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What Hit Venus?
by Atheist-Lite » Thu May 17, 2012 4:02 am
It's going backwards - must have been a big boot in the face to do that to a planet similar in size to this one? When, where and what?
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Re: What Hit Venus?
by Gawdzilla Sama » Thu May 17, 2012 12:01 pm
I wasn't there. I don't even know the lady. And besides, we're just friends.
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Re: What Hit Venus?
by Clinton Huxley » Thu May 17, 2012 12:12 pm
Venus was knocked down by a beardy bloke in a Ford Transit.
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Re: What Hit Venus?
by Gawdzilla Sama » Thu May 17, 2012 12:13 pm
Clinton Huxley wrote:Venus was knocked down by a beardy bloke in a Ford Transit.
Who was caught in the act by CCTV, the plates were tracked down, and it was found to be an embassy vehicle from Bahrain and no charges were filed.
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Re: What Hit Venus?
by FBM » Thu May 17, 2012 12:27 pm
Crumple wrote:It's going backwards - must have been a big boot in the face to do that to a planet similar in size to this one? When, where and what?
I just figured out what what kind of cigarette that is that you're always smoking.
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Re: What Hit Venus?
by Atheist-Lite » Thu May 17, 2012 2:47 pm
FBM wrote:Crumple wrote:It's going backwards - must have been a big boot in the face to do that to a planet similar in size to this one? When, where and what?
I just figured out what what kind of cigarette that is that you're always smoking.
http://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/watkins/venusretro.htm
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Re: What Hit Venus?
by FBM » Thu May 17, 2012 3:01 pm
Crumple wrote:FBM wrote:Crumple wrote:It's going backwards - must have been a big boot in the face to do that to a planet similar in size to this one? When, where and what?
I just figured out what what kind of cigarette that is that you're always smoking.
http://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/watkins/venusretro.htm
I'll be damned. I'm embarrassed that I didn't know that about Venus' rotation. Now I understand the OP.
"A philosopher is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat that isn't there. A theologian is the man who finds it." ~ H. L. Mencken
"We ain't a sharp species. We kill each other over arguments about what happens when you die, then fail to see the fucking irony in that."
"It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism while the wolf remains of a different opinion."
"We ain't a sharp species. We kill each other over arguments about what happens when you die, then fail to see the fucking irony in that."
"It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism while the wolf remains of a different opinion."
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Re: What Hit Venus?
by Faithfree » Thu May 17, 2012 3:05 pm
It must have been very very early in the planet's history, before the crust had formed (no hint of a giant crater on the modern surface).
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Re: What Hit Venus?
by FBM » Thu May 17, 2012 3:23 pm
Faithfree wrote:It must have been very very early in the planet's history, before the crust had formed (no hint of a giant crater on the modern surface).
I blame Kepler!
Or was he all about Mars?
Yeah, I think he was all about Mars. Nvm."A philosopher is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat that isn't there. A theologian is the man who finds it." ~ H. L. Mencken
"We ain't a sharp species. We kill each other over arguments about what happens when you die, then fail to see the fucking irony in that."
"It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism while the wolf remains of a different opinion."
"We ain't a sharp species. We kill each other over arguments about what happens when you die, then fail to see the fucking irony in that."
"It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism while the wolf remains of a different opinion."
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Re: What Hit Venus?
by Atheist-Lite » Thu May 17, 2012 3:26 pm
Could be the impacter was large enough to completely melt the crust but why no moon? Surely there's gonna be even more spray early in the history leading to a even larger moon than ours or multiple moons? It doesn't make sense that the thing was large enough to send the planet backwards but didn't leave enough debris in orbit to form a moon or three? Could be Jupiter stole it/them? 
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Re: What Hit Venus?
by FBM » Thu May 17, 2012 3:26 pm
Maybe Earth stole it. 
"A philosopher is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat that isn't there. A theologian is the man who finds it." ~ H. L. Mencken
"We ain't a sharp species. We kill each other over arguments about what happens when you die, then fail to see the fucking irony in that."
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Re: What Hit Venus?
by Mallardz » Thu May 17, 2012 3:50 pm
I thought as soon as I read this thread title someone would be making comments about Venus being a woman and particularly a hit by a car reference. 
Is it really that strange?
Surely it just formed that way when all the dust, gases, and what not came together.
The bigger question why do some nations drive on the wrong side of the road?
Is it really that strange?
Surely it just formed that way when all the dust, gases, and what not came together.
The bigger question why do some nations drive on the wrong side of the road?
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Re: What Hit Venus?
by Gawdzilla Sama » Thu May 17, 2012 3:53 pm
Crumple wrote:Could be the impacter was large enough to completely melt the crust but why no moon? Surely there's gonna be even more spray early in the history leading to a even larger moon than ours or multiple moons? It doesn't make sense that the thing was large enough to send the planet backwards but didn't leave enough debris in orbit to form a moon or three? Could be Jupiter stole it/them?
The no moon thing is simple. The Sun.
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Re: What Hit Venus?
by mistermack » Fri May 18, 2012 5:19 pm
Mallardz wrote:I thought as soon as I read this thread title someone would be making comments about Venus being a woman and particularly a hit by a car reference.
Is it really that strange?
Surely it just formed that way when all the dust, gases, and what not came together.
The bigger question why do most nations drive on the wrong side of the road?
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Re: What Hit Venus?
by Clinton Huxley » Fri May 18, 2012 5:24 pm
I don't think my transit of Venus jape got the credit it deserved, frankly.
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