To: Free ThinkerNY
Due to the distance to Jupiter, this happened a LONG time ago, BTW.
18 posted on
06/03/2010 8:52:00 PM PDT by
MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
(Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
"Due to the distance to Jupiter, this happened a LONG time ago, BTW." Jupiter is only one light hour from the sun (~660+ million miles). I takes a radio signal about an hour to get to Jupiter from earth. We see events on Jupiter about 1 hour after they have happened. That's not so long.
19 posted on
06/03/2010 8:59:34 PM PDT by
StormEye
To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
Couple hours or something?
23 posted on
06/03/2010 10:08:59 PM PDT by
steve86
(Acerbic by nature, not nurture)
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