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Bucky

(54,003 posts) Mon Apr 1, 2013, 04:20 AM Apr 2013

Other planets put in place of the moon

a few others, some quite worth looking at

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Other planets put in place of the moon (Original Post) Bucky Apr 2013 OP

Link? Fearless Apr 2013 #1

Try here Angleae Apr 2013 #2

Cool ... Scuba Apr 2013 #3

AAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!! The DEATH STAR!!! talkingmime Apr 2013 #6

Let us contemplate gravity for a moment... RILib Apr 2013 #4

Altho Jupiter & Saturn are bigger than the moon... Bucky Apr 2013 #5

distance RILib Apr 2013 #7

Yes, but... Callmecrazy Apr 2013 #8

Cool stuff! GoCubsGo Apr 2013 #9

Fearless

(18,421 posts)

1. Link?

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Mon Apr 1, 2013, 04:42 AM

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Angleae

(4,482 posts)

2. Try here

Reply to Fearless (Reply #1)

Mon Apr 1, 2013, 04:43 AM

Apr 2013

http://imgur.com/a/aJ0KA

Scuba

(53,475 posts)

3. Cool ...

Reply to Bucky (Original post)

Mon Apr 1, 2013, 07:19 AM

Apr 2013

talkingmime

(2,173 posts)

6. AAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!! The DEATH STAR!!!

Reply to Scuba (Reply #3)

Mon Apr 1, 2013, 12:25 PM

Apr 2013

RILib

(862 posts)

4. Let us contemplate gravity for a moment...

Reply to Bucky (Original post)

Mon Apr 1, 2013, 07:23 AM

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Bucky

(54,003 posts)

5. Altho Jupiter & Saturn are bigger than the moon...

Reply to RILib (Reply #4)

Mon Apr 1, 2013, 09:45 AM

Apr 2013

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I think it's pretty clear from the photo that even these giantest of planets is much smaller than even one Earth mountain. Sheesh, some people just worry too much.

RILib

(862 posts)

7. distance

Reply to Bucky (Reply #5)

Mon Apr 1, 2013, 05:21 PM

Apr 2013

(Perhaps you're joking. With the state of science education today, one never knows.)

height of Kilimanjaro: 20,000 ft (no width found in 2 seconds of looking.)
diameter of the moon: 2,100 miles.

More pertinently, if one can believe the web, Saturn has a mass of 10,000 times the moon's.

Callmecrazy

(3,065 posts)

8. Yes, but...

Reply to RILib (Reply #7)

Mon Apr 1, 2013, 08:11 PM

Apr 2013

A low density. If there was an ocean big enough, Saturn would float on it.

GoCubsGo

(32,080 posts)

9. Cool stuff!

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Mon Apr 1, 2013, 09:06 PM

Apr 2013

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