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Neptune’s weird dark spot just got weirder: While observing the planet’s large inky storm, astronomers spotted a smaller vortex
Baltimore Sun ^
| DEC 22, 2020
| Shannon Stirone
Posted on 12/22/2020 5:57:21 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway
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posted on
12/22/2020 5:58:44 PM PST
by
Lurkina.n.Learnin
(Democrats are the slumlords of American politics )
To: nickcarraway
Thank goodness it’s Neptune, and not the other, similar planet.
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
12/22/2020 6:00:39 PM PST
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rfp1234
(Caveat Emperor: Dominion delenda est.)
To: rfp1234
When I was a kid and they played that Felix the cat song, up until just a few weeks ago when I heard that song with my 'adult brain' I realized what it said, because for years I thought it said, 'your heart will go fitabad' and wondered what in the heck that was.
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12/22/2020 6:05:32 PM PST
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Beowulf9
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
12/22/2020 6:07:00 PM PST
by
dynachrome
( “The people have spoken . . . and they must be punished.” Ed Koch)
To: Beowulf9
The Professor and Poindexter were awesome too.
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posted on
12/22/2020 6:08:28 PM PST
by
rfp1234
(Caveat Emperor: Dominion delenda est.)
To: nickcarraway
Scientists still do not know exactly why its atmosphere is so tumultuous.Tumultuous is not the word to use, smoother flow is what is happening. The colder the planets get the faster the winds blow. This is because you are approaching super-fluid conditions where there is no resistance to flow. This effect grows faster than the counter effect of less energy the planets receive from the sun.
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posted on
12/22/2020 6:09:01 PM PST
by
Nateman
(Democracy dies with voted fraud darkness.)
To: rfp1234
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12/22/2020 6:14:35 PM PST
by
Beowulf9
To: nickcarraway
"or 1 1/2 times the speed of sound"
The speed of sound on Neptune is greater than on Earth due to the hydrogen atmosphere.
Bad analogy.
The speed of sound on Neptune is estimated at 1350-1650 mph vs 761.2 mph on Earth.
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posted on
12/22/2020 6:22:36 PM PST
by
Deaf Smith
(When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
To: rfp1234
I liked Davey and Goliath, as well as Gumby and Pokey. There was also this show where the kids hid a dragon under the boat dock.
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posted on
12/22/2020 6:24:21 PM PST
by
Don W
(When blacks riot, neighbourhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn.)
To: dynachrome
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posted on
12/22/2020 6:29:47 PM PST
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EEGator
To: EEGator
“The Last Lovecraft” is a funny and somewhat gross movie.
On Amazon Prime.
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posted on
12/22/2020 6:33:53 PM PST
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dynachrome
( “The people have spoken . . . and they must be punished.” Ed Koch)
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12/22/2020 6:36:36 PM PST
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EEGator
To: dynachrome
May need to watch that one.
L
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posted on
12/22/2020 6:40:46 PM PST
by
Lurker
(Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is. )
To: nickcarraway
Why the heck multiple satellites haven’t been sent out to ALL of the planets in our system already is beyond me. We need to be studying them 24/7.
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posted on
12/22/2020 6:40:58 PM PST
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Teflonic
(tt)
To: Teflonic
because we have to fund sex change operations in Afghanistan !
To: rfp1234; Beowulf9
No one beats Professor Clyde Crashcup and Leonardo, though.
I do have to give Tennessee Tuxedo, voiced by Don Adams, honorable mention.
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posted on
12/22/2020 7:01:45 PM PST
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Larry Lucido
(Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
To: EEGator; Lurker
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posted on
12/22/2020 7:29:52 PM PST
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dynachrome
( “The people have spoken . . . and they must be punished.” Ed Koch)
To: Larry Lucido
OMG, I remember that one. He drew anything he wanted.
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posted on
12/22/2020 7:36:53 PM PST
by
Fledermaus
(The Republican Party is DEAD. Rot in hell ALL of them!)
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