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Jupiter just won't be the same if the spot totally goes away. Sure, it will still be a very fine target to point a scope at, especially during opposition, but it won't be the same familiar planet to me.
Anyone else feel this way or am I just too nostalgic?
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Interesting, fascinating, wonderful, amazing, wondrous, beautiful, awesome, etc., etc. But great; not so...Lady Fraktor wrote: ↑Mon Jun 24, 2019 3:10 am Any spot I can see details of from 628,743,036 km - 928,081,020 km I will still refer to as Great!
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Actually it was a small group of celestial mechanics. The vote was "gerrymandered" so that this un modern branch of astronomers would have undue influence.
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Agreed on both points! It's still the greatest red spot Jupiter has!Lady Fraktor wrote: ↑Mon Jun 24, 2019 3:10 am Any spot I can see details of from 628,743,036 km - 928,081,020 km I will still refer to as Great!
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"Greatest" yes... but no longer "great"notFritzArgelander wrote: ↑Mon Jun 24, 2019 6:43 amAgreed on both points! It's still the greatest red spot Jupiter has!Lady Fraktor wrote: ↑Mon Jun 24, 2019 3:10 am Any spot I can see details of from 628,743,036 km - 928,081,020 km I will still refer to as Great!
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I stand corrected on the group. From what I've heard, a lot of the meeting attendees had left before the vote was taken. Maybe that skewed the results?notFritzArgelander wrote: ↑Mon Jun 24, 2019 6:41 amActually it was a small group of celestial mechanics. The vote was "gerrymandered" so that this un modern branch of astronomers would have undue influence.
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One of those things you thought (well I did) would be there forever, but future generations may never see it.
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I've only been waiting since April to be able to use mine on a weekend evening to view Jupiter...… still waiting.....
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chicagorandy wrote: ↑Mon Jun 24, 2019 12:53 pm I have empathy for the poor long-living alien residing on Jupiter who bought HIS brand new telescope over 400 years ago and has been waiting ever since for the dammm spot to clear so he can view Earth.
I've only been waiting since April to be able to use mine on a weekend evening to view Jupiter...… still waiting.....
Agreed!
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It certainly did. Alan Stern and the New Horizons friends had planes to catch. So the vote was scheduled for when they wouldn't be present.Bikerdib wrote: ↑Mon Jun 24, 2019 12:27 pmI stand corrected on the group. From what I've heard, a lot of the meeting attendees had left before the vote was taken. Maybe that skewed the results?notFritzArgelander wrote: ↑Mon Jun 24, 2019 6:41 amActually it was a small group of celestial mechanics. The vote was "gerrymandered" so that this un modern branch of astronomers would have undue influence.
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https://www.universetoday.com/120765/uk ... lory-days/
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But it is STILL bigger than our planet! :dizzy:Pikaia wrote: ↑Mon Jun 24, 2019 3:55 pm This article illustrates how much it has shrunk:-
https://www.universetoday.com/120765/uk ... lory-days/
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But comparatively speaking, spot to Jupiter size; no longer great.Seawolfe wrote: ↑Mon Jun 24, 2019 6:14 pmBut it is STILL bigger than our planet! :dizzy:Pikaia wrote: ↑Mon Jun 24, 2019 3:55 pm This article illustrates how much it has shrunk:-
https://www.universetoday.com/120765/uk ... lory-days/
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And here we thought conspiracies only occured in politics!notFritzArgelander wrote: ↑Mon Jun 24, 2019 2:24 pmIt certainly did. Alan Stern and the New Horizons friends had planes to catch. So the vote was scheduled for when they wouldn't be present.Bikerdib wrote: ↑Mon Jun 24, 2019 12:27 pmI stand corrected on the group. From what I've heard, a lot of the meeting attendees had left before the vote was taken. Maybe that skewed the results?notFritzArgelander wrote: ↑Mon Jun 24, 2019 6:41 am
Actually it was a small group of celestial mechanics. The vote was "gerrymandered" so that this un modern branch of astronomers would have undue influence.
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