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To: BenLurkin

Kinda wonderin about the clumps. Leading and trailing Jupiter maybe?


3 posted on 02/22/2014 12:42:40 PM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: cripplecreek

I believe those are gravitational l locked to Jupiter in some way. There is some kind of catchy name for them but I don’t remember what it is.


4 posted on 02/22/2014 12:50:47 PM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: cripplecreek
Yes they are. Jupiter is located half-way between on the lesser arc.

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7 posted on 02/22/2014 1:02:03 PM PST by Aevery_Freeman (Politics are just the rules - Power is the game!)
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