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Cometary Activity Spotted on Distant Centaur
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| 10/29/2020
Posted on 10/29/2020 5:34:55 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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posted on
10/29/2020 5:34:55 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
Bad eyes. Bad brain!
I read that at first glance as a community activist spotted on a distant centaur.
Wait. What?
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posted on
10/29/2020 5:39:46 PM PDT
by
Grimmy
(equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)
To: BenLurkin
I don't have a picture of a centaur. Is this one close enough?
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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posted on
10/29/2020 5:49:42 PM PDT
by
Bratch
(If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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posted on
10/29/2020 5:54:46 PM PDT
by
deweyfrank
(Nobody's Perfect)
To: Grimmy
I thought it said cemetery activity.
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posted on
10/29/2020 5:56:10 PM PDT
by
Rastus
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
10/29/2020 5:59:45 PM PDT
by
GreenLanternCorps
(Hi! I'm the Dread Pirate Roberts! (TM) Atsk about franchise opportunities in your area.)
To: Rastus
I was waiting for Roseanne Roseanadana to give a commentary about planets and their tall tails.
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posted on
10/29/2020 6:07:34 PM PDT
by
Deaf Smith
(When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure)
To: BenLurkin
I could see this post getting pulled. Just the way things are going so far. Probably wrong, what the heck do I know?
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posted on
10/29/2020 6:08:14 PM PDT
by
TBall
To: GreenLanternCorps; Tolerance Sucks Rocks; Bratch
High-Inclination Centaur Asteroids Came from Interstellar Space: Study
http://www.sci-news.com/astronomy/centaurs-interstellar-space-08369.html
“At least 17 high-inclination Centaurs and two trans-Neptunian objects were captured by the Solar System from the interstellar medium, according to a new study published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
“Due to giant planets perturbations, these objects have transient orbits with typical lifetimes of a few million years. If a Centaur orbit is integrated forward or backward in time, it will invariably either hit the Sun, the planets, or be ejected from the Solar System.
“Centaurs appear to be intermediate between asteroids and comets, as any Centaur coming close enough to the Sun is expected to show cometary activity.”
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posted on
10/29/2020 6:16:12 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
To: TBall
I can tell you it’s not what I expected.
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posted on
10/29/2020 6:17:04 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
Well.Ben. I am glad they were able to re-designate the Centaur as a Comet.
I do note that what happened here was not so much a slide, but more like a shove over the cliff by a really hot ?? double-breasted quadarmian pin-up??
(This was a science thread once.)
To: Rastus
I thought it said cemetery activity. It IS All Hallows Eve eve after all...
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posted on
10/29/2020 6:36:14 PM PDT
by
null and void
(Don't piss off old people. The older we get the less 'life in prison' is a deterent!)
To: Grimmy
First glance for me was, "Cemetery activity on distant centaurs."
I assumed it was Dems registering voters.
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posted on
10/29/2020 6:49:50 PM PDT
by
SantosLHalper
(Eat some bacon.No, I got no idea if it'll make you feel better, I just made too much bacon.")
To: BenLurkin
Not as exciting if it had been titled: “Centaur Activity Spotted On Distant Comet...”
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posted on
10/29/2020 6:59:43 PM PDT
by
SuperLuminal
(Where is Sam Adams now that we desperately need him)
To: BenLurkin
They might have radioactive elements that warm them just enough to sublimate the violatile gases. Uranium and Thorium are why the Earth still has a molten core.
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posted on
10/29/2020 7:28:00 PM PDT
by
Nateman
(If the left is not screaming, you are doing it wrong!)
To: BenLurkin; All
>If a Centaur orbit is integrated forward or backward in time, it will invariably either hit the Sun, the planets, or be ejected from the Solar System.
Schrodinger’s comet ?
If I integrated time forward it will either be raining or snowing unless it isn’t.
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posted on
10/29/2020 7:39:41 PM PDT
by
ADemocratNoMore
(The Fourth Estate is now the Fifth Column)
To: Grimmy
Your eyes, the first thing that crossed my mind was ‘Cemetery’ Activity, but I guess yours and mine amounts to the same thing ; )
To: 75thOVI; Abathar; agrace; aimhigh; Alice in Wonderland; AnalogReigns; AndrewC; aragorn; ...
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posted on
10/29/2020 11:27:50 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: BenLurkin; ADemocratNoMore; Bratch; Deaf Smith; deweyfrank; GreenLanternCorps; Grimmy; Mastador1; ..
I'm surprised, and a little disappointed in everyone here, that there's no Uranus jokes yet. I don't even know you anymore.
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posted on
10/29/2020 11:30:20 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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