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To: Balding_Eagle

The two moons were discovered by one astronomer, an American--Asaph Hall--in 1877, in Washington, D.C., in what was later Dick Cheney's house.

How the author of "Gulliver's Travels" knew about the moons, I don't know, but he was pretty swift.

35 posted on 10/28/2012 2:53:11 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus

To: Verginius Rufus

LOL

36 posted on 10/28/2012 3:02:27 PM PDT by bigheadfred

To: Verginius Rufus

Nice play on words there! I had forgotten who the author was, but your little hint clued me right in.

According to Wikipedia the book was published in 1726, 51 years prior to the ‘discovery’ of the moons.

The moons were described in some detail 51 years prior to their discovery.

There still are some real mysteries left to solve, aren’t there?

43 posted on 10/28/2012 4:19:35 PM PDT by Balding_Eagle (Liberals, at their core, are aggressive & dangerous to everyone around them,)

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