What did you learn from APOD today?
What did you learn from APOD today?
I learned the word "collinear" and about Lagrange points and Trojan asteroids/moons. I love APOD!!
Re: What did you learn from APOD today?
That there is an internet encyclopedia of science. Rats. I may never sleep again!
A closed mouth gathers no foot.
- neufer
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Re: What did you learn from APOD today?
If I ever go looking for my heart's desire again, I won't look any further than my own back yard.
Because if it isn't there, I never really lost it to begin with! Is that right
Because if it isn't there, I never really lost it to begin with! Is that right
Art Neuendorffer
Re: What did you learn from APOD today?
Not in Kansas anymore, hmmm?
A closed mouth gathers no foot.
- wonderboy
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Re: What did you learn from APOD today?
Me too!!!!!! I just learned that it exsists thanks to you. Although I thought of the most random space/science thing I could think of and checked the encyclopedia and it wasn't there. That random space/science thing I thought of was Hannys Vorwep. It should be more complete than that!owlice wrote:That there is an internet encyclopedia of science. Rats. I may never sleep again!
"I'm so fast that last night I turned off the light switch in my hotel room and was in bed before the room was dark" Muhammad Ali, faster than the speed of light?
- rstevenson
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Re: What did you learn from APOD today?
Looks to me like it exists for the advertising revenue, not for its content. Wikipedia has much better and more complete content. And Wikipedia does contain an article on Hanny's Voorwerp.
Rob
Rob
- wonderboy
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Re: What did you learn from APOD today?
Dang, I missed an R, i knew it was meant to be there, my fingers just didnt let me put it there. My bad.
"I'm so fast that last night I turned off the light switch in my hotel room and was in bed before the room was dark" Muhammad Ali, faster than the speed of light?
Re: What did you learn from APOD today?
Among other things, I learned that speckles make an egg stronger (!), and that it's been so long since I've heard Holst's "The Planets," I didn't recognize Venus when I heard it.
A closed mouth gathers no foot.
Re: What did you learn from APOD today?
I learned the word "paraselene." I knew about sun- and moondogs and knew parhelion; if I ever knew paraselene, I'd forgotten it. I also learned of what may be a new vacation destination for me, Lake Ossiach. I haven't been in that part of Austria yet.
A closed mouth gathers no foot.
Re: What did you learn from APOD today?
I learned that Lake Eppalock is a man-made lake on the Campaspe River, and by extension was reminded of the word catchment.
A closed mouth gathers no foot.