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by kdeck
Thu Sep 25, 2008 4:42 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: Very Dusty Binary Star, Worlds Collide (25 Sep 2008)
Replies: 20
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Rooftop or anvile in the basement

Dr. Skeptic wrote: Yes, the atmosphere is held in place by gravity.

Anvil or roof top, it's completely your choice which pose you take before being vaporized.
I'll take the rooftop. I'd like to see where I'm going, even if it's just for a split nanosecond.
by kdeck
Thu Sep 25, 2008 2:51 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: Very Dusty Binary Star, Worlds Collide (25 Sep 2008)
Replies: 20
Views: 8502

Planet collisions

So if the Earth were to collide with another heavenly body, are we hoping to be in the basement, tied to an anvil or something? Is the Earth's atmosphere held to the Earth by gravity?