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by starving actor
Fri Dec 15, 2006 12:39 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: A Large Tsunami Shock Wave on the Sun (APOD 13 Dec 2006)
Replies: 12
Views: 4724

solar tsunami

Ooops. I woke up. 4 hours. Sorry. 240 + minutes.
by starving actor
Fri Dec 15, 2006 12:35 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: A Large Tsunami Shock Wave on the Sun (APOD 13 Dec 2006)
Replies: 12
Views: 4724

tsunami on the sun

Wait... I am lost...one of you says 130 minutes for the wave to traverse the sun....
a million kilometers per hour goes 4 million kilometers in how long? a matter of minutes (4. whatever minutes) I thought.... But i am just an amatuer astronomer, well out of practice. Peace
by starving actor
Fri Dec 15, 2006 12:27 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: mountains of titan (APOD 14 Dec 2006)
Replies: 4
Views: 2130

mountains of titan (APOD 14 Dec 2006)

Am I the only one to notice that the caption to the dec 14 APOD mentions the tallest mountains yet observed- the near vertical ridge in picture- but that they failed to notice the huge massiff at the top of the picture? If the wee ridgelets are 1.5 Km high, how huge is the thing at the top of the ph...