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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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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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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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