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Neptune may have eaten a planet and stolen its moon
New Scientist ^ | March 22, 2010 | David Shiga

Posted on 04/03/2010 9:16:58 PM PDT by SunkenCiv

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1 posted on 04/03/2010 9:16:59 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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2 posted on 04/03/2010 9:18:42 PM PDT by SunkenCiv ("Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others." -- Otto von Bismarck)
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To: SunkenCiv

Triton rotates counter-clockwise as a result of it ‘’drifting’’ into Neptunes orbit.


3 posted on 04/03/2010 9:19:02 PM PDT by John-Irish ("Shame of him who thinks of it''.)
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4 posted on 04/03/2010 9:20:28 PM PDT by Talisker (When you find a turtle on top of a fence post, you can be damn sure it didn't get there on it's own.)
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To: SunkenCiv

I hate when that happens.


5 posted on 04/03/2010 9:22:06 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: Talisker

Speaking of Neptune, thanks for the picture of Uranus.


6 posted on 04/03/2010 9:24:26 PM PDT by mlocher (USA is a sovereign nation)
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To: SunkenCiv

Bad Neptune! Bad!

Did you rub its nose in it?


7 posted on 04/03/2010 9:24:33 PM PDT by kimmie7 (THE CROSS - Today, Tomorrow and Always!)
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Hillary is scummier than we realize-!


8 posted on 04/03/2010 9:26:15 PM PDT by imjimbo (The constitution SHOULD be our "gun permit")
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Speaking of Neptune, thanks for the picture of Uranus.

Not mine... ours...

9 posted on 04/03/2010 9:31:50 PM PDT by Talisker (When you find a turtle on top of a fence post, you can be damn sure it didn't get there on it's own.)
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Thanks SunkenCiv


10 posted on 04/03/2010 9:32:03 PM PDT by neverdem (Xin loi minh oi)
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To: kimmie7

Isn’t that Pluto? ;’)


11 posted on 04/03/2010 9:33:53 PM PDT by SunkenCiv ("Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others." -- Otto von Bismarck)
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Thanks John-Irish.


12 posted on 04/03/2010 9:34:07 PM PDT by SunkenCiv ("Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others." -- Otto von Bismarck)
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My pleasure.


13 posted on 04/03/2010 9:34:35 PM PDT by SunkenCiv ("Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others." -- Otto von Bismarck)
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To: SunkenCiv

ok


14 posted on 04/03/2010 9:41:27 PM PDT by screaming eagle2 (No matter what you call it,a pre-owned automobile is STILL A USED CAR!!!)
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lol


15 posted on 04/03/2010 9:42:06 PM PDT by kimmie7 (THE CROSS - Today, Tomorrow and Always!)
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To: SunkenCiv
Sounds like billiards.
16 posted on 04/03/2010 9:55:12 PM PDT by Lucius Cornelius Sulla (Pray for my soul. More things are wrought by prayer Than this world dreams of.-- Idylls of the King)
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Neptune may have eaten a planet...

I'm getting hungry just reading about it...

17 posted on 04/03/2010 10:19:12 PM PDT by Zeppo ("Happy Pony is on - and I'm NOT missing Happy Pony")
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I saw Neptune once, years ago through a very powerful scope. Faint as it was it was a beautiful Robins -egg blue.


18 posted on 04/03/2010 10:21:30 PM PDT by John-Irish ("Shame of him who thinks of it''.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Then again some have postulated that the solar system until recently was radically different from what we see today - Earth, Mars and Venus being moons of Saturn...


19 posted on 04/04/2010 6:01:27 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine .. now it is your turn..)
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That should get the party started. :’)


20 posted on 04/04/2010 6:28:57 AM PDT by SunkenCiv ("Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others." -- Otto von Bismarck)
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