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Sun Is Moving Slower Than Thought
National Geographic News ^
| May 10, 2012
| Andrew Fazekas
Posted on 05/14/2012 3:47:03 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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The young star LL Ori forms a bow shock as it moves through the Orion Nebula. Image courtesy STScI/AURA/NASA
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posted on
05/14/2012 3:47:13 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
To: SunkenCiv
It is ExxonMobil’s fault.
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05/14/2012 3:49:04 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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05/14/2012 3:49:44 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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05/14/2012 3:49:44 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
warp factor 0.0001 Mr. Sulu
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05/14/2012 3:50:19 PM PDT
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GeronL
(The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
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I thought I’d just put on a few pounds.
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05/14/2012 3:50:46 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
Does this mean that we don't all die in December?
Oh crap........HONEY!!!!!!!!
To: SunkenCiv
sun is moving at about 52,000 miles per hour
That is about 1.24 million miles per day.
It may be slower, but it is still moving at a whopping speed to somewhere.
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posted on
05/14/2012 3:58:00 PM PDT
by
TomGuy
To: SunkenCiv
Aw crap. We’ll NEVER make the Forshund Empire border on time at THIS pokey rate.
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posted on
05/14/2012 4:00:31 PM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(To the wall, street occupiers!!!!!)
To: SunkenCiv
I can feel it. Been feeling kind of sluggish lately.
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posted on
05/14/2012 4:00:57 PM PDT
by
CodeToad
(Homosexuals are homophobes. They insist on being called “gay” instead.)
To: SunkenCiv
You mean that wasn’t “settled science”?
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posted on
05/14/2012 4:02:23 PM PDT
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pfflier
To: pfflier
Science is never settled, although scientific theories that are most widely accepted are considered to be far better than its alternatives. As a result, there is very little active discussion on the alternatives, except by kooks and those with agenda.
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posted on
05/14/2012 4:13:11 PM PDT
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sagar
To: SunkenCiv; a fool in paradise
It is true, indeed. Days have been getting longer, I’ve noticed, as sun moves slower across the sky.
To: panzer_grey; All
It is ExxonMobils fault.
I thought Zero said it is Bush's fault...or the Republican or the tea Party...
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posted on
05/14/2012 4:22:58 PM PDT
by
ExCTCitizen
(If we stay home in November '12, don't blame 0 for tearing up the CONSTITUTION!!)
To: SunkenCiv
I guess the traffic jam in our spiral arm is worse than traffic reports thought.
the spiral pattern in our Galaxy called spiral arms. ... Differential rotation provides an easy way to produce a spiral ... for the local radio station sees a traffic jam at ...
http://www.astronomynotes.com/ismnotes/s8.htm
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posted on
05/14/2012 4:23:43 PM PDT
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campaignPete R-CT
(and we are still campaigning for local conservatives in central CT.)
To: SunkenCiv
Sun Is Moving Slower Than ThoughtDamn, I knew it!!!! November 6th should have gotten here by now.
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posted on
05/14/2012 4:28:38 PM PDT
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catfish1957
(My dream for hope and change is to see the punk POTUS in prison for treason)
To: SunkenCiv
Typical uninformed or careless science writer. The sun's velocity
with respect to what, exactly?Presumably, compared to the surrounding galaxy, although the writer failed to specify that. He utterly fails to reckon with the velocity of the galaxy itself.
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05/14/2012 4:29:30 PM PDT
by
Hebrews 11:6
(Do you REALLY believe that (1) God IS, and (2) God IS GOOD?)
To: campaignPete R-CT
Thanks campaignPete R-CT.
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05/14/2012 4:30:15 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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05/14/2012 4:36:48 PM PDT
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beethovenfan
(If Islam is the solution, the "problem" must be freedom.)
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