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Metrics
by D P Pierce 08 Dec '12

08 Dec '12

My high school physics teacher made us work every problem the whole year in both English and metric units. By the time we were half way through the year we all hated the English sytsem. I was very disappointed when the US didn't switch over. Deloy

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Where can I get End of the World Insurance?
by jcarman6＠q.com 08 Dec '12

08 Dec '12

I'm very interested in Siegfried's insurance offer. How would I go about collecting? Sieg, w ould you require contact by Ouiji board? Or do you require some sort of physical manifestation, like ectoplasm on your doorstep? Do you require a visual manifestation,i.e, a ghost sitting in your living room? How bout an address as to where to send the proceeds. My address will be J. Carman 666 Pearly Gate Road Heaven, Kolob, 010101 Hope this is sufficient.

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comic
by erikhansen＠thebluezone.net 07 Dec '12

07 Dec '12

http://www.gocomics.com/closetohome/

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Where can I get End of the World insurance?
by D P Pierce 06 Dec '12

06 Dec '12

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/government-promises-world-won-t-end-dec… Deloy

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cosmic comic
by erikhansen＠thebluezone.net 06 Dec '12

06 Dec '12

http://www.gocomics.com/bc/?ref=comics

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Voyager 1 new discovery.
by Daniel Holmes 06 Dec '12

06 Dec '12

It discovered a previously unknown edge of the solar system boundary. Pretty cool stuff. http://arstechnica.com/science/2012/12/voyager-1-spots-new-region-at-the-ed… Dan -- Daniel Holmes, danielh(a)holmesonics.com "Laugh while you can, monkey boy!" -- Lord John Whorfin

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meanwhile on Titan
by Joe Bauman 05 Dec '12

05 Dec '12

Speaking of the possibility of life, or lifelike compounds, or pre-life reactions -- check out this interesting NASA release: http://www.nasa.gov/topics/solarsystem/features/titan20100603.html -- Thanks, Joe

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Black Holes and Active Galaxies
by John R. Peterson 05 Dec '12

05 Dec '12

Today's APOD (December 5)is a good example of a galaxy whose central black hole is no doubt sweeping up lots and lots of matter. http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap121205.html Imagine if the Milky Way was doing this kind of thing! John R. Peterson

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More on the MSL findings
by Wiggins Patrick 05 Dec '12

05 Dec '12

For those who might want even more on the recent news from Mars give a listen to this week's episode of Planetary Radio from the Planetary Society. Specifically the interview with the society's Emily Lakdawalla starting at 15:15. http://www.planetary.org/multimedia/planetary-radio/show/2012/20121203-curi… BTW, Planetary Radio is available via free subscription on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/planetary-radio-space-exploration/id916898… patrick

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Voyager 1 new discovery.
by Joe Bauman 04 Dec '12

04 Dec '12

Yes Rodger, all those were exciting. I remember too the thrill of early automated moon landings -- and ones that weren't landings but deliberate crashes in which the probe took as many images as possible as it bore in closer and closer until that final close-up partial frame. -- Joe ------------------------------ On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 7:26 AM MST Rodger C. Fry wrote: >Michael, > >It is interesting to read your impression of the exciting astronomical news >coming out today and how you wish they had such great news when you were >growing up in grade school. It is great news but I see a generation gap is >present. > >When I was in grade-school, I remember Sputnik being sent into space and >spending several evening trying to see it and eventually being successful. >I remember the announcement of Yuri Gagarin went into space which shocked >the U S citizens. I clearly remember when Alan Shepard was sent on his sub >orbital ride and when John Glenn took his 3-orbit flight. When Apollo 11 >flight took its historic flight and landing on the moon, I was on a college >field trip at Fossil Butte Wyoming, huddled around our professor's Suburban >listening to the final decent of the Eagle Lander. It doesn't get more >exciting than that. > >I was lucky to grow up during the birth of the space age. I was also lucky >to be a true geek and have the insight as to the significance of each step >that was taken. > >Exciting times have definitely arrived as far as space exploration is >concerned. It will be incredibly interesting to see what is to come in the >next ten to twenty years. > >Thanks >Rodger C. Fry > >-----Original Message----- >From: utah-astronomy-bounces(a)mailman.xmission.com >[mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Michael >Wells >Sent: Monday, December 03, 2012 8:14 PM >To: Utah Astronomy >Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Voyager 1 new discovery. > >Yeah, I noticed that part. Definitely behaving in an interesting way, that's >for sure. As much as I wouldn't want to be a grade school student today, the >70's-80's had almost nothing exciting compared to now. Sure, we started the >shuttle program, and things like Voyager went up. I also remember when they >discovered rings around Uranus(Due to the obvious joke), but that was pretty >much it. Kids nowdays have something new hitting the classroom pretty much >every week now, between the amazing stellar pictures from our array of >telescopes, other probes, such as Cassini, and the stuff from the Mars >rovers. Awesome stuff. > > >On Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 8:07 PM, Daniel Holmes ><danielh(a)holmesonics.com>wrote: > >> What I got from the article is that they didn't expect to see the rise >> of interstellar particles while also seeing the Sun's magnetic >> field--the field lines of interstellar space lining up with the Sun's >> field lines. A region where both sets of particles mingled I think was >> expected, but this region allows the particles to move between regions >much easier. >> >> Near the bottom of the article: >> >> "The researchers suspect they've reached a region of the >> solar-interstellar boundary that nobody had predicted. In this area, >> the magnetic field lines of the Sun link up with those of the >> interstellar field. Scientists are calling this linkage a "highway" >> for particles to travel along. It lets solar wind particles escape >> more readily, causing the drop in their intensity. And it opens the >> door for low-energy cosmic rays to slip in to our Solar System, which >> is why Voyager 1 is seeing so may of them." >> >> Dan >> >> On Dec 3, 2012, at 7:59 PM, Michael Wells >> <eyeonyouproductions(a)gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> > Seems like what I would have expected, not a sudden shift from our >> > Sun's particles to those from "outside", but a neutral zone where >> > they both >> seem >> > to equally counteract each other. In perspective to stellar >> > distances, >> this >> > still could be considered a super thin line, 122 A.U. is nothing n >> > the grand scheme of things, and that's Voyager I's total trip so >> > far, not >> just >> > the part where they thought the soloar system would end and the >> > universe proper would begin. >> > >> > Then again, I'm no scientist, so what would I know? >> > >> > >> > On Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 7:33 PM, Daniel Holmes >> ><danielh(a)holmesonics.com >> >wrote: >> > >> > It discovered a previously unknown edge of the solar system boundary. >> > Pretty cool stuff. >> > >> > >> > >> http://arstechnica.com/science/2012/12/voyager-1-spots-new-region-at-t >> he-edge-of-the-solar-system/ >> > >> > Dan >> > >> > -- >> > Daniel Holmes, danielh(a)holmesonics.com "Laugh while you can, monkey >> > boy!" -- Lord John Whorfin >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Utah-Astronomy mailing list >> > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy >> > >> > Send messages to the list to >> > Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com >> > >> > The Utah-Astronomy mailing list is not affiliated with any >> > astronomy >> club. >> > >> > To unsubscribe go to: >> > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy >> > Then enter your email address in the space provided and click on >> > "Unsubscribe or edit options". >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Utah-Astronomy mailing list >> > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy >> > >> > Send messages to the list to >> > Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com >> > >> > The Utah-Astronomy mailing list is not affiliated with any astronomy >> club. >> > >> > To unsubscribe go to: >> > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy >> > Then enter your email address in the space provided and click on >> "Unsubscribe or edit options". >> >> -- >> Daniel Holmes, danielh(a)holmesonics.com "Laugh while you can, monkey >> boy!" -- Lord John Whorfin >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Utah-Astronomy mailing list >> http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy >> >> Send messages to the list to >> Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com >> >> The Utah-Astronomy mailing list is not affiliated with any astronomy club. >> >> To unsubscribe go to: >> http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy >> Then enter your email address in the space provided and click on >> "Unsubscribe or edit options". >> >_______________________________________________ >Utah-Astronomy mailing list >http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy > >Send messages to the list to >Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com > >The Utah-Astronomy mailing list is not affiliated with any astronomy club. > >To unsubscribe go to: >http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy >Then enter your email address in the space provided and click on >"Unsubscribe or edit options". > > >_______________________________________________ >Utah-Astronomy mailing list >http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy > >Send messages to the list to >Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com > >The Utah-Astronomy mailing list is not affiliated with any astronomy club. > >To unsubscribe go to: >http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy >Then enter your email address in the space provided and click on "Unsubscribe or edit options".

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