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by aestival
Tue Feb 24, 2015 4:20 pm
Forum: Starship Asterisk: Handbook
Topic: What do you think the unusual plumes on Mars are?
Replies: 76
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Re: What do you think the unusual plumes on Mars are?

ALL THESE WORLDS
ARE YOURS EXCEPT
MARS
ATTEMPT NO
LANDING THERE
by aestival
Sun Jul 03, 2011 2:44 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Alpha Centauri: The Closest Star System (2011 Jul 03)
Replies: 42
Views: 12233

Re: APOD: Alpha Centauri: The Closest Star System (2011 Jul

neufer wrote:All left-handers are from another solar system, IMHO.
Does that make Triton a visitor from the Alpha Centauri system?
by aestival
Sun Jul 03, 2011 2:41 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Alpha Centauri: The Closest Star System (2011 Jul 03)
Replies: 42
Views: 12233

Re: APOD: Alpha Centauri: The Closest Star System (2011 Jul

I love this discussion of improbability, given that the Earth-Moon system in which we all live is neither particularly probable nor stable. Also, while it's doubtless very unlikely that planets could have stable orbits outside of 3AU around either star, there are more chaotic systems in this univers...
by aestival
Mon Jul 06, 2009 11:55 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: Unknown Dark Material on Mercury (APOD 2009 July 6)
Replies: 12
Views: 2154

Re: Unknown Dark Material on Mercury (APOD 2009 July 6)

Just looks like something hit at really low, tangential velocity, and was left sitting on the surface -- heck, even looks like it left a bit of a trail on the way in.