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Twinkle Twinkle Little Star: BGP's Astronomy Thread

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Clue #2: It is located in a plasma cloud that is shaped like a doughnut. It's rotation within this cloud strips away ions(remember those from chemistry class?), which has the effect of creating radiation levels 1,000 times stronger than that which would kill an unprotected human. You'd be dead from radiation poisoning within a day or so here. So don't get any ideas about visiting.

At least, after a day or so you wouldn't have to smell the stink anymore.

 

 

 

Clue #3: Has a mountain that rises to a height of over ten and a half miles !!!

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Clue #3: Has a mountain that rises to a height of over ten and a half miles !!!

 

Clue #4: This place is sorta an electrical generator. A ton of dust and gas is swept up from its surface every second . The interaction between this swept up debris and another body's magnetosphere creates an electrical current of up to 400,000 volts and 3,000,000 amps !!!

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Clue #4: This place is sorta an electrical generator. A ton of dust and gas is swept up from its surface every second . The interaction between this swept up debris and another body's magnetosphere creates an electrical current of up to 400,000 volts and 3,000,000 amps !!!

 

Clue #5: This oddball world is named after a nymph who had an illicit affair with Zeus.

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Clue #5: This oddball world is named after a nymph who had an illicit affair with Zeus.

 

Clue #6: Some volcanoes on the surface of this world can blast material nearly 200 miles high.

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Of course you know by now that this stinky, volcanic world is Jupiter's moon, IO, the most volcanically active place in the entire solar system!!!

 

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Of course you know by now that this stinky, volcanic world is Jupiter's moon, IO, the most volcanically active place in the entire solar system!!!

 

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It's amazing that with all of these volatile tumultuous uproarious uninhabitable places that you're describing that I'm feeling all cozy and comfortable in my calm Goldilocks zone with seemingly not a care in the world.

 

Amazingly this Planet Earth offers us this wonderful privilege, and it would only be right that every last one of its 7.6 billion inhabitants enjoyed these same comforts and security, but even with enough resources to go around, unfortunately they don't.

 

I applaud those who've made an impact to make things better, and feel ashamed of myself for feeling helpless, or for not having done enough.

 

As we see in the news, day after day the human race has so much going on, and the power of the media and technology astounds us with what great heights that can be achieved. My hope would be that we could funnel our powers to achieve, and make it a top priority that comforts (food, clothes, and shelter) for all becomes a reality. Not much else seems undoable, so this one I would think should be obtainable as well.

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It's amazing that with all of these volatile tumultuous uproarious uninhabitable places that you're describing that I'm feeling all cozy and comfortable in my calm Goldilocks zone with seemingly not a care in the world.

 

Amazingly this Planet Earth offers us this wonderful privilege, and it would only be right that every last one of its 7.6 billion inhabitants enjoyed these same comforts and security, but even with enough resources to go around, unfortunately they don't.

 

I applaud those who've made an impact to make things better, and feel ashamed of myself for feeling helpless, or for not having done enough.

 

As we see in the news, day after day the human race has so much going on, and the power of the media and technology astounds us with what great heights that can be achieved. My hope would be that we could funnel our powers to achieve, and make it a top priority that comforts (food, clothes, and shelter) for all becomes a reality. Not much else seems undoable, so this one I would think should be obtainable as well.

 

Great post!!! Thanks for commenting, as always. I enjoy your input on cosmic matters.

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Another oddball world---

 

Clue #1: Because of its thick atmosphere, low gravity, and reasonable surface pressure, if you strapped on a pair of homemade wings and flapped your arms you could fly in this world's skies with no more effort than walking. Any guesses???

Another oddball world---

 

Clue #1: Because of its thick atmosphere, low gravity, and reasonable surface pressure, if you strapped on a pair of homemade wings and flapped your arms you could fly in this world's skies with no more effort than walking. Any guesses???

 

Out of curiosity I cheated and looked it up. With all its water it looks like one of the better vacation spots in our solar system.

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Out of curiosity I cheated and looked it up. With all its water it looks like one of the better vacation spots in our solar system.

 

Yeah, especially if you like the "aromatic" smell of hydrocarbons.

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Another oddball world---

 

Clue #1: Because of its thick atmosphere, low gravity, and reasonable surface pressure, if you strapped on a pair of homemade wings and flapped your arms you could fly in this world's skies with no more effort than walking. Any guesses???

 

Clue #2: This world has lakes on its surface. That's right, LAKES! Not lakes of water...Oh, no, no, no!!! Lakes of liquid methane. How would like to bathe in that on a nice HAZY, sunny afternoon?

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Clue #2: This world has lakes on its surface. That's right, LAKES! Not lakes of water...Oh, no, no, no!!! Lakes of liquid methane. How would like to bathe in that on a nice HAZY, sunny afternoon?

 

 

Clue #3: A landing(another one) on this world is being discussed, this time possibly in a BOAT!!! I doubt if Takahiro Omori will be fishing those lakes anytime soon though. Btw, this body's features also include mountain ranges and dunes, and maybe even islands.

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Clue #3: A landing(another one) on this world is being discussed, this time possibly in a BOAT!!! I doubt if Takahiro Omori will be fishing those lakes anytime soon though. Btw, this body's features also include mountain ranges and dunes, and maybe even islands.

 

 

Clue#4: This world has smog---LOTS of smog ! No, it's not Los Angeles.

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Clue#4: This world has smog---LOTS of smog ! No, it's not Los Angeles.

 

Clue #5: Maybe the most interesting facet of this world is its eerily similar surface features to our very own Earth. With its dense atmosphere, lakes, seas, mountain ranges, and sand dunes, it sounds almost like home sweet home. Well, give it another billion years or so...

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Of course, most of you have nailed this one by now. It's TITAN, the ninth largest object in our solar system. Titan's surface features bear an eerie resemblance to another world you may be familiar with... Earth!!!

 

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