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Post by paulette on Feb 12, 2012 13:08:39 GMT -6
Things you may not know about the solar system: earthsky.org
OK - I don't know where the original article about the ten things went. But this is a cool link.
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Post by Morgan Sierra on Feb 12, 2012 13:39:41 GMT -6
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Post by paulette on Feb 12, 2012 13:43:49 GMT -6
Thanks Morgan S!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2012 13:55:13 GMT -6
I found the number one to be particularly interesting: Copy pasted from the link: earthsky.org/space/ten-things-you-may-not-know-about-the-solar-system1 ) We live inside the sun Normally we think of the sun as being that big, hot ball of light 93 million miles away. But actually, the sun’s outer atmosphere extends far beyond its visible surface. Our planet orbits within this tenuous atmosphere, and we see evidence of this when gusts of the solar wind generate the Northern and Southern Lights. In that sense, we definitely live “inside” the sun. But the solar atmosphere doesn’t end at Earth. Auroras have been observed on Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and even distant Neptune. In fact, the outer solar atmosphere, called the “heliosphere,” is thought to extend at least 100 A.U. That’s nearly 10 billion miles. In fact the atmosphere is likely teardrop shaped due to the sun’s motion in space, with the “tail” extending tens to hundreds of billions of miles downwind.
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Post by satansrini on Feb 12, 2012 23:30:38 GMT -6
I did not know 6, 5, 3, 2, 1.
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