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Pye-Rate · Starship Navigator Joined: 14 Dec 2013 Posts: 598

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________ Watch Dwarf Planet Ceres As It Spins

* Click image and watch Ceres spin! Very Happy

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Bud Brewster · Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2016 10:05 pm Post subject:

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Oh, what the hell, let's take our spaceship and fly around the damn thing — with dramatic music! Very Happy

_____________ Flight Over Dwarf Planet Ceres

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By they way, if you're wondering if you could walk around normally on this thing, the answer is yes and no. Yes, you could walk around on it — but no, you couldn't walk normally.

The surface gravity is 0.029 of Earth normal, so a 180 pound man would weigh a little more than five pounds. But a space suit weighs another 180 pounds, so the total weight would be 10 pounds.

That's enough to hold you to the surface . . . as long as don't jump too hard. Very Happy

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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)

Bud Brewster · Posted: Sat May 21, 2016 10:43 am Post subject:

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It always amazes me to see how thoroughly covered in craters the moons and asteroids are. Space has a whole lot more stuff floating around in it than most folks realize!

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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)

Bud Brewster · Posted: Tue May 24, 2016 3:52 pm Post subject:

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Science Fiction connections for these Science Facts

We all know and love the movies that take us on voyages to Mars and Venus and Altair 4, but there are several movies that portrayed voyages to space objects like Ceres — those not-quite-planets — like moons, asteroids, and even comets.

Enjoy the trailers, and feel free to discuss these movies right here or in their threads by clicking on the titles.

And add your own suggestions, too! Cool

_____ Destination Moon (1950) — All Sci-Fi thread

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_____ Project Moonbase (1953) — All Sci-Fi thread

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______ 12 to the Moon (1960) — All Sci-Fi thread

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____ The Phantom Planet (1961) — All Sci-Fi thread

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___ Valley of the Dragons (1961) — All Sci-Fi thread

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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)