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Happy Aphelion
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JagXKR
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Happy Aphelion
https://www.space.com/37371-earth-farth ... elion.html
Thankfully we aren't closer or it would be even hotter.![[icon_lol2.gif]](./images/smilies/icon_lol2.gif ":haha:")
The moment of greatest separation, known as aphelion, comes at 4:11 p.m. EDT (2011 GMT) today, when Earth and the sun will be 94,505,901 miles (152,092,505 kilometers) apart.
Thankfully we aren't closer or it would be even hotter.
Why use a big word when a diminutive one will suffice.
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Queen K
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Re: Happy Aphelion
I'll be celebrating out of the sun today. It's burning my skin out there now. 
As WW3 develops, no one is going to be dissing the "preppers." What have you done?
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Jlabute
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Re: Happy Aphelion
Aphelion is the point in our elliptical orbit when we are farthest from the sun. We were 3 million miles closer to the sun (perihelion) Jan 4, 2017.
Lord Kelvin - When you can measure what you are speaking about, and express it in numbers, you know something about it.
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JagXKR
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Re: Happy Aphelion
Sunlight takes just over 16 seconds longer to get to us today than it did at perihelion. Not even long enough to grab my beer from the fridge and get back to the couch. 
Why use a big word when a diminutive one will suffice.
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Bsuds
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Re: Happy Aphelion
JagXKR wrote:Sunlight takes just over 16 seconds longer to get to us today than it did at perihelion. Not even long enough to grab my beer from the fridge and get back to the couch.
That's why I moved the fridge closer.
My Wife asked me if I knew what her favorite flower was?
Apparently "Robin Hood All Purpose" was the wrong answer!
Apparently "Robin Hood All Purpose" was the wrong answer!
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Jlabute
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Re: Happy Aphelion
Come on, I bet you could do it in 16 seconds, lol it's longer than it sounds. :-)
Lord Kelvin - When you can measure what you are speaking about, and express it in numbers, you know something about it.