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The Sun (Seriously cool pics!)
Boston.com ^
| 10/13/08
| Alan Taylor
Posted on 10/20/2008 8:28:24 PM PDT by thefactor
(Excerpt) Read more at boston.com ...
TOPICS: Astronomy; Miscellaneous; Science
KEYWORDS: astronomy; catastrophism; outerspace; sun
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Some seriously sweet pics at link. My favorite is the one of Mercury passing in front of the Sun. Gives some great perspective.
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posted on
10/20/2008 8:28:25 PM PDT
by
thefactor
To: thefactor
No spots......global cooling is upon us.....
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posted on
10/20/2008 8:30:19 PM PDT
by
Michigan Bowhunter
(Democrat socialist liberal scumbags.....how did we let this happen!)
To: thefactor
Pretty much how I feel right now. Teenagers...
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posted on
10/20/2008 8:31:58 PM PDT
by
itsthejourney
(1 of every 10 people you pass in the mall is here illegally)
To: thefactor
Mercury passing in front of the Sun. Didn't know it was that tiny.
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posted on
10/20/2008 8:32:13 PM PDT
by
thefactor
(yes, as a matter of fact i DID only read the excerpt.)
To: thefactor
Reminds me that I need to do a slab of babybacks.
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posted on
10/20/2008 8:33:55 PM PDT
by
GunsAndBibles
(God save Calif. - 'cause it's gonna take a miracle.)
To: thefactor
That’s cool! Reminds me of Eve Online. :)
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posted on
10/20/2008 8:35:42 PM PDT
by
PureSolace
(In God We Trust)
To: thefactor
If I recall, our moon is bigger than Mercury.
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posted on
10/20/2008 8:39:45 PM PDT
by
OneWingedShark
(Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
To: OneWingedShark
If I recall, our moon is bigger than Mercury.But Uranus is much bigger...
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posted on
10/20/2008 8:41:31 PM PDT
by
JRios1968
(Sarah Palin smash Hulk!)
To: KevinDavis
Worthy of the Space Ping?
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posted on
10/20/2008 8:42:44 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: thefactor
The REAL culprit that Algore don’t want you to know about.
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posted on
10/20/2008 8:42:54 PM PDT
by
FlingWingFlyer
("I'm just going to spread YOUR wealth around." - Barack HUSSEIN Obama a.k.a. Barry Soetoro)
To: thefactor
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posted on
10/20/2008 8:43:03 PM PDT
by
discipler
(We have our celebrity too, but they are a better breeed of celebrity.)
To: thefactor
The Sun is a mass of incandescent gas...
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posted on
10/20/2008 8:43:24 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: thefactor
And Pluto was demoted from planet for being too small?
To: JRios1968
>>If I recall, our moon is bigger than Mercury.
>
>But Uranus is much bigger...
True in the literal sense. As for the literary sense, I’ve been accused, on occasions, of having a big head and also of having my head up my @$$...
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posted on
10/20/2008 8:46:58 PM PDT
by
OneWingedShark
(Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
To: Army Air Corps
um, yes, it is.
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posted on
10/20/2008 8:47:54 PM PDT
by
thefactor
(yes, as a matter of fact i DID only read the excerpt.)
To: School of Rational Thought
I think it was more to do with its orbit (eliptical and/or not in the same plane as the other planets as I recall??).
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posted on
10/20/2008 8:51:24 PM PDT
by
21twelve
(Ever Vigilant, Never Fearful)
To: JRios1968
Well, you don’t recall.
“Mercury’s diameter is about 4800 km, while the Moon’s is slightly less at about 3500 km.”
... and I don’t call 27% “slightly less” !
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posted on
10/20/2008 8:51:44 PM PDT
by
dr_lew
To: thefactor
That sun looks great with Wagner music playing in the background.
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posted on
10/20/2008 8:51:54 PM PDT
by
SamAdams76
(I am 56 days away from outliving Sam Sheppard)
To: thefactor
Sorry, it was a reference to a song by They Might Be Giants.
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posted on
10/20/2008 8:52:04 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: SamAdams76
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posted on
10/20/2008 8:52:45 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
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