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08-22-2011, 01:35 PM | #1 |
I wonder . . .
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August 22, 2011 Black Planet
Discovered in our home galaxy by the Kepler Space Telescope, TrES-2b is the darkest planet ever found.
This Jupiter-like gas giant planet reflects only one percent of the starlight that strikes it. Why is it so dark? That is a mystery the astronomers will enjoy investigating! via National Geographic Illustration courtesy David A. Aguilar, CFA |
08-22-2011, 01:39 PM | #2 | |
Makes some feel uncomfortable
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08-22-2011, 03:03 PM | #3 |
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Don't hate it cos it black.
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08-23-2011, 08:02 AM | #4 | |
I wonder . . .
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This is the name I like:
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(For some reason, I've noticed that the first time I click the link it goes to the Store, but the second time I click the link it will go to the article.)
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08-23-2011, 10:56 PM | #5 |
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I fear that.
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08-24-2011, 04:23 AM | #6 |
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Let's name it Shadow!
Or Smokey! Or Dark Black!
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08-24-2011, 07:38 AM | #7 |
still says videotape
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How about something more overtly racist like Spook?
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08-24-2011, 08:34 AM | #8 |
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Does it have to orbit at the back of the solar system?
It does need a better name. I wonder if you got a French speaker to pronounce TrES-2b whether they could make it sound like Tres toubee' or something. There is a debate in physics about whether the hypothesised cloud of dark matter surrounding our galaxy is in the form of Weakly Interacting Massive Particles or Massive Astrophysical Compact Halo Objects. Yup, WIMPs Vs MACHOs. Science is mostly serious, but it seems you are allowed to have fun with the naming.
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09-01-2011, 03:56 AM | #9 |
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09-01-2011, 11:24 AM | #11 |
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mmm... Leeloo...
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09-01-2011, 12:38 PM | #12 |
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This is racist.
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In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum |
09-06-2011, 08:55 PM | #13 | |
Are you knock-kneed?
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09-07-2011, 02:48 AM | #14 | |
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Check out this metamorphic amphibole with the chemical composition (Mg,Fe)7Si8O22(OH)2, magnesium iron silicate hydroxide.
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09-07-2011, 02:54 AM | #15 |
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Oh for the lurve of gawd, I've found the mother load: http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/sillymolecules/sillymols.htm
Dickite ... moronic acid ... arsoles ... fruticolone ... fucitol ... furfuryl furfurate ... [/productivity for today]
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