:35:01,520 Speaker 1: out there in the Solar System. It's huge chunks of it. 669 00:35:01,600 --> 00:35:04,600 Speaker 1: And like some of those outer planets are icy giants, 670 00:35:04,640 --> 00:35:07,520 Speaker 1: so there's an enormous amount of water frozen in ice 671 00:35:07,520 --> 00:35:11,080 Speaker 1: in the outer Solar System. We have no shortage of resources. 672 00:35:11,120 --> 00:35:14,040 Speaker 1: Like those movies where the aliens come to steal our water. 673 00:35:14,200 --> 00:35:16,080 Speaker 1: It's like, what are you doing? There's so much more 674 00:35:16,120 --> 00:35:20,239 Speaker 1: water out there. There's a bunch of ice tomorrow where 675 00:35:20,239 --> 00:35:23,080 Speaker 1: they're like sucking up our oceans with giant vacuums, and 676 00:35:23,120 --> 00:35:25,480 Speaker 1: I'm like, what so so that that means the biggest 677 00:35:25,480 --> 00:35:27,960 Speaker 1: mountain in the Solar System is mostly made out of ice, 678 00:35:28,120 --> 00:35:31,600 Speaker 1: mostly made out of ice, Yep, it's ice mountain, no kidding. 679 00:35:31,760 --> 00:35:33,719 Speaker 1: It's like you you can ski on it year round 680 00:35:34,560 --> 00:35:36,080 Speaker 1: for a long time. I don't know what a year 681 00:35:36,120 --> 00:35:40,080 Speaker 1: is like on Vesta, but probably probably. I don't think 682 00:35:40,080 --> 00:35:41,839 Speaker 1: the weather changes very much. And so this is out 683 00:35:41,840 --> 00:35:44,880 Speaker 1: than in the asteroid belt beyond kind of our planets 684 00:35:44,960 --> 00:35:47,239 Speaker 1: or in between our planet. It was in the inner 685 00:35:47,239 --> 00:35:49,719 Speaker 1: asteroid Bell. It's not out in the equiper belt, and 686 00:35:49,760 --> 00:35:52,480 Speaker 1: so it's not actually too far cool. Well, there you go. 687 00:35:52,640 --> 00:35:56,480 Speaker 1: That is the biggest mountain, the tallest mountain in the 688 00:35:56,520 --> 00:35:58,480 Speaker 1: Solar System. It's a meat out of ice and it's 689 00:35:58,520 --> 00:36:01,319 Speaker 1: in an asteroid, which is pretty amazing. Well, I think 690 00:36:01,320 --> 00:36:03,919 Speaker 1: we ran down the list, Daniel. We found our champion. Yes, 691 00:36:03,960 --> 00:36:05,640 Speaker 1: I think we did. We can crown it if we 692 00:36:05,640 --> 00:36:07,239 Speaker 1: could get to the topic. We can get to the 693 00:36:07,239 --> 00:36:11,879 Speaker 1: base of it. How do we even get there? All right? Well, 694 00:36:11,920 --> 00:36:14,920 Speaker 1: we hope you enjoyed a trip into extreme mountains. 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