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Moon Is Younger And More Earth-Like Than Thought
New Scientist ^
| 12-19-2007
| Maggie McKee
Posted on 12/20/2007 1:37:02 PM PST by blam
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posted on
12/20/2007 1:37:07 PM PST
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blam
To: blam
Good, let’s go get the oil there.
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posted on
12/20/2007 1:38:59 PM PST
by
xrp
(Ron Paul: The RIGHT way to vote for freedom.)
To: blam
“It’s a good thing the Moon doesn’t have any feelings to hurt. New research suggests it is actually 30 million years younger than anyone had thought, and that it is merely a ‘chip off the old block’ of Earth rather than being made up of the remnants of a Mars-sized body that slammed into Earth billions of years ago.”
Speaking of Mars, the red planet is the brightest it will be for quite some time in the night sky. Looks like a bright star with a yellowy-orange tint to it. Cool stuff.
To: blam
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posted on
12/20/2007 1:50:02 PM PST
by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: Slapshot68
It is bright. I’ve been noticing it every morning.
Looks more burnt-orange to me but, I live in Texas. HOOKUM
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posted on
12/20/2007 1:52:05 PM PST
by
wolfcreek
(The Status Quo Sucks!)
To: blam
Suddenly I am craving an RC cola about now...
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posted on
12/20/2007 1:53:08 PM PST
by
steveo
(Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana.)
To: wolfcreek
"
Looks more burnt-orange to me..." That's because you've mistaken a Bud bottle for a telescope; time to cut back a little ;o)
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posted on
12/20/2007 2:03:24 PM PST
by
editor-surveyor
(Turning the general election into a second Democrat primary is not a winning strategy.)
To: Slapshot68
Looks like a bright star with a yellowy-orange tint to it. Cool stuff. Really? You can see something other than cloud cover looking up?
Speaking of which, NASA says this Christmas eve
the 98% full moon looks huge and clear in the azure sky. It just might be the brightest moon you've ever seen. That's because it's the highest-riding full moon until the year 2023.
(http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2007/20dec_christmaseve.htm?list1063884)
To: blam
Moon is younger and more Earth-like than thought
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now keep thinking
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posted on
12/20/2007 2:07:01 PM PST
by
ari-freedom
(If it makes sense, then it doesn't belong in our public schools.)
To: blam
I can see the headline now, “Atlantis found!”.
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posted on
12/20/2007 2:09:41 PM PST
by
Just another Joe
(Warning: FReeping can be addictive and helpful to your mental health)
To: blam
“…suggests that picture is not so simple.”
What a retarded statement.
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posted on
12/20/2007 2:10:01 PM PST
by
Psycho_Bunny
(Islam is the E-Ticket ride at Nutsberry Farm)
To: blam
Moon Is Younger And More Earth-Like Than Thought Interesting. How young and earth-like is thought?
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posted on
12/20/2007 2:12:31 PM PST
by
HoustonTech
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To: editor-surveyor
There’s a BIG difference between AMBER and BURNT-ORANGE
How did you know I drank Bud? (but,not at 4:45 AM)<:)>
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posted on
12/20/2007 2:17:49 PM PST
by
wolfcreek
(The Status Quo Sucks!)
To: blam
remnants of a Mars-sized body that slammed into Earth billions of years ago. God to His angels: "Watch this. 8-ball into the side pocket!"
To: blam
I thought the earth was only 6000 years old? </s>
To: blam
I love science. Want to see more of it on FR.
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posted on
12/20/2007 2:40:36 PM PST
by
montag813
("How dreadful are the curses which Mohammedanism lays on its votaries!" -Churchill)
To: blam
Wonder why that is? I thought the moon was a piece of the earth to begin with.
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posted on
12/20/2007 2:43:25 PM PST
by
shield
(A wise man's heart is at his RIGHT hand;but a fool's heart at his LEFT. Ecc 10:2)
To: blam
I like this young Moon
Moon Bloodgood
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posted on
12/20/2007 2:48:40 PM PST
by
commish
(Freedom tastes sweetest to those who have fought to protect it.)
To: steveo
"Suddenly I am craving an RC cola about now..."
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posted on
12/20/2007 3:02:31 PM PST
by
blam
(Secure the border and enforce the law)
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