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- Wed Oct 26, 2011 10:12 am
- Forum: The Library: Information Desk and Educational Resources
- Topic: origins of comets
- Replies: 3
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Re: origins of comets
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- Fri Oct 21, 2011 9:26 pm
- Forum: The Library: Information Desk and Educational Resources
- Topic: origins of comets
- Replies: 3
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origins of comets
I'm not what anyone would call a character from Big Bang Theory. I do like to ponder the universe though :ssmile: I had, what I thought was, an intersting proposal. Considering the origin of water on earth is generally accepted to be derived from cometary collisions with our fair planet, Earth absor...
- Thu Nov 27, 2008 2:08 pm
- Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
- Topic: How does Hubble work?
- Replies: 17
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Re: How does Hubble work?
Thanks for your reply Chris...That explains things for me. I am very impressed with your observatory project! What events of significance are you panning to observe, (and graciously share with us)!?! I am a very novice astronomer and keen to learn about the great beyond. Most impressive for me has t...
- Mon Nov 24, 2008 1:56 pm
- Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
- Topic: How does Hubble work?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3151
Re: How does Hubble work?
Hi there...new to the board and have a q about the Hubble as well... Does anyone know the optical range in the relative short distance scale of this unit? After seeing the Deep Field, I was wondering why it's not used to survey the planets such as Mars. It would seem that an instument of this refine...