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 Oct 19 2006, 01:43 AM
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Gee -- one stupid planet disappears behind the Sun, and most of y'all have nothing to talk about...
  -the other Doug -------------------- “The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.” -Mark Twain
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Oct 19 2006, 01:56 AM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 43 Joined: 10-December 05 Member No.: 605 |
Two, actually, but who's counting?
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Oct 19 2006, 02:24 AM
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How 'bout dem asteroids?
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Oct 19 2006, 02:29 AM
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Asteroids do not concern me...at least not until Dawn arrives.
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Oct 19 2006, 02:33 AM
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I have noticed the form is quiet now that Mars is in conjunction. I know that Mars has 6 operating spacecraft, but, seriously folks...
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Oct 19 2006, 08:42 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1870 Joined: 20-February 05 Member No.: 174 |
The UMSF addict is seen crawling away from a crashed flash-gordon-rocketship across a desert with a pink sky....pitifully gasping "Data! Data!"....
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Oct 19 2006, 09:07 AM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14457 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
Jim and I had a joke about this - it's time to reaquaint yourselves with families...read a book...take a vacation...or look back at 2000 sols worth of imaging
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Oct 19 2006, 09:20 AM
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 Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2924 Joined: 14-February 06 From: Very close to the Pyrénées Mountains (France) Member No.: 682 |
How often conjunction occurs?
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Oct 19 2006, 12:39 PM
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Mars may be in conjunction right now but I know this. On November 8-9, the planet Mercury
will be inferior conjunction to the earth and will transit the sun a few hours later. -------------------- I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that I have set before thee life and death, the blessing and the curse; therefore choose life, that thou mayest live, thou and thy seed.
- Opening line from episode 13 of "Cosmos" |
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Oct 19 2006, 12:49 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14457 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
And will not be visible from Europe
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Oct 19 2006, 12:55 PM
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i'll probably try and catch it online
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Oct 19 2006, 01:29 PM
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 Forum Contributor Group: Members Posts: 1374 Joined: 8-February 04 From: North East Florida, USA. Member No.: 11 |
I can't wait till Messenger flies by Mercury, and later of course orbits it.
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Oct 19 2006, 03:18 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3009 Joined: 30-October 04 Member No.: 105 |
Some are looking through 1000 Sols of image archives working to make sense of what we see at Victoria.
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Oct 19 2006, 03:36 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1636 Joined: 9-May 05 From: Lima, Peru Member No.: 385 |
It is time to review past topic to refresh the memory. Now I am reading Stephen Hawking's books.
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Oct 19 2006, 07:17 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 428 Joined: 21-August 06 From: Northern Virginia Member No.: 1062 |
QUOTE (climber @ Oct 19 2006, 02:20 AM)  How often conjunction occurs? The length of time for a conjunction depends, for Mars it's about once every 26 months or so, it's at the earliest once a year if it's further than Earth, the closer the farther spaced but the less time they last, so... Saturn is about once every 13 months or so, for a week or two. Don't know about any other planets... |
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Oct 19 2006, 07:28 PM
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Man...this conjunction really makes me realize how much a part of life the MERs have become for me (and most of the other people in this forum). Sure hope that at least one of them lasts until MSL lands...
-------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Oct 19 2006, 09:02 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 428 Joined: 21-August 06 From: Northern Virginia Member No.: 1062 |
QUOTE (nprev @ Oct 19 2006, 12:28 PM) Man...this conjunction really makes me realize how much a part of life the MERs have become for me (and most of the other people in this forum). Sure hope that at least one of them lasts until MSL lands... You might make Phoenix, but I really doubt either'll be alive when MSL reaches there. Of course, they are just like the energizer bunny, but, well, you can't push your luck too far... |
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Oct 19 2006, 10:02 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 3242 Joined: 11-February 04 From: Tucson, AZ Member No.: 23 |
Cassini....*cough* Cassini... (not currently behind the Sun)
-------------------- &@^^!% Jim! I'm a geologist, not a physicist!
The Gish Bar Times - A Blog all about Jupiter's Moon Io |
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