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Our solar system: not like the others? (Original Post)
shenmue
May 2015
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rock
(13,218 posts)1. Totally unconvincing
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
certainly nowhere near the leprechaun riding a unicorn...
sP
rock
(13,218 posts)3. Sounds reasonable
I.e. normal expected variation (no leprechaun or unicorn required).
ProdigalJunkMail
(12,017 posts)4. yepper...
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
GeorgeGist
(25,319 posts)5. Not like the other ...
jakeXT
(10,575 posts)6. "we don't know that - that's why you need to build telescopes and make the observations." /nt