Want: the W00t shirt edition

Oh, this is too funny:

I don’t even know if the shirt is still available; woot.com usually only sells things for one day and then moves on. But I like the idea anyway.

Tip o’ the hat — uh, shirt — to The Noisy Astronomer.

October 18th, 2008 9:59 AM by Phil Plait in Astronomy, Humor | 15 comments | RSS feed | Trackback >

15 Responses to “Want: the W00t shirt edition”

1. MarshallDog Says:
October 18th, 2008 at 10:02 am

Oh, poor Saturn! I hate shirts that show sad things.
2. Nunki Says:
October 18th, 2008 at 10:09 am

I ordered myself two of them. You can still pick one up here http://shirt.woot.com/Friends.aspx?k=6772
3. chief Says:
October 18th, 2008 at 10:43 am

I wonder if anyone has done any calculations towards finding out if all the moons are original to saturn or some are captured bodies.
4. Kevin F. Says:
October 18th, 2008 at 10:45 am

So Saturn’s rings are just moon poop?
5. haate Says:
October 18th, 2008 at 10:52 am

Yeah, the shirt’s still available…you just have to know how to access it.

Which is right here. http://shirt.woot.com/Friends.aspx?k=6772

It’s a little more expensive than getting it day of, but it’s still available.

And, speaking of a semi-prolific consumer of woot shirts…man, those things are bloody comfy
6. Fritriac Says:
October 18th, 2008 at 10:54 am

W00t! Great concept!

/Also do want
7. Richard Drumm The Astronomy Bum Says:
October 18th, 2008 at 10:58 am

Props for Nicole! Good find! I have her blog on my bookmark bar!
Rich in Charlottesville
8. Derek Says:
October 18th, 2008 at 11:03 am

You can get that shirt now, at the link you have behind the image. Alas, it is for $15 instead of $10 since you missed the boat on the first day, but it can still be yours
9. Wendy Says:
October 18th, 2008 at 11:14 am

CUTE!!!
10. MichaelL Says:
October 18th, 2008 at 12:01 pm

Captured bodies… You mean those are Saturn’s wives?
11. Jason Perry Says:
October 18th, 2008 at 12:11 pm

Sweetness, now I have a shirt for the next team meeting
12. Chip Says:
October 18th, 2008 at 12:22 pm

“Wear this shirt: tucked into your Kuiper Belt.” – Funny
13. Michelle Says:
October 18th, 2008 at 4:49 pm

XD Adorable!
14. Didac Says:
October 19th, 2008 at 9:47 am

Currenly, 60 moons of Saturn are known (remember that rings are no more and no less than an aggregate of moonlets). From the 60 moons, 22 are regular satellites (ellipsoidal) and 38 are irregular. 30 irregular moons follow a retrograde orbit. Most irregular retrograde moons are in outer orbits, so most of them are supposed to be captured bodies. It is taken for granted that major moons (22) were originally formed in orbit of the proto-Saturn 4500 Myr ago.

Anyway, the Moon is a heavier gravitational burden for Earth, than are all this moons and moonlets for Saturn. So the T-shirt picture is unaccurate.
15. Jay Says:
October 20th, 2008 at 12:06 am

Wow! I love that shirt!

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