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Reply to Will Pluto ever be a planet? by twurbster
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rosen380 t1_j56wxso wrote
Reply to Will Pluto ever be a planet? by twurbster
...as soon as it "clears it's neighboring region of other objects". :)
Jorgen_Pakieto t1_j56wtz7 wrote
Reply to Will Pluto ever be a planet? by twurbster
No because it is smaller than the earths moon
rba22 t1_j56wrhg wrote
Reply to Will Pluto ever be a planet? by twurbster
Do you mean will it be a planet again? Because it was once recognized as a planet.
Bryllant t1_j56wllf wrote
Reply to comment by sintos-compa in Can I go to space with 500k? by SmoKKe9
500k, invested in dividend paying stocks.
space-ModTeam t1_j56m3o8 wrote
Reply to How might JWST have been different if they'd planned from day 1 for Starship's 9m x 18m payload fairing? by [deleted]
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[deleted] OP t1_j56lkjb wrote
Reply to comment by RGJ587 in How might JWST have been different if they'd planned from day 1 for Starship's 9m x 18m payload fairing? by [deleted]
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Shris t1_j56lil5 wrote
Reply to How might JWST have been different if they'd planned from day 1 for Starship's 9m x 18m payload fairing? by [deleted]
Starships themselves will become telescopes. The jwst’s of the future will be integrated into the starship. There will be arrays of starship telescopes working together in maybe only a few more years. The time of using small, lone telescopes is over.
olearygreen t1_j56kglo wrote
Reply to How might JWST have been different if they'd planned from day 1 for Starship's 9m x 18m payload fairing? by [deleted]
The question is silly. But assuming starship was operational when they designed JWST I guess there would have been less unfolding steps reducing risk and probably more fuel / lifespan because the weight is irrelevant when they refuel starship in orbit.
Adeldor t1_j56k127 wrote
Reply to comment by jol72 in How might JWST have been different if they'd planned from day 1 for Starship's 9m x 18m payload fairing? by [deleted]
Yeah, that would have delayed the telescope.
;-)
RGJ587 t1_j56jwml wrote
Reply to How might JWST have been different if they'd planned from day 1 for Starship's 9m x 18m payload fairing? by [deleted]
just to be clear, you are asking how the JWST which had been in planning for years and started construction in 2004, would have looked if they planned for it be launched on a rocket by a rocket company that didn't exist at the time, and on a spaceship that still to this day has never flown?
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DylanCO t1_j56gqn9 wrote
Reply to comment by jol72 in How might JWST have been different if they'd planned from day 1 for Starship's 9m x 18m payload fairing? by [deleted]
Hahahaha that gave me a good chuckle
Fastfaxr t1_j56gmf5 wrote
Reply to comment by King_BowserKoopa in if our sun is the size of an atom, how big would UY Scuti be in comparison? by Major-Apricot69
Thats what google report when you search "diameter of hydrogen atom in nanometers"
edit: but googles an idiot
Dmeechropher t1_j56g9nl wrote
Reply to comment by Rajvagli in Ancient humans and their early depictions of the universe: “It is no exaggeration to say that astronomy has existed as an exact science for more than five millennia,” writes the late science historian John North. by clayt6
Maybe, hard to say. Speculating about evolution which didn't happen is really hard because evolution is an emergent process that doesn't happen for single traits in a vacuum.
What we can do is take a look at animals with high visual acuity who are otherwise unrelated. Birds, Cats, and (weirdly) Tarsiers are probably the acuity standouts in nature, and they are all predators. Prey with the best vision don't tend to have remarkable acuity, instead, they have improved field of view (goats, rabbits, etc). So it seems like "bad vision= you're lunch" doesn't really apply that well in examples we can see.
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jol72 t1_j56b4ea wrote
Reply to How might JWST have been different if they'd planned from day 1 for Starship's 9m x 18m payload fairing? by [deleted]
Well for one thing it wouldn't be in orbit yet...
Mkwdr t1_j56a7v1 wrote
Reply to comment by Dyerssorrow in Ancient humans and their early depictions of the universe: “It is no exaggeration to say that astronomy has existed as an exact science for more than five millennia,” writes the late science historian John North. by clayt6
It would certainly have been more convincing.
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King_BowserKoopa t1_j566llg wrote
Reply to comment by Fastfaxr in if our sun is the size of an atom, how big would UY Scuti be in comparison? by Major-Apricot69
Ok that’s just blatant misinformation.
King_BowserKoopa t1_j566jf8 wrote
Reply to comment by its-octopeople in if our sun is the size of an atom, how big would UY Scuti be in comparison? by Major-Apricot69
Ah. Alright, that makes much more sense. I assumed it would’ve more likely be somewhere around the size of a small bacterium or virus.
Educational_Bet_6606 t1_j5644xp wrote
Reply to comment by Longest_Inch in Ancient humans and their early depictions of the universe: “It is no exaggeration to say that astronomy has existed as an exact science for more than five millennia,” writes the late science historian John North. by clayt6
Probably since we spread around africa and asia, evidence suggests homo erectus used rafts or simple boats.
Fastfaxr t1_j563kn2 wrote
Reply to comment by LaidBackLeopard in if our sun is the size of an atom, how big would UY Scuti be in comparison? by Major-Apricot69
My math is laid out right there. Feel free to check it
[deleted] t1_j56xk6l wrote
Reply to Will Pluto ever be a planet? by twurbster
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