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Posted on 03/30/2007 12:42:15 PM PDT by Doomonyou
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To: Centurion2000
Quantifiable facts appreciated. Best argument for life, and intelligent life, out there. 99+% of solar system mass is in the sun, 99+% of spin energy is in the orbital momentum of the planets. Single stars out number double, triple star systems. Thus there are far more PLANETS out there than stars, some in the jovian class have already been discovered by the doppler effect.
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posted on
03/30/2007 1:27:46 PM PDT
by
timer
(n/0=n=nx0)
To: All
Great post and replies !
Thanks
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posted on
03/30/2007 1:33:10 PM PDT
by
TYVets
(God so loved the world he didn't send a committee)
To: mikeus_maximus
"...Uranus is blue?... Hey man, this has nothing to do with Anna Nicoles' Coroner report.
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posted on
03/30/2007 1:35:33 PM PDT
by
-=SoylentSquirrel=-
(That particular planet is "unremarkable".)
To: mikeus_maximus
Uranus is blue?Only when I'm ice fishing.
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posted on
03/30/2007 1:36:13 PM PDT
by
Vinnie
(You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Jihads You)
To: TYVets
(God so loved the world he didn't send a committee) Nice one.
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posted on
03/30/2007 1:37:44 PM PDT
by
Doomonyou
(Let them eat lead.)
To: mikeus_maximus
Uranus is blue?
You had way too much blue koolaid then.
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posted on
03/30/2007 1:40:39 PM PDT
by
Centurion2000
(Democrats in Republican Clothing ... DIRC ... They are the knives in the back of the GOP.)
To: Conan the Librarian
The number of inches in one miles is about the same as the number of astronomical units in one light year--so if you made a model with the earth one inch from the sun, a distance in miles would be equivalent to a distance in light years--so Alpha Centauri would a bit more than 4 miles away, Sirius 8.6 miles away, Betelgeuse 427 miles away, and Antares 604 miles away. Deneb, the most distant of the first magnitude stars, would be more than 3200 miles away.
To put that in perspective, the distance between the earth and Deneb on that scale would be almost as great as the distance between Hillary Clinton and the truth.
To: Doomonyou
Im sure, what with all those planets being round and such..... :o
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posted on
03/30/2007 1:43:30 PM PDT
by
BossLady
("People will do anything, no matter how absurd, in order to avoid facing their own soul" - Carl Jung)
To: Doomonyou
Thank you Psstor Tom.
Years ago, I reclaimed my Christian faith as I gazed at the sky on a clear night. Fearful but comforting at the same time.
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posted on
03/30/2007 1:44:40 PM PDT
by
eleni121
( + En Touto Nika! By this sign conquer! + Constantine the Great))
To: Tulsa Ramjet
Seriously, what's up with the stationary hexagon thingy on the north pole of Saturn?
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It's a zit.
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posted on
03/30/2007 1:46:34 PM PDT
by
Cheburashka
( World's only Spatula City certified spatula repair and maintenance specialist!!!)
To: mikeus_maximus
That's a GREAT lead on - but I wouldn't touch it with a ten foot pole on this forum!!!
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posted on
03/30/2007 1:47:42 PM PDT
by
ZULU
(Non nobis, non nobis Domine, sed nomini tuo da gloriam. God, guts and guns made America great.)
To: Doomonyou
Yeah, I had a hell of time getting all those stars and planets to line up like that.
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In group pictures like this usually the Earth does the "rabbit ears" thing behind Venus.
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posted on
03/30/2007 1:49:01 PM PDT
by
Cheburashka
( World's only Spatula City certified spatula repair and maintenance specialist!!!)
To: mikeus_maximus
Uranus is blue?After I eat too many blueberries.
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posted on
03/30/2007 1:49:32 PM PDT
by
Right Wing Assault
("..this administration is planning a 'Right Wing Assault' on values and ideals.." - John Kerry)
To: Doomonyou
Thank You for posting this!
VERY COOL!
My 5 year old is so into the Solar System and is always asking how big the planets are. This is the best way to explain and show him how little earth really is!
For a really cool program for navigating and viewing the solar system check out CELESTIA.
Download here...it's free!
http://www.shatters.net/celestia/
Install the program and anyone can navigate to planets, stars, comets, etc. Everything is modeled to scale as well.
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posted on
03/30/2007 1:50:01 PM PDT
by
Jackapoozee
(What happen to common sense?!)
To: Doomonyou; NormsRevenge
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posted on
03/30/2007 1:51:12 PM PDT
by
Ernest_at_the_Beach
(The DemonicRATS believe ....that the best decisions are always made after the fact.)
To: Cheburashka
In group pictures like this usually the Earth does the "rabbit ears" thing behind Venus. And the earth was bitching about having to stand in front of Uranus.
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posted on
03/30/2007 1:56:46 PM PDT
by
Doomonyou
(Let them eat lead.)
To: mikeus_maximus
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posted on
03/30/2007 1:57:31 PM PDT
by
reluctantwarrior
(Strength and Honor, just call me Buzzkill for short......)
To: Jackapoozee
Check out the video at post #15, it's pretty cool.
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posted on
03/30/2007 1:58:59 PM PDT
by
Doomonyou
(Let them eat lead.)
To: Doomonyou
Ok, so how big is our planet Earth? Big enough.
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posted on
03/30/2007 2:03:45 PM PDT
by
Moonman62
(The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
To: Doomonyou
"That's no moon, it's a space station."
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posted on
03/30/2007 2:09:32 PM PDT
by
SIDENET
(Now selling carbon offsets. Get some today!)
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