The Astronomy Thread
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I got this off giz. Size of the solar system using pixels on a cell phone with the moon being one pixel.
http://joshworth.com/dev/pixelspace/...larsystem.html
http://joshworth.com/dev/pixelspace/...larsystem.html
meStevo
I think your wife's a bigfoot gus.
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So one more Charon about twice as good as we've seen and a Pluto much nicer than we've gotten so far by tomorrow morning, and then it's close encounter images/data
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It's now been confirmed larger than Eris and has a polar cap.
Pluto Is Larger Than Thought, Has Ice Cap, NASA Probe Reveals
It's now been confirmed larger than Eris and has a polar cap.
Pluto Is Larger Than Thought, Has Ice Cap, NASA Probe Reveals
Big Phoenix
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Soon Tyson, soon...So one more Charon about twice as good as we've seen and a Pluto much nicer than we've gotten so far by tomorrow morning, and then it's close encounter images/data.
It's now been confirmed larger than Eris and has a polar cap.
Pluto Is Larger Than Thought, Has Ice Cap, NASA Probe Reveals
Tuco
I got Tuco'd!
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Search brought this up, some kind of ad with Aldrin.
If Buzz Aldrin Had Worn Today's Jockey Underwear, He Would Have Planted That Flag All Over the Galaxy
If Buzz Aldrin Had Worn Today's Jockey Underwear, He Would Have Planted That Flag All Over the Galaxy
Dandain
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NASA's Eyes: Eyes on Pluto
can watch the mission simulation live, less than 3 hours to closest approach. You can watch the prob swing its science instruments around, in simulated real time. Pretty fun way to "watch" the event if you ask me.
can watch the mission simulation live, less than 3 hours to closest approach. You can watch the prob swing its science instruments around, in simulated real time. Pretty fun way to "watch" the event if you ask me.
Dandain
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23 minutes from closest approach, 13,900 miles out.
WATCH LIVE @ 7:30 a.m. ET TUESDAY: New Horizons Flies by Pluto
WATCH LIVE @ 7:30 a.m. ET TUESDAY: New Horizons Flies by Pluto
Aaron
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