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by kentmere
Mon Dec 06, 2010 11:24 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Mono Lake: Home to the Strange GFAJ... (2010 Dec 06)
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Re: APOD: Mono Lake: Home to the Strange GFAJ... (2010 Dec 0

Interesting APOD! Shame about the spelling of the element P. It is phosphorus, not phosphorous. The latter implies a particular state of chemical combination for phosphorus. Why do astronomers have such difficulties with elementary chemistry?