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  • | title = Solar Panel Placement ...another one of [[Randall|Randall's]] [[:Category:Tips|Tips]], this time a solar energy tip.
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  • #REDIRECT [[64: Solar Plexus]]
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  • | title = Solar Plexus The {{w|Celiac plexus|solar plexus}} is a network of interconnecting nerves that is centered in the are
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  • #REDIRECT [[1547: Solar System Questions]]
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  • | title = Solar System Questions This comic is a list of questions which [[Randall]] has about the Solar System, which at first glance may appear to be things that Randall would li
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  • #REDIRECT [[1733: Solar Spectrum]]
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  • | title = Solar Spectrum ::A partial solar eclipse is when the Earth moves across the part of the Sun blocked by its s
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  • #REDIRECT [[1828: ISS Solar Transit]]
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  • | title = ISS Solar Transit ...ame week on Monday and Friday. The next comic in the series is [[1830: ISS Solar Transit 2]].
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  • #REDIRECT [[1830: ISS Solar Transit 2]]
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  • | title = ISS Solar Transit 2 ...way using split panels. As noted in the first comic in the [[:Category:ISS Solar Transit|ISS series]] the {{w|white balance}} is still not set properly, bec
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  • #REDIRECT [[1924: Solar Panels]]
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  • | title = Solar Panels ...on tree aims to help in finding out whether a given object should have {{w|solar panel}}s installed on it.
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  • #REDIRECT [[2258: Solar System Changes]]
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  • | title = Solar System Changes ...d be impossible in practice{{Citation needed}} and would probably make the solar system unstable if actually performed.
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  • #REDIRECT [[2262: Parker Solar Probe]]
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  • | title = Parker Solar Probe ...the relative distances of astronomical objects relative to the {{w|Parker Solar Probe}}. It also shows where the probe will be in 2025 if its mission conti
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  • #REDIRECT [[2414: Solar System Compression Artifacts]]
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  • | title = Solar System Compression Artifacts ...]]). The Voyager probe has made history for passing many milestones of our solar system.
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  • #REDIRECT [[2439: Solar System Cartogram]]
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  • | title = Solar System Cartogram ...where counted it it wouldn't matter, since the only confirmed life in the Solar System is on Earth). Thus the other planets have a population of 0 and are
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  • #REDIRECT [[2930: Google Solar Cycle]]
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  • | title = Google Solar Cycle {{incomplete|Created by a SOLAR FLARE SEARCHING UP SOLAR FLARES - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete t
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  • #REDIRECT [[2709: Solar System Model]]
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  • | title = Solar System Model ...el|early-20th century models of atomic structure}} to the structure of the solar system. Electrons were thought to be orbiting the nucleus "like planets aro
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  • #REDIRECT [[2812: Solar Panel Placement]]
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  • #REDIRECT [[2816: Types of Solar Eclipse]]
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  • | title = Types of Solar Eclipse There are various different types of {{w|solar eclipse}}. The comic purports to show and name a number of them, initially
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  • ...beyond. It did a flyby of Pluto in July 2015 and is on its way out of the solar system.
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  • ...s|786]] planets were known in mid-2012: 778 exoplanets and the rest in our Solar System. Since then, astronomers have found thousands more. In the comic, our {{w|Solar System}}'s eight planets are depicted in the small rectangle above the cent
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  • ...erage year length of 365.2425 days, which is very close to the length of a solar year (see detailed explanation in this video: ''[https://www.youtube.com/wa ...times in a year. Because a thirteenth full moon will occur once every 2.7 solar years on average, this modification adds 4.1228 standard days to an EST yea
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  • | title = Solar Panel Placement ...another one of [[Randall|Randall's]] [[:Category:Tips|Tips]], this time a solar energy tip.
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  • ...laws of planetary motion. By using {{w|Tycho Brahe}}'s observations of our solar system (Brahe gave Kepler the job of observing and explaining the motion of ...ler space telescope that was searching for exoplanets (planets outside the Solar system) from March 2009 to August 2013, by looking at exactly the same spot
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  • {{comicsrow|64|2006-02-15|Solar Plexus|solar_plexus.jpg}}
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  • '''2041: The planet Pluto''' {{w|Pluto}} is a {{w|dwarf planet}} in our solar system. Up until 2006, Pluto was considered to be a planet.
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  • ...ind is discovering "{{w|exoplanet}}s" or planets that exist outside of our solar system. The indication is that these planets are habitable enough for human
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  • :Cueball: Apparently there's a solar flare that's causing some Great Aurorae. CBC says they may even be visible :Cueball: Apparently there's a solar storm causing northern lights over Canada. CNN say they might even be visib
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  • ...gi/archives/127 a proposed project to power the world] by erecting massive solar farms out in the deserts. The area of Texas alone would be enough to match
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  • ...stage (and scale) is space, where you get to first travel through your own solar system, then the entire galaxy.
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  • ...y known classroom. For example, {{w|ULAS J1342+0928}} has a mass of 8*10^8 solar masses. This means the event horizon of the black hole is almost 16 AU in r
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  • ...had been slowed down by an (at the time) unknown force as they exited the solar system, which he says is caused by the force of his love, probably toward h
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  • ...ruggles between good and evil on Earth are also reflected elsewhere in the solar system.
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  • ...purpose of a Dyson Sphere is to capture and transmit all of the available solar energy in the star back to a planet. ...ivilizations construct Dyson spheres not for the purposes of capturing all solar energy, but merely to block the view of all that hideous space. This may al
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  • #REDIRECT [[64: Solar Plexus]]
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  • ...g light on the area below them that the sun would normally illuminate. {{W|Solar panels}} only convert 20-25% of the energy captured from the sun into elect ...y, then back to rotational energy, then back to windpower. However, in the solar panel and lamp case, the light will be moving at the same speed as it enter
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  • | title = Solar Plexus The {{w|Celiac plexus|solar plexus}} is a network of interconnecting nerves that is centered in the are
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  • ...Assuming this detector is otherwise reliable, when the detector reports a solar explosion, there are two possibilities:
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  • | Solar power becomes cheaper than fossil fuels ...rovements in {{w|Solar Power|solar technology}} are causing the prices for solar energy to steadily decrease.
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  • ...commonly used for this purpose because it's the most massive planet in our solar system.
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  • ...to stay operational for several more months until the dust buildup on its solar panels forces a final shutdown.
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  • :n<sub>e</sub>: Number of life-supporting planets per solar system
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  • ...d from bottom to top by their maximum distance from earth for objects in a solar orbit, and their current distance for others. ...SIM ({{w|Space Interferometry Mission}}) to find a celestial object out of solar system that is as small as 3 earth masses.
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  • ...Heaviside layer, trans-Neptunian panic zone, magnetogap, US Census Bureau Solar System statistical boundary, Kuiper gauntlet, Oort void, and crystal sphere ...he fact that there is no strictly defined and recognizable boundary of the solar system, or at least we haven't found one yet.
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  • ...mum amount of energy, you would have to travel away from the center of the solar system (the Sun). In reality, the strength of gravity decreases with distan ...the creation of our solar system, we would have two {{w|Sun|Suns}} and our solar system would be a {{w|Binary system (astronomy)|Binary system}}. Jupiter h
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  • ...wrong meeting where [[Cueball]] (the researcher) has performed a study on solar cells. So initially he tries to claim that he has not been researching the :Cueball: My research is in solar cells. I think you have the wrong press conference.
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  • ...right corner. The other picture seems to show a space craft with two large solar panels, white on the black black background of space. Has some similarities
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  • ...too small to {{w|clearing the neighbourhood|function as a planet}} in the solar system. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_2gbGXzFbs A better explanation c
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  • Our solar system, from where the electromagnetic waves are emitted, is located just l
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  • This comic is exaggerating the effects of the physics stated. Solar flares eject, among other things, ions, electrons, and radiation. The charg ...t, and the last one, of comparative size and strength, was recorded in {{w|Solar storm of 2012|2012}}.
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  • The {{w|Kuiper Belt}} is a region of the outer Solar System beyond the orbit of Neptune consisting of numerous small icy bodies, ...r another swing by, aiming it back towards the {{w|Sun}}, the most massive Solar System body, to perform an Oberth maneuver at the point of closest approach
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  • ...Portrait (Voyager)|Family Portrait}}, a series of images of the entire {{w|Solar System}} from beyond it.
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  • ...rs killed God earlier in the year when they and He were further out in the solar system? || November 17th
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  • ...being a symbol, not a word or name) in different languages. Planets in our solar system are assigned to {{w|Astronomical symbols|astronomical symbols}} like ...anets: 1–1000}}. If they were to be counted among the planets of the {{w|Solar System}}, as was sometimes done then, the 14th known planetary body would b
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  • ...Saturn}}, {{w|Uranus}}, and {{w|Neptune}} are the other planets of the {{w|Solar System}}. || 950–1,200 solar radii <br/>max. 1.671 × 10<sup>9</sup>&nbsp;km (1.038 × 10<sup>9</sup>&nb
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  • ...th-Moon system and following a separate but nearby orbit around the Sun. A solar orbit is very hard, very fuel-intensive, and very lengthy to return from, d
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  • ...sometimes perturb one of these bodies enough to let it fall into the inner solar system. When it gets closer to the Sun, which is just a bright dot at that ...un regardless of their direction of movement, as they are blown out by the solar wind which moves much faster than the comet. As neither of the other two ob
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  • ...tistically predicted distribution of nearby exoplanets (planets not in our solar system), based on the assumption that the exoplanets that are currently kno
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  • ...om one planet to another, which can happen in less stable systems than our solar system if two planets were to pass close to each other but is mostly just w
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  • ...d by the {{w|solar wind}}. In 2013 a solar maximum was expected at its {{w|solar cycle}}, but the activity of the sun wasn't as heavy as before. So, a ''nor ...ea and stay away from light pollution from cities. But in years with heavy solar activity, northern light may be visible even south of Massachusetts.
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  • ...probe was repurposed on June 10, 1982 to study the interaction between the solar wind and a cometary atmosphere. By flying through the comet {{w|21P/Giacobi
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  • ...untertop}}'', with the quote "the sun is one of the meltiest things in the solar system."
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  • {{w|Exoplanets}} are planets outside of our solar system, and exoplanet astronomers are astronomers who attempt to discover a
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  • ::Solar (photovoltaic) $260,800,000,000 ::Solar (thermal) $385,940,000,000
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  • ...|asteroid}}s and {{w|minor planet}}s that are larger than 100 m in the {{w|Solar System}}. They have all been represented as regions of a single massive lan ...of 6,370&nbsp;km. The Earth has the largest crust of all the bodies in the Solar System.
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  • ...e trivially easy to balance the extremely top-heavy loading upon the small solar-panel that tops out the counter-rotating coaxial blades, which adds yet mor
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  • First is the Sun, shown with visible {{w|solar prominence}}s. Next is the Moon, shown in a crescent view with stars behind
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  • The lander bounced three times and ended up in a place where the solar panels were mainly in the shadow. This resulted in the lander shutting down ...had been received on earth indicating that Philae had awoken and that the solar panels were functioning. Ironically, had Philae landed in a place original
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  • ...moons}} in our solar system. One of the smallest moons found so far in the solar system is {{w|S/2009 S 1}}, which is about 400&nbsp;meters in diameter and
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  • | titletext = With a space elevator, a backyard full of solar panels could launch about 500 horses per year, and a large power plant coul ...stable orbit (that is, above the atmosphere), required power output of the solar array is about 315-350&nbsp;kW and the power station at 3.3-3.7&nbsp;GW.
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  • ...e are Type 3, 4, and Type 5 civilizations out there since they can control solar systems.
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  • ...t for slight anomalies in the Earth's rotation as compared to the {{w|mean solar day}}. These leap seconds will mean that the website is available for one e
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  • {{comicsrow|1924|2017-12-04|Solar Panels|solar panels.png}} {{comicsrow|1830|2017-04-28|ISS Solar Transit 2|iss solar transit 2.png}}
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  • ...nal mission plan, before it became stuck in a sandstorm, which covered its solar panels. This was covered in [[695: Spirit]], in which the Spirit rover is a
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  • | Solar (photovoltaic) || $260,800,000,000 || | Solar (thermal) || $385,940,000,000 ||
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  • ...a similar example where someone has made a comparison of the sizes of the Solar system based on a [http://www.backwoodshome.com/articles/silveira60.html Su
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  • ...py}}'' to detect {{w|oxygen}} on {{w|exoplanets}} (planets outside our {{w|Solar system}}) with [http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/faithhill/breathe.html the l ...ct {{w|Terrestrial planet|planets as small as Earth}} and the other of the Solar system's inner planets.
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  • *the other worlds around the sun (the solar system) *Worlds around the sun ({{w|Solar system}}) … 38
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  • ...seconds account for the differences in the length of our 24 hour day and a solar day (the time taken for Earth to rotate once with respect to the sun), and
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  • ...egan could be {{w|stars}}, {{w|galaxies}} and the {{w|planets}} of our {{w|Solar System}}. [[Megan]] is using a telescope. [[Beret Guy]] attempts to view th ...in the universe, and here it would be either the planets and moons in our Solar System or {{w|exoplanets}} they needed to look at. This is the second comic
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  • This comic shows a chart ranking locations in our solar system (the eight currently recognised planets and Earth's own moon) along
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  • |SOYUZ SOLAR ARRAY decimating couch |This diagram of the solar system is not to scale
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  • #REDIRECT [[1547: Solar System Questions]]
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  • | title = Solar System Questions This comic is a list of questions which [[Randall]] has about the Solar System, which at first glance may appear to be things that Randall would li
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  • The {{w|Kuiper belt}} is a region in our solar system that contains an unknown amount of icy bodies, one known is Pluto. R ....g. {{w|Olympus Mons}}, a mountain on Mars and the largest mountain in the Solar System), as well as naming terrestrial mountains "Mount X". Since "mons" is
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  • ...ll therefore always be "yes", regardless of the status of the Pluto in our Solar System according to the IAU. However the same [https://www.iau.org/news/pre ...being a symbol, not a word or name) in different languages. Planets in our solar system are assigned to {{w|Astronomical symbols|astronomical symbols}} like
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  • ...letext = You know what they say--if you don't like the weather here in the Solar System, just wait five billion years. ...helium fusion}} then that will only be at the very core and not out in the solar atmosphere reaching out to Earth Here the temperature would only be of the
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  • ...t). At the end of each line there is a space craft with satellite dish and solar panels, representing the items that the Fixion interacts with. ...wn. At the end of both lines are drawn spacecrafts with satellite dish and solar panels:]
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  • ...f this would indeed happen, then since {{w|Earth}} and the rest of the {{w|solar system}} is now missing its central star there would be a ton of problems f
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  • ...Sun - it is likely that the sentient AI is using the same strategy of the Solar Probe Plus and planning several flybys of Venus to do that work). The title
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  • ...org/news/2016/01/feature-astronomers-say-neptune-sized-planet-lurks-unseen-solar-system Astronomers say a Neptune-sized planet lurks beyond Pluto]'' and ''[ The {{w|IAU definition of planet}} requires a solar orbit, gravitational rounding, and "clearing the neighborhood", a controver
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  • ...this comic and in real life, was a merger of two black holes of roughly 30 solar masses each. ...an uncertainty that meant they could have had masses as close as 32 and 30 solar masses vs the 30+30 in this event). Also the {{w|Gravitational wave observa
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  • ...everal other science programs, especially such as the ''{{w|Wonders of the Solar System}}'', ''{{w|Wonders of the Universe}}'' and ''{{w|Wonders of Life (TV
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  • ...n before 2036 when the leap day again falls on a Friday (Following the {{w|Solar cycle (calendar)|28 year cycle}}).
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  • ...ention it was receiving, Randall decided to release the next comic [[1733: Solar Spectrum]] on [[:Category:Thursday comics|Thursday]].
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  • | title = Solar Spectrum ::A partial solar eclipse is when the Earth moves across the part of the Sun blocked by its s
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  • ...a Friday, but it was also posted the day after the previous comic [[1733: Solar Spectrum]].
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  • ...rotection glasses, looking like those used for looking at the sun during a solar eclipse.]
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  • ...f the Moon's circumference. This is most dramatically exemplified by a {{w|solar eclipse}} during which the Moon passes in front of the Sun and is therefore ...eclipse (bright part is the Sun) || This is only possible during a partial solar eclipse or the start of an annular eclipse (in which cases the lit portion
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  • ....int/where_is_rosetta/ a long way past Earth]. It will return to the inner solar system in around 5 years' time, but its orbit will not pass close to the Ea ...] and [[1446: Landing]], and were mentioned in [[1461: Payloads]], [[1547: Solar System Questions]] and possibly [[1621: Fixion]].
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  • Basically, nowhere in the {{w|solar system}}, except Earth, is even close to survivable (and there is actually ...h's}} Moon and Mercury (the innermost and smallest {{w|planet}} of the {{w|solar system}}) it makes a huge difference, which is why there is both a day and
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  • In the last panel Cueball mentioned that 2017 will also have a cool {{w|solar eclipse|eclipse}}, going through the central parts of North America. This m Randall previously mentioned his excitement for the {{w|Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017|2017 eclipse}} exactly three years earlier in [[
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  • ...can be fixed by sunbathing, except in some {{w|Solar Impulse|experimental solar-powered aircraft}}.
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  • | title = ISS Solar Transit ...ame week on Monday and Friday. The next comic in the series is [[1830: ISS Solar Transit 2]].
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  • ...ed by the Sun. However, one possible workaround could be evacuation of the Solar System, as if humanity still exists by the time the Earth's destruction occ
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  • ...inutes daily instead of 37 minutes. Likewise, Earth time usually refers to solar days; a typical (mean) sidereal Earth day is 23 hours, 56 minutes, 4.0916 s
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  • ...: Superzoom]]. (He uses that again already two comics later in [[1828: ISS Solar Transit]]). It is very difficult to find anything in such a camera, especia
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  • | title = ISS Solar Transit 2 ...way using split panels. As noted in the first comic in the [[:Category:ISS Solar Transit|ISS series]] the {{w|white balance}} is still not set properly, bec
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  • A {{w|total solar eclipse}} occurred on {{w|Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017|Monday, August 21, 2017}}, just under a month af .... Alaska Airlines, [https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/science/2017/07/20/solar-eclipse-2017-flights-offer-unobstructed-potentially-longer-view/493343001/
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  • ...eclipse of August 21, 2017|August 21, 2017}} which was visible as a total solar eclipse within a band across the {{w|contiguous United States}} from west t ...105/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/08/01/the-path-of-the-solar-eclipse-is-already-altering-real-world-behavior/ here] at archive.org
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  • ...eclipse of August 21, 2017|August 21, 2017}} which was visible as a total solar eclipse within a band across the {{w|contiguous United States}} from west t ...eflects on various reasons scientists have for being interested in a total solar eclipse. An eclipse is an astronomical event, which most laypeople associat
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  • ...clipse because of the damage that can be caused by improperly aligning the solar-lunar orbital plane with the orbital bones around your eye. ...eclipse of August 21, 2017|August 21, 2017}} which was visible as a total solar eclipse within a band across the {{w|contiguous United States}} from west t
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  • ...ree of the most spectacular astronomical sights: a {{w|Solar eclipse|total solar eclipse}}, an {{w|aurora}} (Aurora Borealis in the northern hemisphere and ...the {{w|contiguous United States}}. Randall already made [[:Category:Total Solar Eclipse 2017|several comics about this eclipse]] and had traveled to Missou
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  • ...can solar eclipses of {{w|Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017|2017}} and {{w|Solar eclipse of April 8, 2024|2024}}, we see them reminiscing the seven years be ...:Total Solar Eclipse 2017|several comics]] earlier in 2017, where this {{w|solar eclipse}} passed over the entire continental USA. Thematically, all three d
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  • ...events such as sunrise and sunset past their "natural" times. For example, solar noon will occur around 1:00 PM instead of 12:00 noon when daylight saving t *The {{w|Gregorian calendar}} is a solar calendar with a mean calendar year length of 365.2425 days.
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  • ...are believed to be potentially habitable for some forms of life in our own solar system. However, the number of bodies apart from Earth confirmed to have li ...{w|Fermi Paradox}}. For life, of the type we know, to exist outside of the Solar system there need to be planets around other stars. Such planets are called
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  • ...m|Fluctuation-Dissipation theorem}}. These fluctuations take the form of a solar flare, as explained below. For a more thorough (but non-technical) explanat ...there are lots of other directions{{Citation needed}} for the sun to shoot solar flares, so they don't come by the Earth that often.
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  • ...ure out how to destroy Barnard's Star." "Why, does it pose a threat to the Solar System?" "No. It's just an asshole." ...o Earth in the Northern Hemisphere. It is a red dwarf with a mass of 0.144 Solar masses, a diameter one fifth that of the Sun, and it is 7–12 billion year
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  • ...he same day as this comic. Overlaid on the picture is a scale image of the Solar System, showing the Sun, Pluto (one of the most well-known {{w|dwarf planet :'''Our Solar System'''
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  • ...would surely be grounds for rejection. Between the thin atmosphere, harsh solar radiation, and other changes, Earth would become uninhabitable for most lif
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  • ...for energy, because the great distance to the Sun means that the amount of solar radiation per unit of area is very low, requiring impractically large (and
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  • ...urd, [https://www.deepseanews.com/2017/08/what-happens-in-the-sea-during-a-solar-eclipse/ an eclipse was famously used to explain the migration of maritime ...-hub.tw/10.1038/205989a0 "Behaviour of certain marine organisms during the solar eclipse of July 20, 1963"] ''Nature'' '''4975:'''989-91.)
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  • ...e at which galaxies rotate. Megan states that dark matter's density in the solar system is 0.3&nbsp;GeV/cm<sup>3</sup>, as claimed, for example, by [https:/ :Megan: Dark matter density in the solar system is around 0.3 GeV/cm<sup>3</sup>
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  • ...In less common circumstances of more intense solar activity such as a {{w|solar flare}} or {{w|coronal mass ejection}} (CME), the charged particles are tra ...story, and not during the space age. A particularly strong one was the {{w|solar storm of 1859}}, which caused failure of telegraph systems all over Europe
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  • | title = Parker Solar Probe ...the relative distances of astronomical objects relative to the {{w|Parker Solar Probe}}. It also shows where the probe will be in 2025 if its mission conti
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  • ...evices on wild deer was previously referenced in the title text of [[1924: Solar Panels]].
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  • ...common pulp-fiction concepts). More recent efforts at finding life in the Solar System have mostly focused on Mars and various ice moons with suspected {{w ..."alien probe" asteroid refers to {{w|'Oumuamua}}, which passed through the Solar System in 2017. 'Oumuamua's {{w|trajectory|hyperbolic trajectory}} indicat
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  • ...jokingly commenting about the event. Other astronomical phenomena, such as solar eclipses, actually have been used to test Einstein's theories, but in this ...ettle down as a new planet (which Randall suggests might be called [[2258: Solar System Changes|"Jaturn"]]), but more than a bit would be spewed outwards.
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  • ...amera using an ordinary (not H-alpha) solar filter was seen in [[1828: ISS Solar Transit]], and the consequences of not using such a filter were explored in WARNING!!! A deep sky nebula H-alpha filter has a wider bandwidth than a solar H-alpha filter and WILL hurt the eyes if used to observe the sun!
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  • ...e to the first chapter of What If? 2, where Randall looks into filling the Solar System with soup.
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  • ...lion years ago - about 50 million years after the initial formation of the solar system. As of the date of this comic, the Moon is still orbiting the Earth{ ...'s not uncommon for planets to have orbiting moons, no other planet in the solar system has a moon that's so large, in relation to the planet. Of the other
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  • ...n sent into a ''much'' higher-reaching orbit, if not into a solar or extra-solar trajectory. And it is apparently Carl's fault. The speech is thus not an in ...more or less their prior Earth-orbits - which are now technically various solar ones... (BunsenH:)This could be a remake of {{w|Space: 1999}}. (OP:)Indeed,
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  • | titletext = The most rare, top-tier eclipse photo would be the Solar Earth Eclipse, but the Apollo 12 crew's attempt to capture it was marred by ...he day of this comic's release, {{w|Solar eclipse of April 8, 2024|a total solar eclipse}} traversed North America, allowing a substantial portion of the Un
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  • ...eriod of {{w|Solar minimum|minimal activity}} to {{w|Solar maximum|maximum solar activity}}. Researchers use specially modified telescopes to study the sun. ...unction of time from around 1965 to 2025. During the periods of heightened solar activity, the area of the graph is shown in black, while lighter periods ar
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  • | titletext = I adopted a cat that weighs 12 solar masses. Laser pointers love chasing it. ...hypochondriac cat), so she restates the 12-lb weight of Ponytail's cat in solar masses. Since using this unit yields an ''incredibly'' small number, 3×10<
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  • ...ikely physically possible for any known form of matter. The planets of our solar system would not be suitable for this endeavor; alas, Randall apparently ca :[This comic depicts a situation where the planets of the Solar System are flattened using a rolling pin to create a contiguous ring system
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  • ...tional to the radii of the orbits of the innermost five planets in the {{w|Solar System}}. These are the only letters in the sentence that have a dot over t ...ou can probably at least locate the sun if you are indeed within our inner solar system.
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  • ...ountering one of these spikes during its lifetime. This would make our own solar system exceptionally fortunate, given the number of planetary bodies that r
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  • ...onomers in the slightest. Astronomical distances on scales larger than the solar system are universally (or rather, globally: we do not know how things are
    7 KB (1,040 words) - 18:44, 5 March 2024
  • ...ting every smaller and/or more distant body in the universe), the combined solar-system's barycenter is a less simply-defined point (that being more likely
    6 KB (987 words) - 15:18, 13 March 2024
  • ...se there's a glowing "tail". While they're moving very rapidly through the Solar System, from the Earth they don't appear to move much faster than planets. ...ted (as well as locations for viewing) on the basis of the solar cycle and solar flare activity. The release of this comic happens to coincide with the stro
    10 KB (1,748 words) - 02:16, 11 May 2024
  • ...to the invention of the telescope? How many planets were recognized in our Solar System at the end of the 20th century?
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  • #REDIRECT [[2816: Types of Solar Eclipse]]
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  • #REDIRECT [[2816: Types of Solar Eclipse]]
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  • | title = Types of Solar Eclipse There are various different types of {{w|solar eclipse}}. The comic purports to show and name a number of them, initially
    9 KB (1,594 words) - 17:26, 3 April 2024
  • ...sis" could be interpreted as the analysis of ghosts on planets outside the solar system instead of the analysis of the elements that might be present on the
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