Astronomy Question

[svnmag]

Is the vertical cluster below Orion's belt considered his dick?

 

[deleted member]

This guy ^^^

 

[sl1000794]

Is the vertical cluster below Orion's belt considered his dick?

His sword.

I was a big astronomy geek growing up. I bought a 6" reflective telescope. I could see lots in the night sky but nothing thru the neighbor girls windows ... damnit!!!

 

[PrairieGhost]

His sword.

I was a big astronomy geek growing up. I bought a 6" reflective telescope. I could see lots in the night sky but nothing thru the neighbor girls windows ... damnit!!!

I have had some interest. Two years ago we were camped alone on the Utah desert in a designated dark sky area. My wife thought I had lost it getting up at 3:00 am to take pictures. I'm ticked that I didn't turn my camera to the vertical view.

 

[Sum1]

What keeps planets from smashing into one another?

 

[sl1000794]

What keeps planets from smashing into one another?

Prolly gravity from the sun keeps the planets in a rotational pattern where they are MILLIONS of miles apart. If you want to know how many millions of miles - look it up!

 

[ORCUS DEMENS]

They do crash into each other. The reason the collisions are rare is distance and time. Speed time up and collisions appear to happen frequently. Here is the video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qKOpvDa82M I used an app similar to the video (couldn't find the link). It allowed the user to set the "spaceships" velocity. Videos like this and apps can give a person a real world concept of how big the universe really is.
Enjoy, and post if you make it through the whole video without fast forward.

 

[Sum1]

Prolly gravity from the sun keeps the planets in a rotational pattern where they are MILLIONS of miles apart. If you want to know how many millions of miles - look it up!

How is the sun creating gravity? How does the Earth create gravity?

 

[riverview]

by spinning?

 

[WormWiggler]

I learned on a side quest in my recent rabbit hole adventure into Randall Carlson / Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis, that the universe has over a billion rogue planets unattached to a star just roaming around bumping into shit. But the universe is so fricking big that it is not even a remote concern, the junk in our solar system is a different story.

 

[MSA]

Think of space in 2d, like a stretched out bed sheet. Anything with mass will affect it, the more mass, the bigger the effect. Set a bowling ball on the sheet, then roll a golf ball past it. The golf ball follows the curve of the sheet (space). Mass/gravity also affects light and time.

 

[johnr]

The odds of enjoying a evening piss in the side yard are now limited.
Thanks

 

[svnmag]

Think of space in 2d, like a stretched out bed sheet. Anything with mass will affect it, the more mass, the bigger the effect. Set a bowling ball on the sheet, then roll a golf ball past it. The golf ball follows the curve of the sheet (space). Mass/gravity also affects light and time.

Where have you been? All the "expert" fishing posts and nothing...

 

[MSA]

I havnt even wet a line in 5 months, buried in work at my day job, and buried in fish to mount, just been laying low trying to avoid more work.

 

[db-2]

John:
Take 90% of my piss outside even when 30 below. Waiting for someone to turn me in and now we find someone is taking pictures at 3 in the morning. db

 

[LBrandt]

For all we know we could be in someone snow globe. ::: LB

 

[johnr]

John:
Take 90% of my piss outside even when 30 below. Waiting for someone to turn me in and now we find someone is taking pictures at 3 in the morning. db

The way my fifth wheel, boat, and enclosed trailer are parked next to my house It is a pretty private area, however.. even taking a leak on a gravel road posses problems now with game cams everywhere.

 

[db-2]

John:
From time to time i have found trail camera even on my posted land. Yes, it is getting hard to take a leak in the great outdoors. db

 

[WormWiggler]

The way my fifth wheel, boat, and enclosed trailer are parked next to my house It is a pretty private area, however.. even taking a leak on a gravel road posses problems now with game cams everywhere.

Stand up to pee and people will look away faster.... your welcome

 

[Sum1]

Think of space in 2d, like a stretched out bed sheet. Anything with mass will affect it, the more mass, the bigger the effect. Set a bowling ball on the sheet, then roll a golf ball past it. The golf ball follows the curve of the sheet (space). Mass/gravity also affects light and time.

That still doesn’t explain what is causing gravity. Js