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Scientists find small moon hidden in Saturn's outer rings

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  1. jdang307

    jdang307 Season Ticket Holder Club Member

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    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090303/ap_on_sc/sci_saturn_moon

     
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  2. Celtkin

    Celtkin <B>Webmaster</b> Luxury Box

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    That's pretty darned small for a moon. If I am not mistaken, that's nearly the size of Bill Gates home. :lol:
     
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  3. like2god

    like2god Typical white person Luxury Box

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    I thought there was a specific minimal size requirement to classify as a moon, just like with a planet?
     
  4. pennphinfan

    pennphinfan Stelin Canez Arcade Scorz

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    in terms of astronomic size, isn't a third of a mile considers a speck of space dust? heck, the asteroid from deep impact was significantly larger than this.
     
  5. azfinfanmang

    azfinfanmang Premium Member Luxury Box

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    First and foremost, when thinking of places that might be reporting about interesting Celestial findings.... Pasadena isnt any where NEAR the list of such places :pity:

    Second, how long till Hiraldo launches another search for Jimmy Hoffa?


    Third. How can they find this, but miss a freakin Asteroid zooming right past us in our own backyard
     
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  6. like2god

    like2god Typical white person Luxury Box

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    Quite frankly, there about as many people searching for near earth asteroids as there are working in your local McDonalds. You would think that they (NASA, ESA, etc) would allot a little more money for a project like that, but guess not.
     
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  7. jason8er

    jason8er Luxury Box Luxury Box

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    That is pretty small. Now I know why Saturn has something like 200 moons.
     
  8. opfinistic

    opfinistic Braaaaains!

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    That's not a moon, that's a space station.
     
  9. Fin D

    Fin D Sigh

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    That's what she said!!!!!!!!







    wait...that didn't make sense at all....I'm sorry...I won't talk anymore...
     
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  10. opfinistic

    opfinistic Braaaaains!

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    :pity:

    I've got a bad feeling about this.
     
  11. Fin D

    Fin D Sigh

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    She said that too!!!!!!






    Dammit...I broke my promise...I'm sorry again...
     
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  12. texanphinatic

    texanphinatic Senior Member

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    You know, there ARE alternatives to fighting ...
     
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  13. Fin D

    Fin D Sigh

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    Did you just hit on Opie?
     
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  14. texanphinatic

    texanphinatic Senior Member

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    Tell you didnt pick up on his star wars references man? :hi5:
     
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  15. opfinistic

    opfinistic Braaaaains!

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    He's nowhere near cool enough to pick up on that. :tongue2:
     
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  16. texanphinatic

    texanphinatic Senior Member

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    :knucks:
     
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  17. Fin D

    Fin D Sigh

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    What?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

    When Jar-Jar turned out to be the Klingon, Darth Maul Caspian, and threw the ring into the fire, and Harry Potterwalker turned out to be his son, who could turn into a Camaro, I was like, "Whooooooooooa, that was intense!!!!"

    Take that biaoches!!!!!!!!!!


















    :shifty:
     
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  18. opfinistic

    opfinistic Braaaaains!

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    You forgot about Golum, the clean shaven midget Wookie.


    FAIL!
     
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