Comments on: I have a spot named after me! http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/03/17/i-have-a-spot-named-after-me/ I am an astronomer, writer, and skeptic. I likes reality the way it is, and I aims to keep it that way. My real name is Phil Plait, and I run the Bad Astronomy blog. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:27:58 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Ty Pex http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/03/17/i-have-a-spot-named-after-me/comment-page-1/#comment-12856 Ty Pex Sat, 18 Mar 2006 20:06:44 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/03/17/i-have-a-spot-named-after-me/#comment-12856 I wonder - would there be any cosmic significance if an object named after you vanishes from the universe? But more importantly, what does this new storm activity indicate about trends in global warming! ;-) I wonder – would there be any cosmic significance if an object named after you vanishes from the universe?

But more importantly, what does this new storm activity indicate about trends in global warming! ;-)

]]> By: Melusine http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/03/17/i-have-a-spot-named-after-me/comment-page-1/#comment-12855 Melusine Sat, 18 Mar 2006 19:22:39 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/03/17/i-have-a-spot-named-after-me/#comment-12855 <i>Kevin Rosero Says: March 18th, 2006 at 11:17 am Call that a Jovian grin. </i> Psst...that was the point. ;-) Kevin Rosero Says:

March 18th, 2006 at 11:17 am
Call that a Jovian grin.
Psst…that was the point. ;-)

]]> By: Kevin Rosero http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/03/17/i-have-a-spot-named-after-me/comment-page-1/#comment-12854 Kevin Rosero Sat, 18 Mar 2006 18:17:07 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/03/17/i-have-a-spot-named-after-me/#comment-12854 Call that a Jovian grin. Call that a Jovian grin.

]]> By: Melusine http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/03/17/i-have-a-spot-named-after-me/comment-page-1/#comment-12853 Melusine Sat, 18 Mar 2006 14:08:28 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/03/17/i-have-a-spot-named-after-me/#comment-12853 So, are you saying someone thought your head is like a whirling storm system that has been getting redder and redder? Perhaps if NASA keeps cutting unmanned science missions that could be an apt analogy. Oval BA <i>could</i> go GRS in time...you never know. [Of course I'm writing this with a jovial grin on my face. :-)] So, are you saying someone thought your head is like a whirling storm system that has been getting redder and redder?

Perhaps if NASA keeps cutting unmanned science missions that could be an apt analogy. Oval BA could go GRS in time…you never know.

[Of course I'm writing this with a jovial grin on my face. :-) ]

]]> By: icemith http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/03/17/i-have-a-spot-named-after-me/comment-page-1/#comment-12852 icemith Sat, 18 Mar 2006 13:20:27 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/03/17/i-have-a-spot-named-after-me/#comment-12852 hithespothehithespothehithespothehithespothehithespothehithespothehithespot spothehithespothehithespothehithespothehithespothehithespothehithespothehit hithespothehithespothehithespothehithespothehithespothehithespothehithespot
spothehithespothehithespothehithespothehithespothehithespothehithespothehit

]]> By: Wayne http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/03/17/i-have-a-spot-named-after-me/comment-page-1/#comment-12851 Wayne Sat, 18 Mar 2006 00:31:03 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/03/17/i-have-a-spot-named-after-me/#comment-12851 I guess a spot's better than a blemish, right? I guess a spot’s better than a blemish, right?

]]> By: Supernova http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/03/17/i-have-a-spot-named-after-me/comment-page-1/#comment-12850 Supernova Sat, 18 Mar 2006 00:04:49 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/03/17/i-have-a-spot-named-after-me/#comment-12850 Hey, we could start selling the names of Jupiter spots the way they sell the names of stars! Hey, we could start selling the names of Jupiter spots the way they sell the names of stars!

]]>