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by moopst
Mon Nov 26, 2007 3:43 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: Iridescent Cloud - astronomy connection? (APOD 25 Nov 2007)
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I've seen iridescent clouds myself a few times here in Colorado. Often the Front Range mountains will have lenticular clouds which form when the air flowing from the west goes up then down over a mountain. These probably have the uniform water droplets and thin size that favor iridescent clouds.
by moopst
Fri Nov 11, 2005 4:11 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: Space Tugs APOD for Nov.10, 2005
Replies: 7
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The article I read on this said that objects as small as 100 meters can do significant damage. It also said landing a propulsion unit has problems such as the object may be very loosely conglomerated and it's rotation could cause problems (the article did not mention that some small objects have cha...