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  • empresssue
    empresssue Posts: 2,977 Member
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    I am still applauding for Pluto as a planet :wink:

    PLUTO DOESN'T CLEAN UP AFTER ITSELF

    I'm thinking that makes it male :lol:

    *Himself :tongue:

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    So what is Pluto??? What's between a vertically challenged planet and a planet?

    A cold celestial dwarf. According the International Astronomical Union a planet and a dwarf planet are not the same category

    I know, so it's in between then if it's not a dwarf planet nor a regular planet. Is it a PLU-net?

    Once again, we need a groan button.
  • cee134
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    cee134 wrote: »
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    empresssue wrote: »
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    I am still applauding for Pluto as a planet :wink:

    PLUTO DOESN'T CLEAN UP AFTER ITSELF

    I'm thinking that makes it male :lol:

    *Himself :tongue:

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    So what is Pluto??? What's between a vertically challenged planet and a planet?

    A cold celestial dwarf. According the International Astronomical Union a planet and a dwarf planet are not the same category

    I know, so it's in between then if it's not a dwarf planet nor a regular planet. Is it a PLU-net?

    Lol no it is a dwarf planet

    Reading compression is hard. I kept reading the red lines as it's not a dwarf planet. I was like, that doesn't make sense but it's got to be true since @MeeseeksAndDestroy wouldn't lie about science.
  • cee134
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    Edge-on Galaxy

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    NASA Hubble Space Telescope has imaged an unusual edge-on galaxy, revealing remarkable details of its warped dusty disc and showing how colliding galaxies trigger the birth of new stars.
  • cee134
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    TIL the Challenger crew, most if not all, were probably alive until impact with the ocean. A lead NASA investigator said of the commanding pilot, "Scob fought for any and every edge to survive. He flew that ship without wings all the way down."

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    Through the brilliance of Saturn’s rings, Cassini caught a glimpse of the far-away planet Earth and its moon. At a distance of just under 900 million miles, Earth shines bright among the many stars in the sky, distinguished by its bluish tint.
  • cee134
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    So the question is what side of the planet is in this picture? Basically I want to know if this is a selfie of North America or not.

    This is only the third time ever that Earth has been imaged from the outer solar system.

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    In this rare image taken on July 19, 2013, the wide-angle camera on NASA's Cassini spacecraft has captured Saturn's rings and our planet Earth and its moon in the same frame. It is only one footprint in a mosaic of 33 footprints covering the entire Saturn ring system (including Saturn itself). At each footprint, images were taken in different spectral filters for a total of 323 images: some were taken for scientific purposes and some to produce a natural color mosaic. This is the only wide-angle footprint that has the Earth-moon system in it.

    The time for the cosmic smile toward Saturn will be a 15-minute interval that begins at 5:27 p.m. EDT, 4:27 CDT, 3:27 MDT, 2:27 p.m. PDT (21:27 UTC). Beginning then, and for 15 minutes, the light reflected by your smile and wave will make the journey from Earth to Saturnian orbit – a journey of nearly 1 billion miles – in time to be captured by Cassini’s camera about 80 minutes later.


    https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cassini/multimedia/pia17171.html
  • cee134
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    From New York City, Saturn will be low on the eastern horizon from 5:27 to 5:42 p.m. EDT on July 19, 2013. Saturn’s approximate location is shown, but it will not be not visible in the daylight. Image via NASA.

    It is a selfie of North America!

    http://earthsky.org/space/ha-ha-join-the-first-interplanetary-photobomb-on-july-19
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
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    MeeseeksAndDestroy wrote: »
    And here I get no credit for providing the date and time :triumph:

    I looked it up myself so I could quote it. But yes you got the info first. But what I want to know now is if the simulators out there say the same thing for that time and date.

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    2018's 2nd Blue Moon on March 31

    Yet it’s indeed quite rare to have two Blue Moons in a single calendar year. It last happened in 1999 and won’t happen again until 2037.

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  • cee134
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    MeeseeksAndDestroy wrote: »
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    And here I get no credit for providing the date and time :triumph:

    I looked it up myself so I could quote it. But yes you got the info first. But what I want to know now is if the simulators out there say the same thing for that time and date.

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    I don't think I can run Universe sandbox at work so I'll check when I get home :lol:

    You can do anything you want if you try hard enough. I believe in you.

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  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
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    Check out In The Sky to see whats visible in the sky from your current location.
    https://in-the-sky.org

    I used it to confirm again that Saturn was in the skyline for my location at 5:27 to 5:42 p.m. EDT on July 19, 2013.
  • empresssue
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    cee134 wrote: »
    TIL the Challenger crew, most if not all, were probably alive until impact with the ocean. A lead NASA investigator said of the commanding pilot, "Scob fought for any and every edge to survive. He flew that ship without wings all the way down."

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    That's sad :cry:
  • empresssue
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    From New York City, Saturn will be low on the eastern horizon from 5:27 to 5:42 p.m. EDT on July 19, 2013. Saturn’s approximate location is shown, but it will not be not visible in the daylight. Image via NASA.

    It is a selfie of North America!

    http://earthsky.org/space/ha-ha-join-the-first-interplanetary-photobomb-on-july-19

    That's really cool. Too bad everyone in North America didn't know so we could have waved during the selfie.
  • empresssue
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    MeeseeksAndDestroy wrote: »
    empresssue wrote: »
    cee134 wrote: »
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    From New York City, Saturn will be low on the eastern horizon from 5:27 to 5:42 p.m. EDT on July 19, 2013. Saturn’s approximate location is shown, but it will not be not visible in the daylight. Image via NASA.

    It is a selfie of North America!

    http://earthsky.org/space/ha-ha-join-the-first-interplanetary-photobomb-on-july-19

    That's really cool. Too bad everyone in North America didn't know so we could have waved during the selfie.

    NASA did tell people ahead of time but for what it's worth I didn't know at the time :lol:

    I don't remember hearing it. Bummer. :disappointed:
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
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    MeeseeksAndDestroy wrote: »
    empresssue wrote: »
    cee134 wrote: »
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    From New York City, Saturn will be low on the eastern horizon from 5:27 to 5:42 p.m. EDT on July 19, 2013. Saturn’s approximate location is shown, but it will not be not visible in the daylight. Image via NASA.

    It is a selfie of North America!

    http://earthsky.org/space/ha-ha-join-the-first-interplanetary-photobomb-on-july-19

    That's really cool. Too bad everyone in North America didn't know so we could have waved during the selfie.

    NASA did tell people ahead of time but for what it's worth I didn't know at the time :lol:

    Yeah. I didn't hear *kitten*! WTF NASA way to not be better about giving out info.

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