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Brilliant! Tenth planet turns out to be a shiner
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| April 15, 2006
| Ron Cowen
Posted on 04/19/2006 4:50:42 PM PDT by neverdem
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XENA FILES. The distant sun shines on Xena, often called the 10th planet, in this illustration. Inset: The Hubble Space Telescope image that revealed Xena's size for the first time.
A. Schaller, NASA, ESA; (Inset) Brown, NASA, ESA
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posted on
04/19/2006 4:50:45 PM PDT
by
neverdem
To: neverdem
Xena may be a shiner but Xenu is, of course invisible.
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posted on
04/19/2006 4:53:52 PM PDT
by
gondramB
(You can always tell the pioneers by the arrows in their backs - Country music saying)
To: Xenalyte
Congrats. You're a planet.
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posted on
04/19/2006 5:01:11 PM PDT
by
JennysCool
(Liberals don't care what you do, as long as it's mandatory.)
To: neverdem
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posted on
04/19/2006 5:02:26 PM PDT
by
MikefromOhio
(aka MikeinIraq)
To: gondramB
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posted on
04/19/2006 5:03:08 PM PDT
by
null and void
(Pay no attention to the imam behind the curtain...)
To: KevinDavis
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posted on
04/19/2006 5:05:44 PM PDT
by
SunTzuWu
(Hans Delbruck - Scientist and Saint.)
To: King Prout; KevinDavis
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posted on
04/19/2006 5:06:09 PM PDT
by
neverdem
(May you be in heaven a half hour before the devil knows that you're dead.)
To: neverdem
Every time I read about the planet "Xena" I want to hunt down and punch the idiot who named it.
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posted on
04/19/2006 5:07:47 PM PDT
by
Psycho_Bunny
(The MSM is a hate group and we are the object of their disdain.)
To: neverdem
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posted on
04/19/2006 5:08:55 PM PDT
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(Ditch the 1967 Outer Space Treaty! I want my own space bar and grill)
To: neverdem
In one, a jet of methane leaks continuously from Xena. Sounds like a few friends of mine...maybe they should name this planet in honor of them.
To: neverdem
I belched a little methane last night....
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posted on
04/19/2006 5:24:58 PM PDT
by
JoJo Gunn
(Help control the Leftist population. Have them spayed or neutered. ©)
To: NittanyLion
"In one, a jet of methane leaks continuously from Xena."
Maybe they're mistaking it for Uranus...
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posted on
04/19/2006 5:36:08 PM PDT
by
aquila48
To: neverdem
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posted on
04/19/2006 6:01:07 PM PDT
by
mikrofon
(Pint-sized planet)
To: neverdem
Lord John Whorfin: Where-a are we going?
Red Lectroids: Planet Ten!
Lord John Whorfin: When?
Red Lectroids: Real soon!
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posted on
04/19/2006 6:34:42 PM PDT
by
Alex Murphy
(Colossians 4:5)
To: RightWhale; Brett66; xrp; gdc314; anymouse; NonZeroSum; jimkress; discostu; The_Victor; ...
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posted on
04/19/2006 6:40:21 PM PDT
by
KevinDavis
(http://www.cafepress.com/spacefuture)
To: neverdem
What is the albedo of fresh snow? It's bright, but it isn't 100%.
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posted on
04/19/2006 6:47:44 PM PDT
by
RightWhale
(Off touch and out of base)
To: RightWhale
Weren't space craft always made of this stuff ~ duraluminum or similar shiny material?
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posted on
04/19/2006 6:51:26 PM PDT
by
muawiyah
(-)
To: Harmless Teddy Bear
"...Shiny!..." The reason for the reflectivity is readily apparent. The inhabitants of Xena all wear aluminum foil around their heads to keep out the emanations.
For a long while, since it was too cold to fish, they watched ABC and CBS. Then, about 2 decades ago, ashen-faced and crestfallen, they all began to spontaneously buy up and adorn their craniums with the highly reflective foil.
We don't know why... we can only speculate. There were many job openings, but they didn't want to do them, and could no longer attract illegal aliens to do so.
"Too effing cold," an Andrusian was heard to remark as he passed them by. "I'm drawn to LA, instead".
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posted on
04/19/2006 6:54:32 PM PDT
by
pickrell
(Old dog, new trick...sort of)
To: muawiyah
Yeah, but they are very colorful, which means they aren't reflecting 100% of everything. Lots of purple stuff and lots of gold stuff.
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posted on
04/19/2006 6:59:36 PM PDT
by
RightWhale
(Off touch and out of base)
To: RightWhale
Oh, yeah, the purple stuff. Forgot that.
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posted on
04/19/2006 7:03:12 PM PDT
by
muawiyah
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