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Originally Posted by George
My spin on it.
It was likely in August of 1616 that Galileo wrote his good friend Cesi, "...Saturn, whose two companions are no loner two small perfectly round globes as they were before, but are at present much larger bodies and no longer round in shape,..., two half-ellipses with dark traingles in the middle and contiguous in the middle globe of Saturn, which is seen as it always has been, perfectly round."
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I was just wondering why you didn't call them elliptical lobes.
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Originally Posted by spin0
The Bourbon stars were misidentified SUNSPOTS!
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Originally Posted by spin0
Assuming my previous answer is correct, I guess it's my turn to ask a question.
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Probably correct on both counts.
Jean Tarde was the astronomer. Note, this is a dangerous google--"Bourbon" appears to be a popular porn name, and they star in a lot of movies.