Jupiter is also like 99.7% hydrogen and helium, but I guess they're assuming that the Sun gobbled up most of the heavier elements when our solar system was forming.
I'd hardly call James Kim (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Kim) a "moron".
The guy went to Oberlin College, and worked as a reviewer for CNET. He and his family missed an exit while traveling through southern Oregon. Instead of turning around, they asked their GPS for an alternate route. It told them to take a rarely used road that had a lot of snow. Their car got stuck. After about a week, he decided to try to walk to a town that he thought was four miles away. He died of exposure.
He made a couple of bad decisions, and it cost him his life.
I think that Cooney is mixing up the planets around Kepler-11 with other planets which might be in their stars' habitable zones (but NASA is waiting for them to transit again to make sure they have the orbital periods right).
Actually, these planets were discovered because they transit between their star and us (not by the star wobbling).
I would be surprised if they were habitable, given that they're all less that.5 AU from their star (which is 95% as big as the sun). See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kepler-11
The claim that they will be visible in Japan seems far fetched to me. According to NOAA's website (http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/Aurora/index.html) Tokyo is at 29 degrees magnetic latitude. Northern Japan is about 10 degrees north of that (call in 40 degrees). NOAA's tables only go down to 45 degrees.
According to NOAA's North American map, Salem Oregon should be able to see anything above a Kp=8 (which is pretty rare).
Note that TFA just says that activity is going up as part of the 11-ish year cycle. It doesn't say that this cycle will be bigger than the last one, so if you couldn't see them 5 years ago you probably see them this time either.
Note that the auroras are aligned to the magnetic poles, so you can't just use latitude. As a result, people in places like Ohio are more likely to see them than people in Oregon.
Here's a web page with the current conditions: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/pmap/index.html
Does all that money go to salaries? I'm guessing that they're paying for equiptment too. I'd be more likely to give them money if I thought they *really* needed it.
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if the comic books are right
Jupiter is also like 99.7% hydrogen and helium, but I guess they're assuming that the Sun gobbled up most of the heavier elements when our solar system was forming.
http://www.npr.org/2011/05/26/136690513/study-may-shed-light-on-how-to-stop-spam
When the Alaska state government uses paper the Lumber Cartel (TinLC) makes money.
How about setting up Swiss army knives to generate power when you fold the gadgets in and out?
The Scientists are getting us ready to tell us the truth about Nibiru
COBOL and MS Access?
it's the amps
Anybody who "struggles to meet his bills" while making $174,000 is not qualified to manage any kind of budget.
It was the Albino
is also not really jolly, green, or a giant.
I'd hardly call James Kim (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Kim) a "moron".
The guy went to Oberlin College, and worked as a reviewer for CNET. He and his family missed an exit while traveling through southern Oregon. Instead of turning around, they asked their GPS for an alternate route. It told them to take a rarely used road that had a lot of snow. Their car got stuck. After about a week, he decided to try to walk to a town that he thought was four miles away. He died of exposure.
He made a couple of bad decisions, and it cost him his life.
My death ray goes up to 11,000
I think that Cooney is mixing up the planets around Kepler-11 with other planets which might be in their stars' habitable zones (but NASA is waiting for them to transit again to make sure they have the orbital periods right).
Actually, these planets were discovered because they transit between their star and us (not by the star wobbling).
I would be surprised if they were habitable, given that they're all less that .5 AU from their star (which is 95% as big as the sun). See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kepler-11
Maybe that's what they want you to think.
If it is, I'll memorize it. If not, I need to check my email.
The claim that they will be visible in Japan seems far fetched to me. According to NOAA's website (http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/Aurora/index.html) Tokyo is at 29 degrees magnetic latitude. Northern Japan is about 10 degrees north of that (call in 40 degrees). NOAA's tables only go down to 45 degrees.
According to NOAA's North American map, Salem Oregon should be able to see anything above a Kp=8 (which is pretty rare).
Note that TFA just says that activity is going up as part of the 11-ish year cycle. It doesn't say that this cycle will be bigger than the last one, so if you couldn't see them 5 years ago you probably see them this time either.
Note that the auroras are aligned to the magnetic poles, so you can't just use latitude. As a result, people in places like Ohio are more likely to see them than people in Oregon. Here's a web page with the current conditions: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/pmap/index.html
north pole goes to you.
Does all that money go to salaries? I'm guessing that they're paying for equiptment too. I'd be more likely to give them money if I thought they *really* needed it.
assuming the microbes don't go after the iron in my circulatory system.
the first thing we'll do is invade Wikipedia
Or the planet Venus