Comments on: Mercury and the Moon http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/04/mercury-and-the-moon/ 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. Sat, 04 Jul 2009 20:50:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Lab Lemming http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/04/mercury-and-the-moon/#comment-86200 Lab Lemming Mon, 05 May 2008 00:21:15 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/04/mercury-and-the-moon/#comment-86200 Dear Bad Astronomer, <a href="http://lablemminglounge.blogspot.com/2008/03/946.html" rel="nofollow">Mercury looks better in the morning.</a> Dear Bad Astronomer,
Mercury looks better in the morning.

]]> By: Jewel http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/04/mercury-and-the-moon/#comment-86199 Jewel Sun, 04 May 2008 20:20:50 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/04/mercury-and-the-moon/#comment-86199 Hmmm...Perhaps my camera and I will try to find an unobstructed view. Thanks for the info! Hmmm…Perhaps my camera and I will try to find an unobstructed view. Thanks for the info!

]]> By: Ken B http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/04/mercury-and-the-moon/#comment-86198 Ken B Sun, 04 May 2008 18:41:39 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/04/mercury-and-the-moon/#comment-86198 Speaking of "only 2 days old": http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap080411.html This is the moon only 15-1/2 hours old. Speaking of “only 2 days old”:

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap080411.html

This is the moon only 15-1/2 hours old.

]]> By: Mark Martin http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/04/mercury-and-the-moon/#comment-86197 Mark Martin Sun, 04 May 2008 18:07:48 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/04/mercury-and-the-moon/#comment-86197 But since Mercury is so very similar to the Moon in appearance, how will I tell them apart when they're so close together? But since Mercury is so very similar to the Moon in appearance, how will I tell them apart when they’re so close together?

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