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Our solar system: not like the others? (Original Post) shenmue May 2015 OP
Totally unconvincing rock May 2015 #1
i put it on the level with the quirky uncle ProdigalJunkMail May 2015 #2
Sounds reasonable rock May 2015 #3
yepper... ProdigalJunkMail May 2015 #4
Not like the other ... GeorgeGist May 2015 #5
"we don't know that - that's why you need to build telescopes and make the observations." /nt jakeXT May 2015 #6

rock

(13,218 posts)
1. Totally unconvincing
Fri May 15, 2015, 09:41 AM
May 2015

If you're willing to read far enough, you'll discover that
1) there's nothing between Mercury and the sun;
2) and big o' Jupiter is way far out.

OK, I'll grant that our solar system is different from other other star systems, but not to the point that I'd call it odd.

ProdigalJunkMail

(12,017 posts)
2. i put it on the level with the quirky uncle
Fri May 15, 2015, 10:00 AM
May 2015

certainly nowhere near the leprechaun riding a unicorn...

sP

ProdigalJunkMail

(12,017 posts)
4. yepper...
Fri May 15, 2015, 10:12 AM
May 2015

though i like to think about a leprechaun riding a unicorn to the end of the rainbow in search of his pot of gold... (ok, that got a little weird)

sP

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