Wednesday meeting........

**anmolt** · 17th June 2005, 22:20

To those who came to the mission bay meet this wednesday...remember the guy that stopped his car and honked and pointed upwards?????
Apparently jupiter could be sighted next to the moon and im guessing he was pointing to the same..apparently this phenomenon occurs once every 1000 years..not sure about the facts but am guessing the moon,jupiter and earth were all aligned........

**StoneChucker** · 17th June 2005, 22:44

Originally Posted by anmolt

To those who came to the mission bay meet this wednesday...remember the guy that stopped his car and honked and pointed upwards?????
Apparently jupiter could be sighted next to the moon and im guessing he was pointing to the same..apparently this phenomenon occurs once every 1000 years..not sure about the facts but am guessing the moon,jupiter and earth were all aligned........

From what I undurrrrrstand, Jupiter was passing behind/infront of the moon. Won't happen again for around 79 years? Can't remember exact details. I spent quite some time trying to get good pics of it. Used a film camera, so I won't know for a while.

Thats the official story.

But we all know it was Marklar Interceptor #1 doing a recon mission past earth, gathering info for their big invasion in 61 years, 9 months, 2 weeks, 4 days, 9 hours. They reckon it will be that long before they find intelligent life worth invading

**Jeremy** · 17th June 2005, 22:49

Ah so that's why you were all looking at the moon. I wondered what you were going on about.

**Biff** · 18th June 2005, 01:11

Nope, you're all wrong, even if you weren't. The moon was passing in front of Jupiter, and it's not all that uncommon. I know these things because I am the fat bloke down the pub that thinks he knows everything, and contradicts everything anybody else ever layed claim to knowing. That my friends is a fact.

**eliot-ness** · 18th June 2005, 08:00

Originally Posted by Biff

I know these things because I am the fat bloke down the pub that thinks he knows everything, and contradicts everything anybody else ever layed claim to knowing. That my friends is a fact.

Guys who think they know everything really annoy those of us who do

**Kickaha** · 18th June 2005, 08:07

Originally Posted by Biff

I know these things because I am the fat bloke down the pub that thinks he knows everything, and contradicts everything anybody else ever layed claim to knowing. That my friends is a fact.

Well the fat bit is anyway

**Fart** · 18th June 2005, 09:46

What about Uranis?

**James Deuce** · 18th June 2005, 09:56

Originally Posted by Fart

What about Uranis?

That's "Uranus".

**Pixie** · 18th June 2005, 10:04

Originally Posted by StoneChucker

Jupiter was passing behind/infront of the moon. :

I guess it wasn't the latter,seeing as we would be nothing but a big oily stain in the Jovian clouds about now

**James Deuce** · 18th June 2005, 10:06

Originally Posted by Pixie

I guess it wasn't the latter,seeing as we would be nothing but a big oily stain in the Jovian clouds about now

That would microscopically minute oil stain I reckon. Or perhaps an already dispersing swirl in the upper atmosphere.

Would be a good view though.

**StoneChucker** · 18th June 2005, 10:11

Originally Posted by Pixie

I guess it wasn't the latter,seeing as we would be nothing but a big oily stain in the Jovian clouds about now

hehe, yeah I just realised the obsurdity of what I said.

**Qkchk:Me** · 18th June 2005, 10:15

So becides all the moon and ars@hole jokes and the wise words from the pub master - when you guys meeting up next time? Just missed out on the weds meet

**Pixie** · 18th June 2005, 10:17

Originally Posted by Jim2

That would microscopically minute oil stain I reckon. Or perhaps an already dispersing swirl in the upper atmosphere.

Would be a good view though.

No,I think the Earth,crushed up, would make quite a lot of purty colours across the cloud tops of Jupiter.
Comet Hale-Bopp was probably less than 10 kms in diameter and it had an impressive effect.
The volume ratio of Juptier to Earth is 1300 to 1 if I remember correctly.

**James Deuce** · 18th June 2005, 10:58

Originally Posted by Pixie

No,I think the Earth,crushed up, would make quite a lot of purty colours across the cloud tops of Jupiter.
Comet Hale-Bopp was probably less than 10 kms in diameter and it had an impressive effect.
The volume ratio of Juptier to Earth is 1300 to 1 if I remember correctly.

Something like 13 or 34 (or something) Earths fit in the red spot alone.

Of course what kind of effect depends on a whole bunch of things like approach vectors and relative motion. We might end up as a moon, or the effect of a large gravitational field my present some difficulties to tectonic stability on Earth. The bits might be so small they end up in a small ring round Jupiter, or it might slingshot us out of our current orbit altogether.

I wonder if you can use Orbiter to model something like that?