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Astronomy
10/27/2009
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who said lets bomb the moon first
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urey
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LCross
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2009
dug hole in moons pole
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drake equation
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lunar occultation
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moon passes in front of star
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bow shock
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boundary between magnetosphere and wind
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plasma
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ionized gas, electrons free
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flux tube
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tube of magnetosphereness
jupiter and io haveone
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roche limit
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boundary around planet where gravity breaks up an object
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names of places on moon
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ancient astronomers and scientists
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names ofplaces on mars
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classical places
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name of places on mercury
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artists musicians poets
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names of places on venus
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godesses and dead women
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names of places on 433 Eros
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lovers
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names of places on Io
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gods of fire
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65 million years ago
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dinosaurs went byebye
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750 million years ago
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ice age, mass ocean
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4.6 bill yrs
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age of earth
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3-4 billion years
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