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Re: Where am I?

Post by Moonlady » Thu Mar 07, 2013 9:27 am

Thank you for the beautiful flowers Margarita! :D


In a myth I came from the sky as a boy to earth!
I am not Jesus!
I went back when my real name was revealed!

It's easier than you think!
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Re: Where am I?

Post by MargaritaMc » Thu Mar 07, 2013 10:09 am

Oof! That seems difficult to me!

Is the answer an astronomical one?? Or have we moved to wider areas?

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PS - glad you liked the flowers! I decided NOT to give chocolates, as they are so fattening...
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Re: Where am I?

Post by Moonlady » Thu Mar 07, 2013 11:31 am

LOL yes the virtual yummy has too much calories and not good to teeth!

I am definilely an astronomical object,
I give you acid burns and squeeze you do death! :shock:
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Re: Where am I?

Post by Ann » Thu Mar 07, 2013 12:57 pm

Could it be Jupiter?

But... acid burns and squeezing you to death sounds more like Venus, who was never a boy!

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Re: Where am I?

Post by Moonlady » Thu Mar 07, 2013 2:37 pm

Ann, its not Jupiter but you are right when you say its Venus!

And Venus was believed to be a boy!
Kileken (sometimes Kileghen) is the subject of a myth of the Maasai people concerning the planet Venus.

In the myth, the planet Venus is called Kileken, and visits the Earth in the form of a small boy. The boy befriends an old farmer and tends his cattle, the man agreeing to let the boy keep the only thing he has: the secret of his origin. When the man betrays his trust and spies on Kileken, the boy vanishes in a bright light and returns to the heavens. The myth explains why the planet Venus is seen during the morning and evening. The oral tradition was captured in a book by the Tanzania-born author Tololwa M. Mollel.
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Re: Where am I?

Post by Ann » Thu Mar 07, 2013 3:03 pm

Wow! Thanks for that bit of information, Moonlady. Very interesting!

So I'll post the next question. This one might be ridiculously easy:

We are almost the Pleiades! :D

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Re: Where am I?

Post by bystander » Thu Mar 07, 2013 4:13 pm

The nine sisters, the Hyades.
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Re: Where am I?

Post by Ann » Thu Mar 07, 2013 4:30 pm

bystander wrote:The nine sisters, the Hyades.
Close, but no cigar. They are even more Pleiades-like! Really!

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Re: Where am I?

Post by bystander » Thu Mar 07, 2013 4:34 pm

IC 2602, the Southern Pleiades
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Re: Where am I?

Post by Ann » Thu Mar 07, 2013 4:55 pm

:clap: :yes: :clap: :yes:

Your turn, bystander!

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Re: Where am I?

Post by bystander » Thu Mar 07, 2013 5:00 pm

I strewed chaos, strife, and discord amongst the underworld.
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Post by MargaritaMc » Thu Mar 07, 2013 5:09 pm

bystander wrote:I strewed chaos, strife, and discord amongst the underworld.
http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php? ... 25#p194469

We aren't looking at Eris again, are we?
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Re: Where am I?

Post by bystander » Thu Mar 07, 2013 5:30 pm

:oops: Oops, I forgot about that one. :yes: Yes, I was just reading an article by Mike Brown (the Pluto Killer).

His discovery of Eris (goddess of chaos, strife, and discord) is what prompted the IAU to demote Pluto (lord of the underworld) to a dwarf planet.

Should I try again?
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Post by MargaritaMc » Thu Mar 07, 2013 6:21 pm

bystander wrote::oops: Oops, I forgot about that one. :yes: Yes, I was just reading an article by Mike Brown (the Pluto Killer).

His discovery of Eris (goddess of chaos, strife, and discord) is what prompted the IAU to demote Pluto (lord of the underworld) to a dwarf planet.

Should I try again?
I'd say so - give us another question, bystander!
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Re: Where am I?

Post by bystander » Thu Mar 07, 2013 6:32 pm

The daughter of a Phoenician king, I was abducted by the father of gods and men.
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Re: Where am I?

Post by MargaritaMc » Thu Mar 07, 2013 7:12 pm

bystander wrote:The daughter of a Phoenician king, I was abducted by the father of gods and men.
Image

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Europa abducted by Zeus, aka Jupiter, in the form of a bull (go figure---)
Moon of Jupiter
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Re: Where am I?

Post by bystander » Thu Mar 07, 2013 7:38 pm

MargaritaMc wrote:Europa abducted by Zeus, aka Jupiter, in the form of a bull (go figure---)
Moon of Jupiter
:yes: :clap: You got it! Europa, daughter of Agenor, abducted by Zeus. Your turn.

It was this article by Mike Brown I was reading.

http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?t=30854

See also: http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?p=194624#p194624
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Post by MargaritaMc » Thu Mar 07, 2013 8:15 pm

bystander wrote:
MargaritaMc wrote:Europa abducted by Zeus, aka Jupiter, in the form of a bull (go figure---)
Moon of Jupiter
:yes: :clap: You got it! Europa, daughter of Agenor, abducted by Zeus. Your turn.

It was this article by Mike Brown I was reading.

http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?t=30854

See also: http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?p=194624#p194624
Ooh, interesting article and topics! I got diverted into reading some serious astronomy :mrgreen:

I'll put my thinking cap on to work out another question and post it later.
Bye for now :lol2:
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Re: Where am I?

Post by MargaritaMc » Thu Mar 07, 2013 8:22 pm

Okay, I've thought of my question:

"I've certainly lived longer than 969 years...
Who/what and where am I?"

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Re: Where am I?

Post by bystander » Thu Mar 07, 2013 8:28 pm

MargaritaMc wrote:"I've certainly lived longer than 969 years...
Who/what and where am I?"
I know this one, but as I have nothing to post, I will defer.
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Post by MargaritaMc » Thu Mar 07, 2013 8:33 pm

bystander wrote:
MargaritaMc wrote:"I've certainly lived longer than 969 years...
Who/what and where am I?"
I know this one, but as I have nothing to post, I will defer.
OK :wink: :D
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Re: Where am I?

Post by Ron-Astro Pharmacist » Fri Mar 08, 2013 5:37 pm

How about "the Milky Way galaxy's so-called "Methuselah star"
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Post by Ron-Astro Pharmacist » Fri Mar 08, 2013 5:40 pm

in Libra. Google is quite functional.
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Re: Where am I?

Post by MargaritaMc » Fri Mar 08, 2013 5:51 pm

Ron-Astro Pharmacist wrote:in Libra. Google is quite functional.
OK, Ron! Give me it's (very boring) name and you win the orange! :lol2:
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Post by bystander » Fri Mar 08, 2013 5:55 pm

MargaritaMc wrote:
Ron-Astro Pharmacist wrote:in Libra. Google is quite functional.
OK, Ron! Give me it's (very boring) name and you win the orange! :lol2:
He did!
Ron-Astro Pharmacist wrote:How about "the Milky Way galaxy's so-called "Methuselah star"
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