Celestial Objects

  • therocketeer
    9th Jun 2012 Member 0 Permalink
    The Sun.
    I like the Sun. The sun is the most significant celestial object. it is, by far, the biggest one in our solar system and, legitably, the most noticable one too. I like it because it gives me everything I need; light, warmth, food, life and I see it every day, well, appart from when it's cloudy or if you're indoors. Without the sun, the earth would be a barren mass of rock... well actually, it's because of the sun the earth even clumped together in the first place. So yeah, that's why I like the Sun.

    @shroom207
    Yeah, I've heard of that one, it's absolutely massive. hard to even grasp the concept of how big it is. Makes the sun feel a little bit sad :(
  • shroom207
    9th Jun 2012 Member 0 Permalink

    @therocketeer (View Post)

     Yes the Sun is VERY nice too. Without it were nothing. The Moon also plays a special roll in keeping life on Earth in ways.

  • therocketeer
    9th Jun 2012 Member 0 Permalink
    @shroom207 (View Post)
    Yep, the Moon formed because of the Earths collision with another Rogue planet about the size of Mars where most of the rogue body and a sizable chunk of Earth were vaporized, where it was then pulled by it's own gravity to eventually form the Moon. And it's because of this impact giving Earth it's tilt that we experience the seasons.
  • boxmein
    9th Jun 2012 Former Staff 0 Permalink
    I like the moon. It provides me with light at night and gives me a sense of scale on the universe. I hate when I realize the scale of the universe. Then I love it because I can't stop thinking about it. Especially when I look at the stars. OMG
  • therocketeer
    9th Jun 2012 Member 0 Permalink
    @boxmein (View Post)
    And then you think "but what's outside the walls of the garden?" and you're then genuinely mindblown. O_O
  • shroom207
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  • boxmein
    9th Jun 2012 Former Staff 0 Permalink
    @therocketeer (View Post)
    My thought process changes faster than a kitten's with ADHD. Except when those happen.
  • Nab1929
    9th Jun 2012 Banned 0 Permalink
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  • asdf123
    10th Jun 2012 Member 0 Permalink

    @ greek guy: fan of hitchhikers?

  • billion57
    10th Jun 2012 Member 0 Permalink

    I like Rigel and Betelgeuse.
    They're the only stars I can identify...

     

    I live in a huge city- a bunch of light pollution.