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To: TaraP

It was the size of Jupiter’s orbit, but has reduced by 15%... I’m guessing that would put it about the size of Mars’s orbit (slightly bigger).

Of course that’s just an off-the-cuff-guess.


11 posted on 06/10/2009 9:22:39 PM PDT by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: OneWingedShark
It was the size of Jupiter’s orbit, but has reduced by 15%... I’m guessing that would put it about the size of Mars’s orbit

Uh, no. Jupiter's orbit is 483,632,000 miles from the sun (on average). Mars orbit has a radius of 141,635,300 miles.

85% of 483,632,000 miles is 411,087,200 miles, hardly anywhere near the orbital radius of Mars.

80 posted on 06/10/2009 10:44:48 PM PDT by El Gato ("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
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