Astronomy & Space - May 2007

I recently wrote my term paper on the subject. I couldn't find anything published on this theroy so I'll call it mine. Ok take a square foot of asphalt. I believe somewhere on our planet there is another sqare foot of asphalt exactly like it, as in the rocks are the same composition, color and are placed in the exact same patterns. The reason is that nature cannot be infinite, there are billions of rocks in asphalt for thousands of miles, it just seems impossible for them all to be different.
The second part of this paper was in shapes. I compared randomness with earth and space. I used the sphere as my example. In our universe I have noticed that it is the shape used most, planets, stars galaxies, on earth your fingernails, eyes, and even the wheel. How is it a spiral galaxy and a hurricane look alike, or swirling water in a bathtub drain and a seashell? Could it be tidal forces, or is there just not an infinite amount of shapes nature created?

2007-05-19 08:29:34 · 5 answers · asked by sandtrapped 1

2007-05-19 08:24:11 · 7 answers · asked by Happy Square 1

I understand that through NEO detecting we have a basic understanding of the orbits of both small and big asteroids. However, if a verylarge asteroid that we have not discovered yet were bound to hit earth, would we know about it before it hit? Is this still true for small asteroids or are they much harder to see? What is the latest we would find out about a world-threatening asteroid before it hit the earth?

2007-05-19 08:19:09 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Has anyone suggested measuring parallax of stars from a long distance SPACE probe such as the NEW HORIZON PROBE or THE CASSINI PROBE ?

2007-05-19 08:15:59 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

is the speed of gravity waves infinity or do they move at the speed of
light? Is there any experimental data to support either answer. If it is instantaneous could GW be used as the ultimate long rangecommunication tool?If an object is 5000 light years away and then dissappears how can anobject 5000 years later be attracted to something that is not there ifGW is limited to the speed of light?

2007-05-19 08:12:32 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

In terms of the size and future of the universe, could someone explainto me, in simple terms, the concepts of a closed, flat, and an openuniverse? Am I correct in believing they refer to whether the universeis expanding, and at what rate, and to the ultimate fate of the
universe?

2007-05-19 08:09:32 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Come on, I know you can do better than "hot".

2007-05-19 08:07:39 · 18 answers · asked by Habt our quell 4

I was thinking about taking a freshman class in astronomy because I need 3 more hours to fill for credit. I have always wanted to learn about the moon, stars, etc. My question is are freshman astronomy classes really more about space, stars and other stuff or is it a bunch of math? My math skills are not up to par so if it is a bunch of math then I don't think i'd do well. Sometimes the course descriptions are misleading. I signed up for an oceonagraphy class thinking i'd be learning about the oceans, dolphins and whales, but that class was mostly about volcanic rocks and plates under the earth. We only talked about whales one time. I was very disappointed. lol So is beginners astronomy the same way? Will I be learning more about calculations then actual stars, moons and planets?

2007-05-19 08:03:56 · 4 answers · asked by Sassy 1

Since there is no air on the moon it would be logical to say you cannot create air with any object or instrument since there is NO air to begin with. Example: A blowdryer. Yet, the module emitted a great amount of air.

2007-05-19 07:38:05 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

If the planet is gassous, and the core is liquid why did the Schumacher Levy comet explode and not just cruise right through the gasses/liquid. I realize that the temperature difference between the two masses must have something to do with the comets demise, but to not have any penetration to the other side of Jupiter is hard to imagine.

It was like the planet just ate the comet up! And burped out a small flame. Being that Jupiter is made of only gas, and has a liquid metal core, it is hard to understand, how/why there was no penetration to the other side.

2007-05-19 07:37:40 · 9 answers · asked by Mz. B 2

If uranus equator is tilted, why isn`t its traslation around the sun vertical, of course in relation to earth view , dosen`t that afect in some way its movement around the sun?

2007-05-19 07:35:14 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

The earth and moon are different in size dramatically. Regardless whether you are on the moon or earth the distance apart is the same. An astronaut had his picture taken with the earth in the background. The astronaut standing is the reference we need to know what exactly earth would look like from the eyes of man. If you take a picture of a man on earth wearing the suit and have a moon in the background then blow the picture up so that both the people on the picture are proportionate in size then overlap the two, you would probably have the moon and earth almost proportionate in size as well.

2007-05-19 07:31:17 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

In the early evening Saturn is visible and there is a bright star close by. There are two bright spots in that area, and one is Saturn.

2007-05-19 07:22:25 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

The earth and the moon are different in size. Why would the earth look the same size as the moon as we look at the moon from the earth?

2007-05-19 06:47:14 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

The asker is ignorant of the answer so he is not qualified to select the most accurate answer. It seems to be a waste of time participating in this exercise.

2007-05-19 05:24:48 · 6 answers · asked by johnandeileen2000 7

I put the large weight on the tripod, but not the small one because I don't know how to use it. I aligned the axis with polaris, but the telescope became unstable when I raised it too high. Polaris was very high in the sky, and the telescope seemed to stop resting on the mount as much as it needed in order to be stable. It wanted to fall (around the declination axis?). When I moved it much away from the mounting axis, it seemed more inclined to fall along the declination axis, too. The declination axis stop screw didn't hold the telescope well when it was off the mount axis. The ascension axis seemed to turn easily in one direction and harder in the other direction. The weight seemed to get in the way with the tripod legs when looking close to the horizon, so I moved it up, but the pole which it was holding onto got in the way when I went lower, thus getting in the way of tracking and moving the telescope to find objects.
How do I resolve these issues and what is going on?

2007-05-19 04:47:56 · 3 answers · asked by Andy 4

check out the bizzare sonds of saturn and have you ever heard them before??? this is really bizzare,,

http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/images/saturn/audio/pia07967-072504.wav

2007-05-19 04:44:12 · 4 answers · asked by SPACEGUY 7

2007-05-19 04:38:05 · 6 answers · asked by JDS S 2

Hello. I am looking for a nice telescope, that isn't REALLY expensive. I don't mind a little expensive, but not like 1000's of dollars. I was wondering what a good brand or kind is. Thank you in advance! =D

2007-05-19 04:37:07 · 6 answers · asked by I ♥ SCHOOL! 3

2007-05-19 04:00:53 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

please explain why

thanks

2007-05-19 03:31:04 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

just wonderin'!

2007-05-19 03:30:43 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

if so, why?

thanks

2007-05-19 03:01:25 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

There was a scene in either "Contact" or "Armageddon", I forget which, but in the scene they discuss this. That can't be right, can it?

2007-05-19 02:12:46 · 13 answers · asked by Voight-Kampff 3

2007-05-19 01:48:28 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Ok, they sent people to the moon in 1969 with cheap and underdeveloped computers, but now it's gonna take until 2018 before we can do it again? What is that all about? If we could do it in 1969 with that technology, shouldn't it be a piece of cake to do these days?

2007-05-18 23:35:49 · 15 answers · asked by Anthony R 4

2007-05-18 22:35:49 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous

The space station is an incredible accomplishment. But, what does it do? The Hubble telescope shows us history, which is interesting, but what does that information give us? If we know how the world began, what does that do for us? I am a Star Trek nut and love watching the shows, but we are so far from that. Until we master the ability to send people into space faster than the speed of light, what good does it do? I believe that science fiction is science fact, however we have not progressed that far and will take hundreds of years to accomplish it; if at all.

2007-05-18 21:47:41 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-18 21:03:37 · 3 answers · asked by whadashiwa l 1

I want a picture of Earth in front of the stars, taken from the moon. NASA never took any such photos. It can't be done with one camera and must be assembled by superimposing.

That they decided there would never be a need or appllication for such photos suggests groupthink. Another "O-Ring".

2007-05-18 20:43:06 · 1 answers · asked by jinjalina 2