Just a thought on the APOD keck Observatory photo of Eris on September 18:
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap060918.html
Has anyone considered that the two "spikes" of light from the planet, (not the moon) may be rings?
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- Wed Sep 20, 2006 9:37 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: "Flares" in Eris Photo (APOD 18 Sep 2006)
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- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
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- Sat Jul 31, 2004 1:54 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: Blue Moons (APOD 31 Jul 2004)
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Blue Moons (APOD 31 Jul 2004)
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap040731.html I will try to track the source for this, but there were calendars printed in early last century which colored the moon blue if it was the second one in the same calendar month. Don’t know if this was a result of term blue moon, or the derivation for the term. ...