How 'bout Melville Crater on Mercury? It was named after the guy that caught that whale, I think. I know it wasn't a fish story, 'cause whales ain't fish. :wink:

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"The Sun, with all the planets revolving around it, and depending on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as though it had nothing else in the universe to do..." Author: Galileo supposedly.

Ug.

Is it between the two belts (asteroid and Kuiper)?

What nationality is this athelete? [a 2 in 1 attempt :wink: ]

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"The Sun, with all the planets revolving around it, and depending on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as though it had nothing else in the universe to do..." Author: Galileo supposedly.

Well, I suppose somewhere in Java or Sumatra, there may well be some Tiger Woods.
Or in India, of course.

Does the structure have the surname of a sportsman, or the full name?

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Coincidence is the key here - The name denotes someone entirely different, the identitiy of the names is pure coincidence.
First or surname - sorry, but that would be a big hint. It's one word, though.
Yes, it is between the belts.
Nationality - no way, man 8)

Edit:
Ah, one more point: I am from Europe. There is no such thing as a "famous" baseball or a "famous" American football player. That would be an oxymoron. I mean, seriously. 8)

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=D> Very nice idea, and no, I had not thought of that possibility.

Maybe one final hint: The sportsman I am thinking of is not active anymore.

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Well that gives it away. Surely you refer to the the volcano Pele on Jupiter's moon Io. Apparently there was a soccer player of some note who went by that moniker.

Pele was not a "soccer" player "of some note" but THE ABSOLUTELY MOST SUBLIMELY FANTASTIC FOOTBALL PLAYER THIS POOR EARTH EVER HAD THE UNBELIEVABLE PRIVILEGE TO ADORE!


=D> =D> =D> Good going, formulaterp :wink:
So what's the next question?

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Who?

with regards

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Sign up to sue the Sun

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Whaddyaspect? I'm an American afterall. Actually I've attended 2 World Cup matches, one here and also in France. Hopefully I'll get a chance to visit Germany in 2006.

Here's my question (along the same lines as Arneb) on what Solar System body would you find a structure named Yalta? And don't say the Earth.

Gaspra (Asteroid 951)

Who coined the term aurora borealis?

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Galileo Galilei, in 1919, ghostwriting for his pupil, Mario Guiducci (he himself had already been gagged into silence by the Holy Catholic Church).

Later archeologists will (hopefully) be able to establish that this painting was not painted before or after a certain time. Why?
(Sorry that the link leads to a woo-woo site, but you do not find that painting on the Internet very frequently)

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Man, I have no idea where you're going with this. Archeologists?!?! I have a very limited knowledge of art, and know virtually nothing about this painting, but in true woowoo fashion, I will not allow this to stand in the way of my "theory".

But as I figure it, this painting is a historically accurate representation of the night sky as seen by Pieter Pauwel Rubens. The geometric (dare I say Masonic) relationship between the planet Saturn and the Belt of Orion, as depicted in the painting, could only have occurred once during Rubens' adult life. My extensive research, which mostly involved running time backwards for 400 years in Celestia, conclusively places the timeframe as the winter of 1620 (give or take).

Oddly enough this particular perspective could only have been achieved from the southern hemisphere. Recently declassified CIA documents show that Rubens travelled extensively throughout his life. As a diplomatic envoy for the king, Rubens visited France, Spain and Italy among other countries. However there were no indications he ever crossed the equator. This is clear proof that this work of art could only have been created while hanging from the cieling!

Archealogists, should they ever deign to examine my theory, may one day exhume Rubens' body. An examination of his upper canine teeth will clearly prove that one of the great artists of the Renaissance period was in fact a Masonic Vampire!!!


PS: I should warn you that I am posting this after imbibing a great deal of alcohol and spending the entire night awake following a friend-of-a-friend's exploits at the final table at the World Series of Poker.

[Original post deleted by mistake due to hitting "edit" instead of "post reply" - sorry folks!]

Ummm, ahh, is there anyoneout there?[listens into the dark despondently]

Ahhh, maybe with a new hint!

The title of the painting is "Chronos devouring one of his sons".

Chronos is the GREEK name. :wink:

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I wish I could see the painting again. At any rate, Chronos was the son of Uranus so maybe the connection involves Wm. Herschel's discovery of Uranus in 1781?

Ah, IMO, what I deleted was not my original question with link but my comment to formulaterps wonderful, but sadly wrong answer. My question and link are still there three posts up.

And no, Uranus is not in the picture.

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Someone is claiming to be in contact with DODGE launched in 1967. He also implies that he is receiving pictures from the satelite.

For a little more see this thread

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Arneb, I've been trying to figure out what exactly you're getting at here, but am not sure. Hopefully, archeologists will figure out that Peter Paul Rubens was born and died between 1577-1640, but I know that's not what you want to hear. :wink: Kronos (or Cronus) is Saturn, we know that, and Titan, Iapetus, and Rhea weren't "discovered" until 1655, 1671, and 1672 respectively. So, what are the three objects--Saturn, Mercury and Venus? How do we know for sure what Rubens was painting? Saturn was known since ancient times. So, I'm stumped. :-?

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good going, melusine - I disagree with you: You are not stumped, you are absolutely on the right track - "What are the three objects?" is the crucial point, and herein lies the solution.

As I said, a decisive hint (a dead giveaway rather) can be found in the material presented during this quiz (not very long ago, actually).

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