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Astronomy Picture of the Day -- The Coldest Brown Dwarf
NASA ^
| August 30, 2011
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Posted on 08/30/2011 3:08:12 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
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posted on
08/30/2011 3:08:14 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
To: SunkenCiv
A closeup.
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08/30/2011 3:19:40 AM PDT
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Cheburashka
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08/30/2011 3:39:20 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: Cheburashka
I never suspected that someone would toss that in.
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08/30/2011 3:41:11 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
I thought the coldest brown dwarf was DeFreezy.
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08/30/2011 4:00:20 AM PDT
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aruanan
To: Cheburashka
"Read my lips. No new axes".
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posted on
08/30/2011 4:14:45 AM PDT
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Diogenesis
("Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction." Pres. Ronald Reagan)
To: SunkenCiv
The Universe is not without levity!
Lots of Gravity too.
To: SunkenCiv
This star sounds like a gaseous planet without any solid mass. Where is the line between a cold brown dwarf and a rogue planet?
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08/30/2011 4:32:52 AM PDT
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RadiationRomeo
(Step into my mind and glimpse the madness that is me)
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posted on
08/30/2011 5:24:48 AM PDT
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icanhasbailout
(Draft Napolitano 2012)
To: Diogenesis
"The Republicans reveal their new tax strategy!".
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posted on
08/30/2011 5:54:31 AM PDT
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Only1choice____Freedom
(FDR had the New Deal. President 0bama has the Raw Deal.)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
08/30/2011 6:09:18 AM PDT
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: SunkenCiv
Does that mean that all the hundreds of other little, green dots are also in the “warm room” temperature range?
And no dwarf tossing, Civ.
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08/30/2011 8:06:02 AM PDT
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TheOldLady
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To: Cheburashka
Hey, Gimli was anything but cold towards Galadriel!
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08/30/2011 8:11:29 AM PDT
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COBOL2Java
(Obama is the least qualified guy in whatever room he walks into.)
To: SunkenCiv
Oh so many ways to go with this.
60% of which would get me a time out.
To: martin_fierro
I read the headline and thought it was thread about Eric Holder.
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08/30/2011 11:35:47 AM PDT
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montyspython
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08/30/2011 11:36:32 AM PDT
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montyspython
(This thread needs more cowbell)
To: left that other site; SunkenCiv; TheOldLady
The Universe is not without levity! Lots of Gravity too.
Everything has its ups and downs
To: bigheadfred
True,
except maybe in a singularity.
To: left that other site
Let’s give that a try. You fiiirrrrrssssssttttttttttt. ;-)
Which gets me to wondering. If you introduced a brown dwarf to a singularity does it just sorta elongate and start circling until the thing gets sucked down? Something you KNOW will happen with a singularity. But in an average ordinary life one can only HOPE happens?
To: RadiationRomeo; icanhasbailout
A star is a star, a planet is an inert non-star. The gas giant planets in our system probably have some kind of solid core, albiet small. Neptune’s is larger than Uranus (had to work in the latter, because you just know someone wants to get smart with it), although Uranus is larger. Jupiter’s rocky core exceeds the size of the Earth, but the total mass of Jupiter is 318 x Earth masses.
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08/30/2011 6:58:48 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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