Comments on: MESSENGER of the Gods http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/08/25/messenger-of-the-gods/ 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. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:30:08 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Impact weaved Mercury’s spider webs | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/08/25/messenger-of-the-gods/comment-page-1/#comment-120254 Impact weaved Mercury’s spider webs | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:06:27 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/08/25/messenger-of-the-gods/#comment-120254 [...] By the way, if you want to know more about Mercury and MESSENGER, I made a video about it that is up on YouTube. [...] [...] By the way, if you want to know more about Mercury and MESSENGER, I made a video about it that is up on YouTube. [...]

]]> By: Kimpatsu http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/08/25/messenger-of-the-gods/comment-page-1/#comment-114232 Kimpatsu Tue, 26 Aug 2008 05:15:28 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/08/25/messenger-of-the-gods/#comment-114232 <i>On doit écrire "mon frère" (accent grave), je crois...</i> And I don't care what you trendy people say. "access" and "impact" are nouns, as Calvin and Hobbes well knew... On doit écrire “mon frère” (accent grave), je crois…
And I don’t care what you trendy people say. “access” and “impact” are nouns, as Calvin and Hobbes well knew…

]]> By: IVAN3MAN http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/08/25/messenger-of-the-gods/comment-page-1/#comment-114213 IVAN3MAN Tue, 26 Aug 2008 03:18:12 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/08/25/messenger-of-the-gods/#comment-114213 Kimpatsu: <blockquote>Oh, and in a similar vein, “impact” is a noun, not a verb… (But then, I’m only saying this to annoy you in the hope that PZ will pay me for doing so…)</blockquote> <em>Au contraire, mon frére</em>. "Impact" is both a noun <strong>and</strong> a verb: http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/impact?view=uk Kimpatsu:

Oh, and in a similar vein, “impact” is a noun, not a verb… (But then, I’m only saying this to annoy you in the hope that PZ will pay me for doing so…)

Au contraire, mon frére. “Impact” is both a noun and a verb: http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/impact?view=uk

]]> By: IVAN3MAN http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/08/25/messenger-of-the-gods/comment-page-1/#comment-114206 IVAN3MAN Tue, 26 Aug 2008 02:53:37 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/08/25/messenger-of-the-gods/#comment-114206 ADDENDUM: Actually, Dr. Phil Plait stated that the temperature of Mercury is <strong>800 °F</strong>, so the Celsius equivalent is <strong>426.667 °C</strong>. ADDENDUM: Actually, Dr. Phil Plait stated that the temperature of Mercury is 800 °F, so the Celsius equivalent is 426.667 °C.

]]> By: IVAN3MAN http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/08/25/messenger-of-the-gods/comment-page-1/#comment-114193 IVAN3MAN Tue, 26 Aug 2008 01:40:10 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/08/25/messenger-of-the-gods/#comment-114193 Kimpatsu: <blockquote>Phil, nice video, but when you say the temperature of Mercury is 700 degrees, what’s that in real money? (Approx. 300C, if anyone asks.)</blockquote> Actually, it is 371.111 °C: [°C] = ([°F] - 32) / 1.8 Yeah, I know -- THANK YOU MR. SPOCK! :) Kimpatsu:

Phil, nice video, but when you say the temperature of Mercury is 700 degrees, what’s that in real money? (Approx. 300C, if anyone asks.)

Actually, it is 371.111 °C: [°C] = ([°F] – 32) / 1.8

Yeah, I know — THANK YOU MR. SPOCK! :)

]]> By: Petrucio http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/08/25/messenger-of-the-gods/comment-page-1/#comment-114182 Petrucio Mon, 25 Aug 2008 23:18:16 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/08/25/messenger-of-the-gods/#comment-114182 "If that’s true, then why do they use Imperial measures on “Doctor Who”?" Wikipedia: "The United Kingdom completed its legal transition to SI units in 1995, but a few imperial units are still in official use: draught beer must be sold in pints, road-sign distances must be in yards and miles, clearance heights must be in feet and inches (although an equivalent in metres may be shown as well) and speed limits must be in miles per hour" At least they started the process somewhere. Still going to take a while to sink in, sure. “If that’s true, then why do they use Imperial measures on “Doctor Who”?”

Wikipedia: “The United Kingdom completed its legal transition to SI units in 1995, but a few imperial units are still in official use: draught beer must be sold in pints, road-sign distances must be in yards and miles, clearance heights must be in feet and inches (although an equivalent in metres may be shown as well) and speed limits must be in miles per hour”

At least they started the process somewhere. Still going to take a while to sink in, sure.

]]> By: Chip http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/08/25/messenger-of-the-gods/comment-page-1/#comment-114179 Chip Mon, 25 Aug 2008 23:03:51 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/08/25/messenger-of-the-gods/#comment-114179 Grand Lunar Says: "The description you mention of the sunrise and sunset on Mercury can be seen on the website “The Nine Planets”..." Thanks!..............................Thanks! ...................Thanks....................................Much appreciated...........will check it out. ;) Grand Lunar Says: “The description you mention of the sunrise and sunset on Mercury can be seen on the website “The Nine Planets”…”

Thanks!…………………………Thanks!

……………….Thanks………………………………Much appreciated………..will check it out. ;)

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