To: Helotes; editor-surveyor; Salamander; Vendome
"I understand 40 times further (d X 40)away but what does “40 times closer” mean?"
It's like this. There's the distance from Mercury to the Sun, right?
So this planet is that distant, but forty times that, toward its star. So it's actually 38 times further away, but on the other side.
12 posted on
11/04/2013 10:56:18 PM PST by
shibumi
(Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
To: shibumi
I’m an idiot.
I read this earlier and didn’t understand it.
There. I said it. I’m an idiot.
Laid bare for all to see....
/s
13 posted on
11/04/2013 10:59:40 PM PST by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
To: shibumi; SunkenCiv
Waitaminnit.
Explain that again, but type more slowly this time.
To: shibumi
20 posted on
11/05/2013 5:40:08 AM PST by
JRios1968
(I'm guttery and trashy, with a hint of lemon. - Laz)
To: shibumi
That’s great.
THANKS!
Life can be pretty funny me thinks
36 posted on
11/05/2013 2:18:54 PM PST by
Helotes
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