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Planet Saturn Closest In 30 Years

Posted by michael on from the sprinkled-moondust-in-your-hair dept.

maliabu writes "Saturn will be coming to opposition (opposite the Sun in relation to Earth) on New Year's Eve. More details here. And of course a dedicated website Celestron Saturn Opposition 2003 too."

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  1. Re:Galileo by Stargoat · · Score: 4, Insightful
    "Even geniuses and famous discoverers make mistakes."

    Not much of a mistake though, considering. Remember the crude instruments he was working with. And the intellectual confines.

    It's a wonder that he did so much.

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  2. Re:Galileo by barakn · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Since when is it a mistake to describe what you see using language an audience would understand? He saw three bright points, and he described them as three bright stars. If that was a mistake, then astronomers can do nothing besides make mistakes, because eventually someone will come along with a better optical instrument, see more detail, and describe the thing with new language.

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    "I'm so moist I'm sticking to the leather." -Kermit the Frog on The Late Late Show