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Saturn's moon reveals bulging equator
New Scientist ^ | 10 January 2005 | * Stephen Battersby

Posted on 01/10/2005 7:05:00 AM PST by holymoly

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Saturn's moon reveals bulging equator

I have one of those (bulging equator).

making the moon look like a walnut shell

Well then...
nut cracker
1 posted on 01/10/2005 7:05:01 AM PST by holymoly
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Saturn's moon reveals bulging equator

2 posted on 01/10/2005 7:08:08 AM PST by Yossarian (Remember: NOT ALL HEART ATTACKS HAVE TRADITIONAL SYMPTOMS)
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To: holymoly

Hey, it's just after the holidays. We're all bulging a little bit at our "equator". Give Saturn's moon a bit of a break until around March at least. : )


3 posted on 01/10/2005 7:08:26 AM PST by Bluegrass Conservative
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To: holymoly

It's made of metal and that is where the two halves are welded together.


8^)


4 posted on 01/10/2005 7:14:06 AM PST by BenLurkin (Big government is still a big problem.)
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To: holymoly

That's no moon... It's a space station.

;o)


5 posted on 01/10/2005 7:14:45 AM PST by OHelix
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Looks like the Death Star.


6 posted on 01/10/2005 7:15:52 AM PST by Brilliant
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To: BenLurkin; OHelix
They found Grand Moff Tarkins' Death Star!
Death Star
7 posted on 01/10/2005 7:18:08 AM PST by holymoly (Whatever)
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To: Brilliant

Darn, you beat me to it. :P


8 posted on 01/10/2005 7:19:13 AM PST by holymoly (Whatever)
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9 posted on 01/10/2005 7:20:15 AM PST by theFIRMbss
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Saturn's moon reveals bulging equator

Iapetus's got a woody!!!

10 posted on 01/10/2005 7:22:50 AM PST by Lazamataz ("Stay well - Stay safe - Stay armed - Yorktown" -- harpseal)
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It's made of metal and that is where the two halves are welded together.

Good L-rd. I think I'll start that rumor among the Conspirazoid set.

11 posted on 01/10/2005 7:23:43 AM PST by Lazamataz ("Stay well - Stay safe - Stay armed - Yorktown" -- harpseal)
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To: holymoly

That always happens after the Holidays...


12 posted on 01/10/2005 7:32:04 AM PST by pabianice
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>It's made of metal and that is where the two halves are welded together
>>Good L-rd. I think I'll start that rumor among the Conspirazoid set

Old news. Tin foil folk
even believe our moon is
a hollow spaceship . . .

13 posted on 01/10/2005 7:32:42 AM PST by theFIRMbss
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To: Yossarian

"Kahk A Moon"!


14 posted on 01/10/2005 7:33:20 AM PST by sheik yerbouty
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To: holymoly
Fascinating...
15 posted on 01/10/2005 7:38:19 AM PST by Danae (Dip bullets in Pig fat. Terrorist Kryptonite.)
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To: OHelix

I have a bad feeling about this...


;^)


16 posted on 01/10/2005 7:46:20 AM PST by Danae (Dip bullets in Pig fat. Terrorist Kryptonite.)
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To: holymoly

What does this moon reveal?
17 posted on 01/10/2005 7:48:37 AM PST by rabidralph (Keep your laws off my money.)
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To: holymoly

Maybe there's a toy inside.


18 posted on 01/10/2005 7:50:15 AM PST by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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A giant ridge girdles Saturn's satellite Iapetus - making the moon look like a walnut shell

the answer is in the first line - girdle; must be time for a new one


19 posted on 01/10/2005 8:06:21 AM PST by mamalujo (no one appreciates my moodiness)
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To: rabidralph

that I am a total idiot!


20 posted on 01/10/2005 8:07:05 AM PST by mamalujo (no one appreciates my moodiness)
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