A test for Fixr!

**Val** · 05-08-2008, 01:05 PM

Hey Junior ...
do you know what's this planet in this same pic with the moon?

This one:

If you say the name of this planet correctly, Flute will give you a kiss.

**Plastic Flute** · 05-08-2008, 07:43 PM

How come I have to kiss him ? You Kiss him. lol
Id say Earth?

**Val** · 05-08-2008, 08:19 PM

Far from it!
Earth is blue. And there's no possibility to stay at the same pic with the moon.
Try again and you have more two chances! If you say right, so deal, you have my kiss!

**MSFixR** · 05-08-2008, 09:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Plastic Flute

How come I have to kiss him ? You Kiss him. lol
Id say Earth?

Just for that I'm going to give the incorrect answer.

Actually it is Mercury.

**Val** · 05-09-2008, 12:26 PM

Very good Júnior ...

you have my kiss!

**MSFixR** · 05-09-2008, 12:31 PM

Thanks a bunch, Val, but I'll pass on that kiss and defer to Miss Flute.
Pucker up, Plastic!

**Plastic Flute** · 05-09-2008, 08:55 PM

prove that its mercury

**MSFixR** · 05-09-2008, 09:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Plastic Flute

prove that its mercury

1. Look at today's APOD in my signature.
2. Here is one of the pictures Val provided from the NASA site.

**Val** · 05-11-2008, 01:58 AM

Flute ...
Fixr is an Astronomy Professor.

Don't put him in a prove!

**Plastic Flute** · 05-11-2008, 09:42 PM

We wouldnt be friends if I didnt. I bet he knew I was going to ask him that. Plus I think I was set up cause he had that as his sig. already
Another question s/b asked of him while he is online so he cant use wikapedia.

**MSFixR** · 05-12-2008, 06:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Plastic Flute

Another question s/b asked of him while he is online so he cant use wikapedia.

??

**Val** · 05-12-2008, 01:44 PM

I gave Junior an important tip.
We have only two planets that we can see them without telescope.
Mars doesn't have that color, and as I know Junior is an expert in astronomy, I posted in the first pic a planet along with the moon.

And probably Fixr knows that if the planet is below the moon must be Mercury and being above the Moon, Mars.
Junior ... you surprised me.

**MSFixR** · 05-12-2008, 01:55 PM

Actually, Val, you can see Venus quite easily with the naked eye. Jupiter and Saturn are also barely visible under the right atmospheric conditions. Mercury's problem is that it is always so close to the sun that the sun's light obscures it.

**Val** · 05-12-2008, 02:07 PM

But you know that as long as the planet is far from Earth, the difficult increases to find it in the sky using only naked eyes. Jupiter is the biggest and of course we can see it from time to time. Saturn because the rings and so on. But the only two that we can see them almost everyday is Mars and Mercury, you know.

**MSFixR** · 05-12-2008, 02:10 PM

We need Flute to settle this discrepancy.

Samson The Cat · 05-13-2008, 04:55 PM

I've never seen Mercury, although I tried the last evenings. There were always clouds at the horizon. Moon, Saturn and Mars could be seen though.

Samson The Cat · 05-15-2008, 06:17 PM

Try this Val. http://www.stellarium.org/

Just set the correct time on your computer and tell the program your location on the globe. It will calculate the night sky. It's pretty precise. Try to set the date to when eclipses happened. It's cool. The programme is quite precise. It was not only two days off in the last eclipse of Regulus by Venus, which according to Wikipedia happened on the 9th of July 1959.

**Val** · 05-15-2008, 08:12 PM

Hey man ...
very good Samson and thanks!

I'll try it. Seems very cool!

05-08-2008, 01:05 PM	#1 (permalink)
Val Gear Heads Moderator Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Brazil Posts: 7,616 My Profile	A test for Fixr! Hey Junior ... do you know what's this planet in this same pic with the moon? This one: If you say the name of this planet correctly, Flute will give you a kiss.

05-08-2008, 07:43 PM	#2 (permalink)
Plastic Flute ICHiBAN HoOT Join Date: May 2006 Location: New Jersey Posts: 12,848 My Profile	How come I have to kiss him ? You Kiss him. lol Id say Earth? Last edited by Plastic Flute : 05-08-2008 at 08:12 PM.

05-08-2008, 08:19 PM	#3 (permalink)
Val Gear Heads Moderator Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Brazil Posts: 7,616 My Profile	Far from it! Earth is blue. And there's no possibility to stay at the same pic with the moon. Try again and you have more two chances! If you say right, so deal, you have my kiss! Last edited by Val : 05-08-2008 at 08:22 PM.

05-12-2008, 01:44 PM	#12 (permalink)
Val Gear Heads Moderator Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Brazil Posts: 7,616 My Profile	I gave Junior an important tip. We have only two planets that we can see them without telescope. Mars doesn't have that color, and as I know Junior is an expert in astronomy, I posted in the first pic a planet along with the moon. And probably Fixr knows that if the planet is below the moon must be Mercury and being above the Moon, Mars. Junior ... you surprised me. Last edited by Val : 05-12-2008 at 01:59 PM.

05-09-2008, 12:26 PM	#5 (permalink)
Val Gear Heads Moderator Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Brazil Posts: 7,616 My Profile	Very good Júnior ... you have my kiss!

05-09-2008, 12:31 PM	#6 (permalink)
MSFixR Science Boy Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Dante's Inferno, Circle 4 Posts: 8,501 My Profile	Thanks a bunch, Val, but I'll pass on that kiss and defer to Miss Flute. Pucker up, Plastic!

05-09-2008, 08:55 PM	#7 (permalink)
Plastic Flute ICHiBAN HoOT Join Date: May 2006 Location: New Jersey Posts: 12,848 My Profile	prove that its mercury

05-11-2008, 01:58 AM	#9 (permalink)
Val Gear Heads Moderator Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Brazil Posts: 7,616 My Profile	Flute ... Fixr is an Astronomy Professor. Don't put him in a prove!

05-11-2008, 09:42 PM	#10 (permalink)
Plastic Flute ICHiBAN HoOT Join Date: May 2006 Location: New Jersey Posts: 12,848 My Profile	We wouldnt be friends if I didnt. I bet he knew I was going to ask him that. Plus I think I was set up cause he had that as his sig. already Another question s/b asked of him while he is online so he cant use wikapedia.

05-12-2008, 01:55 PM	#13 (permalink)
MSFixR Science Boy Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Dante's Inferno, Circle 4 Posts: 8,501 My Profile	Actually, Val, you can see Venus quite easily with the naked eye. Jupiter and Saturn are also barely visible under the right atmospheric conditions. Mercury's problem is that it is always so close to the sun that the sun's light obscures it.

05-12-2008, 02:07 PM	#14 (permalink)
Val Gear Heads Moderator Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Brazil Posts: 7,616 My Profile	But you know that as long as the planet is far from Earth, the difficult increases to find it in the sky using only naked eyes. Jupiter is the biggest and of course we can see it from time to time. Saturn because the rings and so on. But the only two that we can see them almost everyday is Mars and Mercury, you know.

05-12-2008, 02:10 PM	#15 (permalink)
MSFixR Science Boy Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Dante's Inferno, Circle 4 Posts: 8,501 My Profile	We need Flute to settle this discrepancy.

05-13-2008, 04:55 PM	#16 (permalink)
Samson The Cat Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Thuringia Posts: 2,207 My Profile	I've never seen Mercury, although I tried the last evenings. There were always clouds at the horizon. Moon, Saturn and Mars could be seen though.

05-15-2008, 06:17 PM	#17 (permalink)
Samson The Cat Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Thuringia Posts: 2,207 My Profile	Try this Val. http://www.stellarium.org/ Just set the correct time on your computer and tell the program your location on the globe. It will calculate the night sky. It's pretty precise. Try to set the date to when eclipses happened. It's cool. The programme is quite precise. It was not only two days off in the last eclipse of Regulus by Venus, which according to Wikipedia happened on the 9th of July 1959.

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05-15-2008, 08:12 PM	#18 (permalink)
Val Gear Heads Moderator Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Brazil Posts: 7,616 My Profile	Hey man ... very good Samson and thanks! I'll try it. Seems very cool!