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Dan Tilque
Mar 12, 2016, 7:01:02 PM3/12/16
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Welcome to RQ #213. There's no theme on this one, just some
science-based questions.
Usual rules apply. Quiz ends on Thurday 2016-03-17 sometime in the
evening my time.
Tropical diseases
1. The ebola outbreak last year mainly took place in which three
countries? (1 point each)
2. The latest disease to make the news, zika, is named after the Zika
Forest in which African country?
3. Name either of two mosquitos that are the main vectors for zika. They
are also vectors for chikungunya, dengue fever, and other diseases. You
can give either the scientific name or the common name.
Astro news
4. Recently, two astronomers analyzed the orbits of some distant
Trans-Neptunian Objects(TNOs). This analysis suggested that the solar
system has a planet far outside where the other planets are and even
further away than all currently known TNOs. What name did they give this
hypothetical planet?
5. They suggested a range of masses (in terms of Earth masses) that this
planet is likely to have. What is the low end of this range?
6. A number of solar system objects have had their existence predicted,
but only one of these was based on actual gravitational effects on other
bodies. Which one?
7. Gravitational waves were "seen" for the first time recently by an
observatory named LIGO. Which two states are the LIGO installations in?
(1 point each)
8. The wave that was detected was thought to be from the merger of two
of what kind of object?
9. What does the L in LIGO stand for?
--
Dan Tilque
science-based questions.
Usual rules apply. Quiz ends on Thurday 2016-03-17 sometime in the
evening my time.
Tropical diseases
1. The ebola outbreak last year mainly took place in which three
countries? (1 point each)
2. The latest disease to make the news, zika, is named after the Zika
Forest in which African country?
3. Name either of two mosquitos that are the main vectors for zika. They
are also vectors for chikungunya, dengue fever, and other diseases. You
can give either the scientific name or the common name.
Astro news
4. Recently, two astronomers analyzed the orbits of some distant
Trans-Neptunian Objects(TNOs). This analysis suggested that the solar
system has a planet far outside where the other planets are and even
further away than all currently known TNOs. What name did they give this
hypothetical planet?
5. They suggested a range of masses (in terms of Earth masses) that this
planet is likely to have. What is the low end of this range?
6. A number of solar system objects have had their existence predicted,
but only one of these was based on actual gravitational effects on other
bodies. Which one?
7. Gravitational waves were "seen" for the first time recently by an
observatory named LIGO. Which two states are the LIGO installations in?
(1 point each)
8. The wave that was detected was thought to be from the merger of two
of what kind of object?
9. What does the L in LIGO stand for?
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Dan Tilque
Marc Dashevsky
Mar 12, 2016, 9:27:26 PM3/12/16
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In article <nc2ae2$8ci$1...@dont-email.me>, dti...@frontier.com says...
> 2. The latest disease to make the news, zika, is named after the Zika
> Forest in which African country?
>
> 3. Name either of two mosquitos that are the main vectors for zika. They
> are also vectors for chikungunya, dengue fever, and other diseases. You
> can give either the scientific name or the common name.
anopheles
> Astro news
>
> 4. Recently, two astronomers analyzed the orbits of some distant
> Trans-Neptunian Objects(TNOs). This analysis suggested that the solar
> system has a planet far outside where the other planets are and even
> further away than all currently known TNOs. What name did they give this
> hypothetical planet?
>
> 5. They suggested a range of masses (in terms of Earth masses) that this
> planet is likely to have. What is the low end of this range?
>
> 6. A number of solar system objects have had their existence predicted,
> but only one of these was based on actual gravitational effects on other
> bodies. Which one?
Pluto
> 7. Gravitational waves were "seen" for the first time recently by an
> observatory named LIGO. Which two states are the LIGO installations in?
> (1 point each)
Louisiana
> 8. The wave that was detected was thought to be from the merger of two
> of what kind of object?
neutron star
> 9. What does the L in LIGO stand for?
laser (which was once LASER, its L standing for light)
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Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address.
>
> Welcome to RQ #213. There's no theme on this one, just some
> science-based questions.
>
> Usual rules apply. Quiz ends on Thurday 2016-03-17 sometime in the
> evening my time.
>
>
> Tropical diseases
>
> 1. The ebola outbreak last year mainly took place in which three
> countries? (1 point each)
Liberia, Sierra Leone
> Welcome to RQ #213. There's no theme on this one, just some
> science-based questions.
>
> Usual rules apply. Quiz ends on Thurday 2016-03-17 sometime in the
> evening my time.
>
>
> Tropical diseases
>
> 1. The ebola outbreak last year mainly took place in which three
> countries? (1 point each)
> 2. The latest disease to make the news, zika, is named after the Zika
> Forest in which African country?
>
> 3. Name either of two mosquitos that are the main vectors for zika. They
> are also vectors for chikungunya, dengue fever, and other diseases. You
> can give either the scientific name or the common name.
> Astro news
>
> 4. Recently, two astronomers analyzed the orbits of some distant
> Trans-Neptunian Objects(TNOs). This analysis suggested that the solar
> system has a planet far outside where the other planets are and even
> further away than all currently known TNOs. What name did they give this
> hypothetical planet?
>
> 5. They suggested a range of masses (in terms of Earth masses) that this
> planet is likely to have. What is the low end of this range?
>
> 6. A number of solar system objects have had their existence predicted,
> but only one of these was based on actual gravitational effects on other
> bodies. Which one?
> 7. Gravitational waves were "seen" for the first time recently by an
> observatory named LIGO. Which two states are the LIGO installations in?
> (1 point each)
> 8. The wave that was detected was thought to be from the merger of two
> of what kind of object?
> 9. What does the L in LIGO stand for?
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Mark Brader
Mar 12, 2016, 11:55:40 PM3/12/16
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Dan Tilque:
> 1. The ebola outbreak last year mainly took place in which three
> countries? (1 point each)
Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ghana?
> 2. The latest disease to make the news, zika, is named after the Zika
> Forest in which African country?
DR Congo?
> 3. Name either of two mosquitos that are the main vectors for zika. They
> are also vectors for chikungunya, dengue fever, and other diseases. You
> can give either the scientific name or the common name.
Anopheles?
> Astro news
>
> 4. Recently, two astronomers analyzed the orbits of some distant
> Trans-Neptunian Objects(TNOs). This analysis suggested that the solar
> system has a planet far outside where the other planets are and even
> further away than all currently known TNOs. What name did they give this
> hypothetical planet?
Planet IX.
> 5. They suggested a range of masses (in terms of Earth masses) that this
> planet is likely to have. What is the low end of this range?
5?
> 6. A number of solar system objects have had their existence predicted,
> but only one of these was based on actual gravitational effects on other
> bodies. Which one?
Ah, not news this time. Neptune.
> 7. Gravitational waves were "seen" for the first time recently by an
> observatory named LIGO. Which two states are the LIGO installations in?
> (1 point each)
Hawaii, California?
> 8. The wave that was detected was thought to be from the merger of two
> of what kind of object?
Black hole.
> 9. What does the L in LIGO stand for?
Long?
--
Mark Brader | "...what the customer wants doesn't matter;
Toronto | the only thing that matters is what the Marketeer
m...@vex.net | thinks the customer thinks he wants --
| or can be made to think he wants." --Steve Summit
> Welcome to RQ #213. There's no theme on this one, just some
> science-based questions.
News-based questions! Ugh.
> science-based questions.
> 1. The ebola outbreak last year mainly took place in which three
> countries? (1 point each)
> 2. The latest disease to make the news, zika, is named after the Zika
> Forest in which African country?
> 3. Name either of two mosquitos that are the main vectors for zika. They
> are also vectors for chikungunya, dengue fever, and other diseases. You
> can give either the scientific name or the common name.
> Astro news
>
> 4. Recently, two astronomers analyzed the orbits of some distant
> Trans-Neptunian Objects(TNOs). This analysis suggested that the solar
> system has a planet far outside where the other planets are and even
> further away than all currently known TNOs. What name did they give this
> hypothetical planet?
> 5. They suggested a range of masses (in terms of Earth masses) that this
> planet is likely to have. What is the low end of this range?
> 6. A number of solar system objects have had their existence predicted,
> but only one of these was based on actual gravitational effects on other
> bodies. Which one?
> 7. Gravitational waves were "seen" for the first time recently by an
> observatory named LIGO. Which two states are the LIGO installations in?
> (1 point each)
> 8. The wave that was detected was thought to be from the merger of two
> of what kind of object?
> 9. What does the L in LIGO stand for?
--
Mark Brader | "...what the customer wants doesn't matter;
Toronto | the only thing that matters is what the Marketeer
m...@vex.net | thinks the customer thinks he wants --
| or can be made to think he wants." --Steve Summit
Dan Blum
Mar 13, 2016, 12:18:22 AM3/13/16
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Dan Tilque <dti...@frontier.com> wrote:
> Tropical diseases
> 1. The ebola outbreak last year mainly took place in which three
> countries? (1 point each)
Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia
> Tropical diseases
> 1. The ebola outbreak last year mainly took place in which three
> countries? (1 point each)
> Astro news
> 5. They suggested a range of masses (in terms of Earth masses) that this
> planet is likely to have. What is the low end of this range?
> 6. A number of solar system objects have had their existence predicted,
> but only one of these was based on actual gravitational effects on other
> bodies. Which one?
> 7. Gravitational waves were "seen" for the first time recently by an
> observatory named LIGO. Which two states are the LIGO installations in?
> (1 point each)
> 8. The wave that was detected was thought to be from the merger of two
> of what kind of object?
> 9. What does the L in LIGO stand for?
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"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Erland Sommarskog
Mar 13, 2016, 6:30:28 AM3/13/16
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Dan Tilque (dti...@frontier.com) writes:
> Tropical diseases
>
> 1. The ebola outbreak last year mainly took place in which three
> countries? (1 point each)
LIberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea (Conakry)
> Tropical diseases
>
> 1. The ebola outbreak last year mainly took place in which three
> countries? (1 point each)
> 2. The latest disease to make the news, zika, is named after the Zika
> Forest in which African country?
> 5. They suggested a range of masses (in terms of Earth masses) that this
> planet is likely to have. What is the low end of this range?
> 6. A number of solar system objects have had their existence predicted,
> but only one of these was based on actual gravitational effects on other
> bodies. Which one?
> 7. Gravitational waves were "seen" for the first time recently by an
> observatory named LIGO. Which two states are the LIGO installations in?
> (1 point each)
> 8. The wave that was detected was thought to be from the merger of two
> of what kind of object?
> 9. What does the L in LIGO stand for?
>
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esq...@sommarskog.se
ArenEss
Mar 15, 2016, 1:51:53 PM3/15/16
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On Sat, 12 Mar 2016 16:00:06 -0800, Dan Tilque <dti...@frontier.com>
wrote:
>Welcome to RQ #213. There's no theme on this one, just some
>science-based questions.
>
>Usual rules apply. Quiz ends on Thurday 2016-03-17 sometime in the
>evening my time.
>
>
>Tropical diseases
>
>1. The ebola outbreak last year mainly took place in which three
>countries? (1 point each)
>
>2. The latest disease to make the news, zika, is named after the Zika
>Forest in which African country?
>
>3. Name either of two mosquitos that are the main vectors for zika. They
>are also vectors for chikungunya, dengue fever, and other diseases. You
>can give either the scientific name or the common name.
>
>
>Astro news
>
>4. Recently, two astronomers analyzed the orbits of some distant
>Trans-Neptunian Objects(TNOs). This analysis suggested that the solar
>system has a planet far outside where the other planets are and even
>further away than all currently known TNOs. What name did they give this
>hypothetical planet?
>
Planet X
ArenEss
wrote:
>Welcome to RQ #213. There's no theme on this one, just some
>science-based questions.
>
>Usual rules apply. Quiz ends on Thurday 2016-03-17 sometime in the
>evening my time.
>
>
>Tropical diseases
>
>1. The ebola outbreak last year mainly took place in which three
>countries? (1 point each)
>
>2. The latest disease to make the news, zika, is named after the Zika
>Forest in which African country?
>
>3. Name either of two mosquitos that are the main vectors for zika. They
>are also vectors for chikungunya, dengue fever, and other diseases. You
>can give either the scientific name or the common name.
>
>
>Astro news
>
>4. Recently, two astronomers analyzed the orbits of some distant
>Trans-Neptunian Objects(TNOs). This analysis suggested that the solar
>system has a planet far outside where the other planets are and even
>further away than all currently known TNOs. What name did they give this
>hypothetical planet?
>
>5. They suggested a range of masses (in terms of Earth masses) that this
>planet is likely to have. What is the low end of this range?
>
10 times
>planet is likely to have. What is the low end of this range?
>
>6. A number of solar system objects have had their existence predicted,
>but only one of these was based on actual gravitational effects on other
>bodies. Which one?
>
Neptune
>but only one of these was based on actual gravitational effects on other
>bodies. Which one?
>
>7. Gravitational waves were "seen" for the first time recently by an
>observatory named LIGO. Which two states are the LIGO installations in?
>(1 point each)
>
Louisiana, California
>observatory named LIGO. Which two states are the LIGO installations in?
>(1 point each)
>
>8. The wave that was detected was thought to be from the merger of two
>of what kind of object?
>
Dense Brown Dwarfs?
>of what kind of object?
>
>9. What does the L in LIGO stand for?
Laser
ArenEss
Dan Tilque
Mar 18, 2016, 3:56:03 AM3/18/16
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Dan Tilque wrote:
RQ 213 is over, and Erland is the winner. Congratulations!
>
>
> Tropical diseases
>
> 1. The ebola outbreak last year mainly took place in which three
> countries? (1 point each)
Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea
>
> 2. The latest disease to make the news, zika, is named after the Zika
> Forest in which African country?
Uganda
>
> 3. Name either of two mosquitos that are the main vectors for zika. They
> are also vectors for chikungunya, dengue fever, and other diseases. You
> can give either the scientific name or the common name.
Aedes aegypti, also known as the Yellow Fever Mosquito
Aedes albopictus, also known as the Asian Tiger Mosquito
No one got this one, but some guessed Anopheles. A good guess, but it's
the vector for malaria, which is not a virus. Aedes is the genus you
want for viruses.
>
>
> Astro news
>
> 4. Recently, two astronomers analyzed the orbits of some distant
> Trans-Neptunian Objects(TNOs). This analysis suggested that the solar
> system has a planet far outside where the other planets are and even
> further away than all currently known TNOs. What name did they give this
> hypothetical planet?
Planet Nine -- any form of the number nine was marked correct. Planet X,
though, was wrong. That was what Percival Lowell named his undiscovered
planet, with the X standing for unknown, not a Roman numeral.
>
> 5. They suggested a range of masses (in terms of Earth masses) that this
> planet is likely to have. What is the low end of this range?
10. The range was 10 to 20 Earth masses
>
> 6. A number of solar system objects have had their existence predicted,
> but only one of these was based on actual gravitational effects on other
> bodies. Which one?
Neptune.
Pluto was at one time considered to have been predicted on this basis,
but later analysis showed that the effects the predictions were based on
were due to incorrect measurements. Another object predicted was Vulcan,
a hypothetical planet closer to the Sun than Mercury. It turns out that
the effect used to predict it was actually due to General Relativity.
Ceres (or the asteroid belt) was also predicted, but that was based on
numerology.
>
> 7. Gravitational waves were "seen" for the first time recently by an
> observatory named LIGO. Which two states are the LIGO installations in?
> (1 point each)
Louisiana, Washington
The one in Washington is in the Hanford Reservation, which you may
remember is the site where they made plutonium for nuclear weapons. The
Reservation is actually much larger than the area needed for the
reactors, but it had a very large buffer around it. LIGO is in that
buffer area.
>
> 8. The wave that was detected was thought to be from the merger of two
> of what kind of object?
black hole
>
> 9. What does the L in LIGO stand for?
Laser - in full, Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory
Scores:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 T
Erland 3 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 8
Dan Blum 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 6
Mark Brader 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 5
Marc Dashevsky 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4
ArenEss 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 4
So take it away, Erland. RQ 214 is all yours.
--
Dan Tilque
RQ 213 is over, and Erland is the winner. Congratulations!
>
>
> Tropical diseases
>
> 1. The ebola outbreak last year mainly took place in which three
> countries? (1 point each)
>
> 2. The latest disease to make the news, zika, is named after the Zika
> Forest in which African country?
>
> 3. Name either of two mosquitos that are the main vectors for zika. They
> are also vectors for chikungunya, dengue fever, and other diseases. You
> can give either the scientific name or the common name.
Aedes albopictus, also known as the Asian Tiger Mosquito
No one got this one, but some guessed Anopheles. A good guess, but it's
the vector for malaria, which is not a virus. Aedes is the genus you
want for viruses.
>
>
> Astro news
>
> 4. Recently, two astronomers analyzed the orbits of some distant
> Trans-Neptunian Objects(TNOs). This analysis suggested that the solar
> system has a planet far outside where the other planets are and even
> further away than all currently known TNOs. What name did they give this
> hypothetical planet?
though, was wrong. That was what Percival Lowell named his undiscovered
planet, with the X standing for unknown, not a Roman numeral.
>
> 5. They suggested a range of masses (in terms of Earth masses) that this
> planet is likely to have. What is the low end of this range?
>
> 6. A number of solar system objects have had their existence predicted,
> but only one of these was based on actual gravitational effects on other
> bodies. Which one?
Pluto was at one time considered to have been predicted on this basis,
but later analysis showed that the effects the predictions were based on
were due to incorrect measurements. Another object predicted was Vulcan,
a hypothetical planet closer to the Sun than Mercury. It turns out that
the effect used to predict it was actually due to General Relativity.
Ceres (or the asteroid belt) was also predicted, but that was based on
numerology.
>
> 7. Gravitational waves were "seen" for the first time recently by an
> observatory named LIGO. Which two states are the LIGO installations in?
> (1 point each)
The one in Washington is in the Hanford Reservation, which you may
remember is the site where they made plutonium for nuclear weapons. The
Reservation is actually much larger than the area needed for the
reactors, but it had a very large buffer around it. LIGO is in that
buffer area.
>
> 8. The wave that was detected was thought to be from the merger of two
> of what kind of object?
>
> 9. What does the L in LIGO stand for?
Scores:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 T
Erland 3 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 8
Dan Blum 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 6
Mark Brader 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 5
Marc Dashevsky 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4
ArenEss 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 4
So take it away, Erland. RQ 214 is all yours.
--
Dan Tilque
Mark Brader
Mar 18, 2016, 6:13:32 AM3/18/16
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Dan Tilque:
> Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea
Arrgh. Ghana, Guinea, what's the difference? :-)
> Ceres (or the asteroid belt) was also predicted, but that was based on
> numerology.
I think Bode's Law fits too many of the planets to qualify as numerology.
--
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m...@vex.net | if you believe that.'" --overheard
> Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea
Arrgh. Ghana, Guinea, what's the difference? :-)
> Ceres (or the asteroid belt) was also predicted, but that was based on
> numerology.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "I said to myself, 'You're crazier than I am
m...@vex.net | if you believe that.'" --overheard
Erland Sommarskog
Mar 18, 2016, 9:45:01 AM3/18/16
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Mark Brader (m...@vex.net) writes:
> Dan Tilque:
>> Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea
>
> Arrgh. Ghana, Guinea, what's the difference? :-)
>
They are better at football in Ghana!
> Dan Tilque:
>> Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea
>
> Arrgh. Ghana, Guinea, what's the difference? :-)
>
Marc Dashevsky
Mar 18, 2016, 1:14:32 PM3/18/16
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In article <ncgc4l$t88$1...@dont-email.me>, dti...@frontier.com says...
--
> > 8. The wave that was detected was thought to be from the merger of two
> > of what kind of object?
>
> black hole
Has a black hole ever seen found outside of a neutron star?
> > of what kind of object?
>
> black hole
--
Mark Brader
Mar 18, 2016, 1:30:34 PM3/18/16
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Marc Dashevsky:
> Has a black hole ever [been] found outside of a neutron star?
All of them. They're two different flavors of collapsed star.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "Common sense isn't any more common on Usenet
m...@vex.net | than it is anywhere else." --Henry Spencer
> Has a black hole ever [been] found outside of a neutron star?
All of them. They're two different flavors of collapsed star.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "Common sense isn't any more common on Usenet
m...@vex.net | than it is anywhere else." --Henry Spencer
Dan Tilque
Mar 18, 2016, 1:33:36 PM3/18/16
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Marc Dashevsky wrote:
> In article <ncgc4l$t88$1...@dont-email.me>, dti...@frontier.com says...
>>> 8. The wave that was detected was thought to be from the merger of two
>>> of what kind of object?
>> black hole
>
> Has a black hole ever seen found outside of a neutron star?
>
All of them. Being a black hole precludes being a neutron star, or just
> In article <ncgc4l$t88$1...@dont-email.me>, dti...@frontier.com says...
>>> 8. The wave that was detected was thought to be from the merger of two
>>> of what kind of object?
>> black hole
>
> Has a black hole ever seen found outside of a neutron star?
>
about anything else, for that matter.
--
Dan Tilque
Dan Tilque
Mar 18, 2016, 1:41:34 PM3/18/16
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Mark Brader wrote:
> Dan Tilque:
numerology. And not all the planets fit it; Neptune is too close to the
Sun. And if they discover Planet 9 where they think it is, it'll be way
too far.
--
Dan Tilque
> Dan Tilque:
>
>> Ceres (or the asteroid belt) was also predicted, but that was based on
>> numerology.
>
> I think Bode's Law fits too many of the planets to qualify as numerology.
Until someone comes up with a physical reason for the relationship, it's
>> Ceres (or the asteroid belt) was also predicted, but that was based on
>> numerology.
>
> I think Bode's Law fits too many of the planets to qualify as numerology.
numerology. And not all the planets fit it; Neptune is too close to the
Sun. And if they discover Planet 9 where they think it is, it'll be way
too far.
--
Dan Tilque
Mark Brader
Mar 18, 2016, 3:33:38 PM3/18/16
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Dan Tilque:
>>> Ceres (or the asteroid belt) was also predicted, but that was based on
>>> numerology.
Mark Brader:
>>> Ceres (or the asteroid belt) was also predicted, but that was based on
>>> numerology.
>> I think Bode's Law fits too many of the planets to qualify as numerology.
Dan Tilque:
> Until someone comes up with a physical reason for the relationship, it's
> numerology.
That's not fair. It's a legitimate observation of a physical pattern.
> numerology.
> And not all the planets fit it; Neptune is too close to the Sun.
Venus, Earth, Ceres/asteroids, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and of course
the planet Pluto. If an explanation hasn't been found than I say it
just hasn't been found *yet*.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto "Dr. Slipher, I have found your Planet X."
m...@vex.net -- Clyde Tombaugh (1906-97), 1930-02-18
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Dan Tilque
Mar 18, 2016, 7:22:13 PM3/18/16
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Mark Brader wrote:
>
> Mark Brader:
>>> I think Bode's Law fits too many of the planets to qualify as numerology.
>
> Dan Tilque:
>> Until someone comes up with a physical reason for the relationship, it's
>> numerology.
>
> That's not fair. It's a legitimate observation of a physical pattern.
Maybe, but most astronomers consider it just a coincidence.
>
> Mark Brader:
>>> I think Bode's Law fits too many of the planets to qualify as numerology.
>
> Dan Tilque:
>> Until someone comes up with a physical reason for the relationship, it's
>> numerology.
>
> That's not fair. It's a legitimate observation of a physical pattern.
>
>> And not all the planets fit it; Neptune is too close to the Sun.
>
> True. And Mercury doesn't really fit either.
start the doubling sequence with.
> But that still leaves
> Venus, Earth, Ceres/asteroids, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and of course
> the planet Pluto. If an explanation hasn't been found than I say it
> just hasn't been found *yet*.
That doesn't fit very well either. It's "predicted" to be at 77.8 AU,
but is actually at 68.
At any rate, the best early models for the formation of the planets do
not use Bode's Law at all.
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Mark Brader:
>>>> I think Bode's Law fits too many of the planets to qualify as numerology.
Dan Tilque:
>>> Until someone comes up with a physical reason for the relationship, it's
>>> numerology.
Mark Brader:
>>>> I think Bode's Law fits too many of the planets to qualify as numerology.
Dan Tilque:
>>> Until someone comes up with a physical reason for the relationship, it's
>>> numerology.
>> That's not fair. It's a legitimate observation of a physical pattern.
Dan Tilque:
> Maybe, but most astronomers consider it just a coincidence.
The matching coastlines of Brazil and West Africa were just a
coincidence, because continental drift was an absurdity, until
plate tectonics was figured out. These things happen.
>>> And not all the planets fit it; Neptune is too close to the Sun.
>>
>> True. And Mercury doesn't really fit either.
>
> Not sure why you say that, unless it's because of the ad hoc 0 that they
> start the doubling sequence with.
>> But that still leaves
>> Venus, Earth, Ceres/asteroids, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and of course
>> the planet Pluto. If an explanation hasn't been found than I say it
>> just hasn't been found *yet*.
>
> If you're going to consider Pluto, then you also have to add in Eris.
planets that don't fit the pattern as well as ones that do. But I'm
not. I'm just noting that Pluto fits once Neptune is skipped over.
> At any rate, the best early models for the formation of the planets do
> not use Bode's Law at all.
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