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Posted 06 June 2008 - 05:45 PM

It will arrive at Pluto on 14 July 2015
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Posted 06 June 2008 - 05:52 PM

correct Genevance.**do NOT copy and paste! try to change the sentence a bit[ok?]***bonus=1pt*[scoreboard]Lelouch Vi Britannia---97Genevance---53swankman---47Channel28---42Bob Sanders---35geron122---34ANVILZ---29kulengaz---24devilfox267---16tsigma6---14TyphoonMaster---13LookOverThereADistraction---10Analogman---9Skysplitter---8Bezarius---6RzmmDX---6beserkus---6Cursed_Light---5Ody---41girlpokemonmaster---4Buffalo Chips---3johnisd---2monomer---2MetaKnightsWaddleDoo---2Sosica---2thiefofpi---1zlipus---1maffiej---1[Q212=2pt]What is a planemo?
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Posted 06 June 2008 - 05:58 PM

celestial object larger than a astroid but not as large as a brown drawf. Speaking in terms of mass of course.
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Posted 06 June 2008 - 06:05 PM

correct ANVILZ.**do NOT copy and paste! try to change the sentence a bit[ok?]***bonus=1pt*[scoreboard]Lelouch Vi Britannia---97Genevance---53swankman---47Channel28---42Bob Sanders---35geron122---34ANVILZ---31kulengaz---24devilfox267---16tsigma6---14TyphoonMaster---13LookOverThereADistraction---10Analogman---9Skysplitter---8Bezarius---6RzmmDX---6beserkus---6Cursed_Light---5Ody---41girlpokemonmaster---4Buffalo Chips---3johnisd---2monomer---2MetaKnightsWaddleDoo---2Sosica---2thiefofpi---1zlipus---1maffiej---1[Q213=2pt]In astronomy, who proposed the term fusor?
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Posted 06 June 2008 - 06:10 PM

HA, I had that page open on Wiki ccause I heard someone talk about it just now: it's Gibor Basri and it's not actually true it's only a proposal.
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Posted 06 June 2008 - 06:12 PM

'It's Philo T. Farnsworth
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Posted 06 June 2008 - 06:15 PM

hmm correct ANVILZ.**do NOT copy and paste! try to change the sentence a bit[ok?]***bonus=1pt*[scoreboard]Lelouch Vi Britannia---97Genevance---53swankman---47Channel28---42Bob Sanders---35geron122---34ANVILZ---33kulengaz---24devilfox267---16tsigma6---14TyphoonMaster---13LookOverThereADistraction---10Analogman---9Skysplitter---8Bezarius---6RzmmDX---6beserkus---6Cursed_Light---5Ody---41girlpokemonmaster---4Buffalo Chips---3johnisd---2monomer---2MetaKnightsWaddleDoo---2Sosica---2thiefofpi---1zlipus---1maffiej---1[Q214=2pt]What is orbital resonance?
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Posted 06 June 2008 - 06:19 PM

In celestial mechanics, an orbital resonance occurs when two orbiting bodies exert a regular, periodic gravitational influence on each other, usually due to their orbital periods being related by a ratio of two small integers.
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Posted 06 June 2008 - 06:20 PM

I POWNED YOU!When two regularly rotating objects exert a gravitational force on one another.STUPID DIAL-UP!

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Posted 06 June 2008 - 06:22 PM

uhh correct Genevance..**do NOT copy and paste! try to change the sentence a bit[ok?]***bonus=1pt*[scoreboard]Lelouch Vi Britannia---97Genevance---55swankman---47Channel28---42Bob Sanders---35geron122---34ANVILZ---33kulengaz---24devilfox267---16tsigma6---14TyphoonMaster---13LookOverThereADistraction---10Analogman---9Skysplitter---8Bezarius---6RzmmDX---6beserkus---6Cursed_Light---5Ody---41girlpokemonmaster---4Buffalo Chips---3johnisd---2monomer---2MetaKnightsWaddleDoo---2Sosica---2thiefofpi---1zlipus---1maffiej---1[Q215=2pt]What is commensurability in astronomy?
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Posted 06 June 2008 - 06:26 PM

When two celestial objects are in rational rational proportion.
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Posted 06 June 2008 - 06:32 PM

correct ANVILZ.**do NOT copy and paste! try to change the sentence a bit[ok?]***bonus=1pt*[scoreboard]Lelouch Vi Britannia---97Genevance---55swankman---47Channel28---42Bob Sanders---35ANVILZ---35geron122---34kulengaz---24devilfox267---16tsigma6---14TyphoonMaster---13LookOverThereADistraction---10Analogman---9Skysplitter---8Bezarius---6RzmmDX---6beserkus---6Cursed_Light---5Ody---41girlpokemonmaster---4Buffalo Chips---3johnisd---2monomer---2MetaKnightsWaddleDoo---2Sosica---2thiefofpi---1zlipus---1maffiej---1[Q216=2pt]Hmm.... The planet _____ is sometimes regarded at the earth's sister planet...
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Posted 06 June 2008 - 06:49 PM

I would not reccomend living on Venus but it's Venus.EDIT: Because it rains sulfuric acid. Know what that would do to you?

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Posted 07 June 2008 - 04:28 AM

correct ANVILZ.**do NOT copy and paste! try to change the sentence a bit[ok?]***bonus=1pt*[scoreboard]Lelouch Vi Britannia---97Genevance---55swankman---47Channel28---42ANVILZ---37Bob Sanders---35geron122---34kulengaz---24devilfox267---16tsigma6---14TyphoonMaster---13LookOverThereADistraction---10Analogman---9Skysplitter---8Bezarius---6RzmmDX---6beserkus---6Cursed_Light---5Ody---41girlpokemonmaster---4Buffalo Chips---3johnisd---2monomer---2MetaKnightsWaddleDoo---2Sosica---2thiefofpi---1zlipus---1maffiej---1[Q217=2pt]What is a chasma?
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Posted 07 June 2008 - 04:43 AM

Chasmata are long, narrow depressions with steep walls.
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Posted 07 June 2008 - 06:01 AM

correct Personification.**do NOT copy and paste! try to change the sentence a bit[ok?]***bonus=1pt*[scoreboard]Lelouch Vi Britannia---97Genevance---55swankman---47Channel28---42ANVILZ---37Bob Sanders---35geron122---34kulengaz---24devilfox267---16tsigma6---14TyphoonMaster---13LookOverThereADistraction---10Analogman---9Skysplitter---8Bezarius---6RzmmDX---6beserkus---6Cursed_Light---5Ody---41girlpokemonmaster---4Buffalo Chips---3johnisd---2monomer---2MetaKnightsWaddleDoo---2Sosica---2Personification---2thiefofpi---1zlipus---1maffiej---1[Q218=2pt]What is the Stickney crater?
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Posted 07 June 2008 - 10:53 AM

OH I know this one!!!Stickney Crater is the largest crater on a moon of Mars called Phobos, it is in the SW (South West) section of the moon *hopes more details means extra points >.<*
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Posted 07 June 2008 - 02:07 PM

correct Channel28.**do NOT copy and paste! try to change the sentence a bit[ok?]***bonus=1pt*[scoreboard]Lelouch Vi Britannia---97Genevance---55swankman---47Channel28---44ANVILZ---37Bob Sanders---35geron122---34kulengaz---24devilfox267---16tsigma6---14TyphoonMaster---13LookOverThereADistraction---10Analogman---9Skysplitter---8Bezarius---6RzmmDX---6beserkus---6Cursed_Light---5Ody---41girlpokemonmaster---4Buffalo Chips---3johnisd---2monomer---2MetaKnightsWaddleDoo---2Sosica---2Personification---2thiefofpi---1zlipus---1maffiej---1[Q219=2pt]Who discovered the moon Phobos?
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Posted 07 June 2008 - 03:22 PM

The person who discovered Phobos (and Deimos, but that's besides the point) is Asaph Hall.
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Posted 08 June 2008 - 10:34 AM

correct Personification.**do NOT copy and paste! try to change the sentence a bit[ok?]***bonus=1pt*[scoreboard]Lelouch Vi Britannia---97Genevance---55swankman---47Channel28---44ANVILZ---37Bob Sanders---35geron122---34kulengaz---24devilfox267---16tsigma6---14TyphoonMaster---13LookOverThereADistraction---10Analogman---9Skysplitter---8Bezarius---6RzmmDX---6beserkus---6Cursed_Light---5Personification---4Ody---41girlpokemonmaster---4Buffalo Chips---3johnisd---2monomer---2MetaKnightsWaddleDoo---2Sosica---2thiefofpi---1zlipus---1maffiej---1[Q220=2pt]When was Phobos discovered?
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Posted 08 June 2008 - 04:32 PM

Phobos was discovered on August 18, 1877.
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Posted 09 June 2008 - 03:05 AM

correct Personification.**do NOT copy and paste! try to change the sentence a bit[ok?]***bonus=1pt*[scoreboard]Lelouch Vi Britannia---97Genevance---55swankman---47Channel28---44ANVILZ---37Bob Sanders---35geron122---34kulengaz---24devilfox267---16tsigma6---14TyphoonMaster---13LookOverThereADistraction---10Analogman---9Skysplitter---8Personification---6Bezarius---6RzmmDX---6beserkus---6Cursed_Light---5Ody---41girlpokemonmaster---4Buffalo Chips---3johnisd---2monomer---2MetaKnightsWaddleDoo---2Sosica---2thiefofpi---1zlipus---1maffiej---1[Q221=1pt]Who discovered the moon Umbriel?*BONUS: Umbriel is a moon of?
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Posted 09 June 2008 - 07:51 AM

Umbriel, the moon of Uranus, was discovered by William Lassell.
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Posted 09 June 2008 - 03:11 PM

correct Analogman.**do NOT copy and paste! try to change the sentence a bit[ok?]***bonus=1pt*[scoreboard]Lelouch Vi Britannia---97Genevance---55swankman---47Channel28---44ANVILZ---37Bob Sanders---35geron122---34kulengaz---24devilfox267---16tsigma6---14TyphoonMaster---13Analogman---11LookOverThereADistraction---10Skysplitter---8Personification---6Bezarius---6RzmmDX---6beserkus---6Cursed_Light---5Ody---41girlpokemonmaster---4Buffalo Chips---3johnisd---2monomer---2MetaKnightsWaddleDoo---2Sosica---2thiefofpi---1zlipus---1maffiej---1[Q222=2pt]What is the Late Heavy Bombardment?
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Posted 09 June 2008 - 04:22 PM

lunar cataclysm--period of time approximately 3,800 to 4,100 million years ago during which a large number of impact craters are believed to have formed on the Moon
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