Mercury/Venus, a stuffed bird(?) and a new form of light pollution...

'tis interesting to note that at this time we are roughly equidistant from
Mercury, the sun and Mars - all around 1.01 a.u. away.

TeaTime wrote:
'tis interesting to note that at this time we are roughly equidistant from
Mercury, the sun and Mars - all around 1.01 a.u. away.

Dang. That must be one big stuffed bird.

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On Wed, 29 Jun 2005 15:45:56 +0000 (UTC), (Brian Tung)
wrote:

TeaTime wrote:
'tis interesting to note that at this time we are roughly equidistant from
Mercury, the sun and Mars - all around 1.01 a.u. away.

Dang. That must be one big stuffed bird.

With some dodgy maths about 310,000 km high at 1.01AU! Of course it
could always be bird sized and closer ;-)

--
Pete
http://www.digitalsky.org.uk

Aren't we looking at a Cormorant Pete? Prone to sitting still for long
periods to dry its plumage. It is now a very common, large, all black,
diving bird readily seen on most European coasts and waterways.

Chris.B