Random Thoughts...or...What's on Your Mind?
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Those are always in the fine print.
The devil is in the details.
Sometimes the Devil is Ardra
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I signed up for Instagram a while back, and whenever I watch videos posted to other people's feeds, they start out muted and won't unmute. Every time I click the speaker the video just jumps down a little bit, and stays muted. When stuff comes up on my feed for people I follow, or go to the person's IGTV page the sound works. Anyone know of any way to fix this?
If you haven't seen it yet, the current Google doodle commemorating today's conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn is just adorable! 
If you haven't seen it yet, the current Google doodle commemorating today's conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn is just adorable!
What I don't get is why does it matter? They only look close from Earth's perspective, in reality, they are still very far from one another.
Because from our POV it's a rare event and also cool.
I'm not sure what you mean by "matter". Sure, it will probably only be of interest to those who already have an interest in observing the night sky. It's special in this case because it happens so infrequently (every 20 years), and this is the closest they have appeared together since 1623. And of course it's from Earth's perspective; unfortunately that's the only perspective most of us get to enjoy.
If you're not interested, then no big deal.
Cloudy here, and could not see it live.
But there is this.
https://lowell.edu/the-great-conjunction/
But there is this.
https://lowell.edu/the-great-conjunction/
I'm not sure what you mean by "matter". Sure, it will probably only be of interest to those who already have an interest in observing the night sky. It's special in this case because it happens so infrequently (every 20 years), and this is the closest they have appeared together since 1623. And of course it's from Earth's perspective; unfortunately that's the only perspective most of us get to enjoy.
If you're not interested, then no big deal.
Let me put it another way. Jupiter is still closer to Earth than it is to Saturn. So even when these planets a so "close" they are still farther apart than one of them is from our planet. So to see them high fiving each other is a bit misleading and not very scientific. Earth should be high fiving Jupiter (although it would look like a rat meeting an elephant..
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Let me put it another way. Jupiter is still closer to Earth than it is to Saturn. So even when these planets a so "close" they are still farther apart than one of them is from our planet. So to see them high fiving each other is a bit misleading and not very scientific. Earth should be high fiving Jupiter (although it would look like a rat meeting an elephant..
You are being far too...anal-itic. Can you not suspend the negative waves for a bit??
Merry X-mas
You are being far too...anal-itic. Can you not suspend the negative waves for a bit??
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There is nothing negative about telling the truth.
These two planets may look close when looked at from earth but objectively they are still very far from each other. So far in fact that if you were close to say, Jupiter then Saturn would look like an ordinary star, you couldn't even see its rings without a telescope.
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Someone please remind me to revise my party invite list, once this pandemic is over.
"We are not amused."
It is true in a general sense that Jupiter is closer to Earth than it is to Saturn, based on average distances.
But not so true in this specific case. Jupiter and Saturn were approximately 734 million km apart, and Earth and Jupiter were approximately 887 million km apart.
It's a cute little animation. I don't think "scientific accuracy" was foremost in the artist's mind... planets also do not have arms and faces, nor display visible emotion. It's an adorable animation, and when I saw it, it made me happy. I shared it in the hopes it would make others smile. Couldn't we all use some joy right about now?Shall we assume the other poster is equally uninterested even if he gets to observe a full solar eclipse? After all, the moon still isn't really anywhere near the sun.
So? How far apart they are is really not important to this situation, it's all about what we're seeing here on Earth.
Every time I see a reference to this as the "great conjuction", all I can think about is this.Cloudy here, and could not see it live.
But there is this.
https://lowell.edu/the-great-conjunction/
A total eclipse allows you to observe the corona (Surprise! it's not just a virus!
)The proximity of two planets... guess what? It teaches you NOTHING. It's purely anecdotal, if that.
Aren't you glad? You learned something new today.
You're welcome.
I'm still getting over that it's not just a beer. You're right, I did learn something.
Aw, my other post wasn't particularly diplomatic either. I should know better.
Well, if it makes you feel any better neither of you were ever on my list of possible guests.
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