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The15thMember:

--- Quote from: Michael Bush on January 30, 2023, 01:52:59 pm ---My brother gave me this one.  I tried to get my son and my granddaughter to set it up.  It's even got a motor to track etc.  I don't know how well it tracks though.  Probably better than nothing.  If you come to visit or to go to Bee Camp, you're welcome to set it up and see what you think.  :)

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Sounds fun!  Nebraska is a little far for me, :wink: but maybe if I end up out that way some time. 

Kathyp:
Just finished this book for a little alt history fun:  https://grahamhancock.com/magicians/

He has some interesting perspectives and in this book, one of those ideas is the return of a previous planet killer comet.  Sometimes alt is correct.  I always figure it's worth knowing

The15thMember:

--- Quote from: Kathyp on February 24, 2023, 04:30:00 pm ---Just finished this book for a little alt history fun:  https://grahamhancock.com/magicians/

He has some interesting perspectives and in this book, one of those ideas is the return of a previous planet killer comet.  Sometimes alt is correct.  I always figure it's worth knowing

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It's true.  This comet wasn't even discovered until it was already inside the orbit of Jupiter, which would be pretty late to do anything if the thing was on a collision course. 

Michael Bush:
When Halley couldn't account mathematically for differences in the recurrence of the comet (named after him now) he was directed to Isaac Newton who had the math to solve it.  When he asked Newton why he didn't publish this math of his, he was told that Newton couldn't afford it.  So Halley helped finance the publication of Philosophi? Naturalis Principia Mathematica in 1687 and changed the world.

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