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1 posted on 03/26/2014 12:05:41 PM PDT by 12th_Monkey
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To: SunkenCiv

ping


2 posted on 03/26/2014 12:09:17 PM PDT by left that other site
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...an asteroid with its own set of rings that orbits the sun between Saturn and Uranus

Heh-heh-heh...................

3 posted on 03/26/2014 12:09:39 PM PDT by Red Badger (LIberal is an oxymoron......................)
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To: 12th_Monkey

Man, won’t Pluto be pissed if’n they designate this one a planet...


10 posted on 03/26/2014 12:24:13 PM PDT by rjsimmon (The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
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To: 12th_Monkey

I prefer our astronomers not to be stunned. The last time they’re stunned could be, well, bad.


11 posted on 03/26/2014 12:25:00 PM PDT by John W (Viva Cristo Rey!)
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Previously only giant gas planets, most famously Saturn, were thought to possess bands made up of dust, rocks and ice.

You mean the science was settled?

13 posted on 03/26/2014 12:26:50 PM PDT by trad_anglican
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To: 12th_Monkey

I’m calling it the Hip-Hop Asteroid, for all of its bling from the rings.


19 posted on 03/26/2014 12:31:59 PM PDT by Night Hides Not (For every Ted Cruz we send to DC, I can endure 2-3 "unviable" candidates that beat incumbents.)
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To: 12th_Monkey

That’s really cool.


20 posted on 03/26/2014 12:33:01 PM PDT by miliantnutcase
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Kind of cool


29 posted on 03/26/2014 12:47:03 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
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To: 12th_Monkey

Cool.

The first thing to my mind when these discoveries are made is “The science is settled. The debate is over.”


37 posted on 03/26/2014 1:05:11 PM PDT by Organic Panic
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To: 12th_Monkey

Always get a kick out listening to folks who think that they know how things work find out they had no idea....


40 posted on 03/26/2014 1:09:51 PM PDT by Nifster
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To: 12th_Monkey

So cool.


48 posted on 03/26/2014 1:27:26 PM PDT by ForYourChildren (Christian Education [ RomanRoadsMedia.com - a classical Christian approach to homeschool])
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