opps sorry about forgetting...

I forgot to welcome you to BABB too

It's the post time limit....


anyway: welcome!

question:

What planet rotates "backward" retograde.

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The answer is Venus, although both Pluto and Uranus can both also be regarded as rotating in a "retrograde" motion.

My question: What is the major element constituent of Mercury's atmosphere (by mass)?

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Sodium.

Isn't it?

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Yup. Dammit this new guy sure knows his astronomy...

Now I'm waiting for an ultra-hard question from ya. :P

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maybe he's toseeking stuff *points accusing finger*

nah'

good going there... *thumbs up*

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Ultrahard? Oh, my :-?

Let's see - Which is the "reddest" celestial body inside the orbit of Puto?

Hint: You can see it with amateur equipment.

To gain extra credit, tell us something about the mythological significance of the person after whom it was named.

I am not absoluteley sure what "reddest" refers to - probably the relative strength of the red wavelengths in the reflection spectrum of the body. I take some artistic liberty here, not being a physicist.

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Upon reading mickal555's last post: What is ToSeeking?

I came across this word several times; I do know that ToSeek is one of the top ten (if not the top) poster here on this board; and I know he has got this wonderful signature about Googling - But what does "to ToSeek" actually mean?

Anyway the one about the sodium came from my head, not Google (the one about Hartwig did, though ops: )

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I hope you're talking about Charon, because I can definitely deal with the mythological part. Charon was part of the ancient Greek underworld and ferried the souls of dead across the River Styx into Hades. He apparently needed a "toll" to do this, so they put coins in the mouthes of the dead before they were buried.

"ToSeeking" means posting something that has already been posted. ToSeek often posts interesting articles before anyone else has or has the chance to. So, when someone posts an article about something, they are often ToSeeked--it's already been discussed elsewhere.

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Thanks for the ToSeeking - yeah I see why it is hard to keep up with his prolific posting and introducing new things into the discussion ("Iapetus is artificial" was a real howler).

Your mythology is absolutely correct - but nope, Charon is not the reddest object inside the orbit of Pluto - BTW I don't think you can seperate the pair with amateur equipment - The Pluto/Charon system together is a challenge even to moderate-to-large amateur stuff and Charon was not discovered (by Pros, of course, as was Pluto itself) before 1970.

So the race is still on!
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So, I am off to my football match - tune in if you can, it's Germany against Brasil, a good way to spend two hours.

If you don't find out (but you will), I suggest champion_munch put forward the next quetion.

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Hmmmm....obviously it ain't Mars, that would be too easy...

After that I'm thinking a moon - maybe Amalthea or Hyperion.

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redest

trick question maybe?

the sun?

it would contain the most red energy overall


*not as many ppl know this but toseek is an awesome googler and searcher hence the name toseek. I meant it in that context...

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Ha, well, give me an object, and I'll tell you a story. Ok, wrong story.

Ok, are you talking about another planet's satellite? Some cross-orbiting, because if so, I looked it up and was having a hard time finding something that fit your question, unless you are referring to the pinkish-looking pictures of Triton. Triton was Poseidon's son and is the man represented with the fish tail; he would blow into a conch shell to upset the waves--the harder he blew, the more the seas would kick up.

If I'm wrong again, there's another story!

OK, so I have a lot to learn. :wink:

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Alright...so it's my turn then, I guess. I didn't look up your question because I recon someone will have the answer by the time you get back anyway. And it's probably not really one of those questions you can google for.

There isn't really any rule in this thread (in fact we just seem to be making up stuff as we go along :P) but it's more fun if you can work it out off the top of your head.

Alrighty then - name all the different types of 'waves' in the electromagnetic spectrum.

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X-ray's gammma ray's UV micro infrared radio vissible

Cosmic rays(not truly em)

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C-Munch, see my answer above: I Googled, I looked in every book I have, and I still can't say with certainty what Arneb is referring to unless it's Triton, since it's cooler and red. Now, I'm really curious. Now, I have to wait for a soccer game to be over to find out!

Champion Munch's question:

Alrighty then - name all the different types of 'waves' in the electromagnetic spectrum.

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Is that what your looking for?

That's more of a wavelengthough...

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Name them in order of increasing wavelength.

Yes he's putting us in suspense....and even though it's 1am here I think I might hang around until he comes back. :P Ya with me mickal? My best guess is still Amalthea, but even that is a wild shot.

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Solid man

OK


(cosmic rays) Gamma rays, X-ray's, Ultraviolet, Vissible light, infred(heat) microwaves, radiowaves

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Yup, it's your go.

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What did eistign win his nobel prise for?

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Oh, I know that, because I just bought that Einstein DVD not long ago--it was for his quantum light theories/photoelectric effects.

What is the name of the largest meteorite found in the world? Where is it? Bonus points for it's weight. What is the largest in your own country? (if you don't have one, adopt another country). :P

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I don't know what it was for, but it was in physics.

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Ack, ya beat me!

I think it was found in Mexico, but really I have no idea. :-?

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See, here, I bought this DVD. I originally thought it was for his GR theories, but that was wrong, it's just that's what plastered his name all over the place. BTW, there's an article about Einstein and GR in the July Sky & Telescope magazine, but it has nothing to do with photoelectrics, rather it's about tests against his general relativity theories.

There is a large meteorite in Mexico, but it's not the largest, but darn large enough, so the question still stands:

What is the name of the largest meteorite found in the world? Where is it? Bonus points for it's weight. What is the largest in your own country? (if you don't have one, adopt another country).

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Wrong! Try again! 8)

Here's the actual order of events:

17 August: Ludovic Gully observes the Supernova, but fails to realize its significance, attributing it to a defect of his telescope!

19 August: Isaac Ward, from Belfast, "discovers" S Andromedae

20 August: Ernst Hartwig observes it

Isaac Ward was the name I was looking for.

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Well, I don't wanna spoil the fun for everyone, so I'll just say that the largest one found in Australia was in Western Australia, and it was found in either the 50's or 60's.

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Yeah, it was heavy, all right. We have one of the big ones in the US too, at the Museum of Natural History in New York City.

OK, two questions are still standing, while I'm off:

Arneb's question:

1. Let's see - Which is the "reddest" celestial body inside the orbit of Puto?
Hint: You can see it with amateur equipment.
To gain extra credit, tell us something about the mythological significance of the person after whom it was named. I am not absoluteley sure what "reddest" refers to - probably the relative strength of the red wavelengths in the reflection spectrum of the body. I take some artistic liberty here, not being a physicist.

My latest guess on that:
http://www.badastronomy.com/phpBB/vi...=492269#492269

My question:

2. What is the name of the largest meteorite found in the world? Where is it? Bonus points for it's weight. What is the largest in your own country? (if you don't have one, adopt another country).

I'm wondering if Eroica is holding back on answering these.

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Googling suggests that the answer you are looking for is Amalthea, one of Jupiter's moons - named after the nymph who nursed baby Zeus.

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I'm going to guess the Black Stone in the Kaaba at Mecca (is it?), Saudi Arabia! I have no idea how much it weighs, though. A few tonnes, perhaps.

Okay, I just Googled "Black Stone", and it turns out that it's tiny - about 50 cm across. I always imagined it must be big if they had to build the Kaaba to house it! Oh, well... ops:

I'm typing as fast as I can!

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