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Thanks for linking my post. ☺️
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Such an interesting read. Thanks for sharing!
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I love these unusual Astro facts! DO you know of any “wandering planets” that have actually been observed? Also, I just wrote a blog about a new discovery: the fastest pulsar in our Galaxy! https://astrobiscuit.wordpress.com/2017/11/15/the-galaxys-fastest-spinning-top/
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I don’t think any wandering planets have been observed, they’re too far away we need stars to help us see them. Have you heard about the Interstellar asteroid?
https://www.nasa.gov/planetarydefense/faq/interstellar
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That link doesn’t seem to work for me, can you check it?
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https://www.nasa.gov/planetarydefense/faq/interstellar/ is that any better?
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Yes working now, thanks!
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Cool! ☺️
What did you think about it?
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Another spellbinding visit to some of the varied sights in the Cosmos.
Thanks Simon
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Cool! I love trivial science facts.
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It’s good to know you liked it 🙂
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It makes me happy to see Callisto included in this. Definitely one of the most under-appreciated objects in the Solar System.
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It is isn’t it… Why is that?
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I don’t know. But I heard recently that Google Earth now includes maps of Io, Europa, and Ganymede, but Callisto got snubbed. Really doesn’t seem fair.
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I know what you mean and I’ve heard this. I think a lot of it depends on the data that they have and those three moons seem to have a lot of our interest.
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That’s probably true, but I still don’t get why we’re so disinterested in Callisto in the first place.
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I’m not sure either.
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