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Third Jupiter Fireball Spotted——Sky-Watching Army Needed?
National Geographic ^
| 8/24/10
| Andrew Fazekas
Posted on 08/25/2010 9:30:12 AM PDT by LibWhacker
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To: Fred Nerks; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 21twelve; 240B; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; ...
Squeezed this fullsize graphic to 400 pixel width for everyone's convenience.
I think we have Fred Nerks to thank for the original URL of this?
Anyway, the red lines show the orbits of the dozens of small moons of Jupiter which move retrograde, orbits generally considered to be diagnostic of capture. These entered the narrow sweet spot between falling into Jupiter and being chucked out of the Solar System by Jupiter.
Thanks LibWhacker.
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posted on
08/26/2010 4:31:06 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Democratic Underground... matters are worse, as their latest fund drive has come up short...)
To: SunkenCiv
...I think we have Fred Nerks to thank for the original URL of this? ...and I was under the impression I had stolen it from you...
Ancient Greek mythology asserts that the goddess Athena sprang from the head of Zeus, and I'm hoping to be a witness if it happens again.
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posted on
08/26/2010 4:52:25 PM PDT
by
Fred Nerks
(FAIR DINKUM!)
To: Fred Nerks
Shh. Someone will figure out we’re the same person. ;’)
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posted on
08/26/2010 7:24:58 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Democratic Underground... matters are worse, as their latest fund drive has come up short...)
To: LibWhacker
Jumpin’ Jupiter! I love the astronomy posts.
To: Yo-Yo; sinanju
As Jupiter attracts debris, it grows. As it grows the attractive force on earth increases pulling it further from the sun and the destructive forces of global cooling.
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posted on
08/27/2010 4:59:26 AM PDT
by
bert
(K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 ..... Greetings Jacques. The revolution is coming)
To: LibWhacker
Maybe someone will make a movie about jupiter becoming the second sun in our solar system. Oh wait, its been done.
Or maybe another 2001 A Space Odyssey, Part 3?
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posted on
08/27/2010 5:12:10 AM PDT
by
Eye of Unk
("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act" G.Orwell)
To: bunkerhill7
Third Jupiter Fireball Spotted Causing Earth Global Warming
No, Jupiter Fireballs are caused by man-made global warming, and BushCheneyRoveHalliburton.
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posted on
08/27/2010 10:57:25 AM PDT
by
Fred Hayek
(FUBO! I salute you with the soles of my shoes!)
To: LibWhacker
Thank The LORD that other planets act as our shield.
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posted on
08/29/2010 5:04:32 PM PDT
by
Bellflower
(All meaning is in The LORD.)
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