Starship Asterisk*

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoDcjs6q4c8

Russian Reaction To Meteorite

I'm not sure why, but I expected more cat pictures.
We've got a Welsh terrier(Joe) and a Sheltie/Lab cross(Annie).

GaryP wrote:The artist's rendition is nice, but how about a computer simulation, or the output of one? (Almost said "an actual computer simulation".)

Try this one..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HF5Oy8IMoM

I would love a hires version for my desltop. I love the picture and have always been fascinated with the shuttle. I remeber watching the first launch in school and last summer I watched the final launch at work. There were highs and lows, but it is a remarkable acheivment. I love the old school lego...

I wouldn't say a "chunk" was knocked out exactly.

I don't kow how factual the video is, but it shows an decent illustration of how the formation works. I think.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sr-MriOCzw

I suggest turning the volume down too.

It's weird. I never get tired of pictures of the moon.

I could watch a loop of that for a very long time.

oldastronomer wrote:WAY COOL! It's not very often that APOD actually teaches us something new--or at least something we didn't know before. Keep up the great work.

I learn something new everyday when I visit APOD.

WOW!!! What a complexity of gravitational forces at work there. I wish that the action could be somehow sped up so we could see how it all resolved itself within our lifetimes. I don't think that mathematical modeling could handle this adequately. This is definately a "lite" physics sim, ...

Anyone else notice the face?



Awesome picture.It's hard to believe what your looking at is the sun.