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Earth's Moon is a Rarity
Smivs writes "Scientists have concluded that moons like the Earth's are actually quite rare. Only 5-10% of planetary systems are likely to contain moons formed by planetary collisions. 'By the time the Earth's moon formed, when the Sun was 30 million years old, the planet formation process in our Solar System should have been approaching its end. In the latest study, Dr Gorlova's team looked at the heat signature of stars using the infrared. This allows astronomers to predict how much of that heat comes from the star itself and how much is re-emitted by dusty material encircling it.'"
What's also rarer is that OUR moon has a face on it. I don't see any other planets having moons with faces on them. So all these other loser planets just gotta admit that our moon is better than their moon.
It amazes me that so many allegedly "educated" people have fallen so quickly and so hard for a fraudulent fabrication of such laughable proportions. The very idea that a gigantic ball of rock happens to orbit our planet, showing itself in neat, four-week cycles -- with the same side facing us all the time -- is ludicrous. Furthermore, it is an insult to common sense and a damnable affront to intellectual honesty and integrity. That people actually believe it is evidence that the liberals have wrested the last vestiges of control of our public school system from decent, God-fearing Americans (as if any further evidence was needed! Daddy's Roommate? God Almighty!)
.. the next time you're out in the backyard exercising your Second Amendment rights, the liberals will see it! These satellites are sensitive enough to tell the difference between a Colt .45 and a .38 Special! And when they detect you with a firearm, their computers cross-reference the address to figure out your name, and then an enormous database housed at Berkeley is updated with information about you.
Documentaries such as Enemy of the State have accurately portrayed the elaborate, byzantine network of surveillance satellites that the liberals have sent into space to spy on law-abiding Americans. Equipped with technology developed by Handgun Control, Inc., these satellites have the ability to detect firearms from hundreds of kilometers up. That's right, neighbors
Of course, this all works fine during the day, but what about at night? Even the liberals can't control the rotation of the Earth to prevent nightfall from setting in (only Joshua was able to ask for that particular favor!) That's where the "moon" comes in. Powered by nuclear reactors, the "moon" is nothing more than an enormous balloon, emitting trillions of candlepower of gun-revealing light. Piloted by key members of the liberal community, the "moon" is strategically moved across the country, pointing out those who dare to make use of their God-given rights at night!
Yes, I know this probably sounds paranoid and preposterous, but consider this. Despite what the revisionist historians tell you, there is no mention of the "moon" anywhere in literature or historical documents -- anywhere -- before 1950. That is when it was initially launched. When President Josef Kennedy, at the State of the Union address, proclaimed "We choose to go to the moon", he may as well have said "We choose to go to the weather balloon." The subsequent faking of a "moon" landing on national TV was the first step in a long history of the erosion of our constitutional rights by leftists in this country. No longer can we hide from our government when the sun goes down.
And with us "our" moon?
That's no moon. and you're on Alderaan. buckle up.
The theory of relativity doesn't work right in Arkansas.
Bunch of lunatics.
Science advances one funeral at a time- Max Planck
Ignignokt: Our race is hundreds of years beyond yours. Err: Man, you hear what he's sayin'? Ignignokt: Some would say that the earth is our moon. Err: We're the moon. Ignignokt: But that would belittle the name of our moon...which is "The Moon". Err: Point is: We're at the center, not you. Carl: No, the real point is I don't give a damn.
Of course it's a rarity, there's only one moon belonging to the Earth.
Obviously, the Giant Space Mouse roams the universe, looking for tasty large moons (since they are made of cheese). That's why our moon is a rarity. When the Giant Space Mouse came for it, the Fantastic Four used the Ultimate Nullifier or some Giant Space Cat to take care of it. I bet Wolverine was involved, too, since he's ALWAYS involved.
Anyhow, that's why our moon and its delicious Swiss Cheese core are still around, while other planets with their lame Brie-mantled moons were pillaged by the Giant Space Mouse.
Vincent J. Murphy
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You are correct. My mistake. Unlike you, I don't visit Uranus often enough :-)
Until life developed migratory patterns (or perfected hibernation), it would freeze for 6 months and then be too hot for another 6. Near the equator it would be less extreme, but still have wide swings.
Table-ized A.I.
Because that's not a moon. And when we send a spacecraft up there to map its interior, we'll find out that our moon is not really a moon but a 50000-year old battleship, an Utu-class planetoid named Dahak, stuck here because of a failed mutiny attempt.. :)
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