Monday, September 29, 2003

Forest for the Trees Department

From a Space.com article about the current favorable planet-viewing conditions:
Here is a trivia question: How many planets are visible without a telescope? Most people will answer "five" (Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn). But if you answered "six," congratulations, you can go to the head of the class!



That sixth world that can be spied without optical aid is the planet Uranus.
[Clears throat.] Um, seven. Look down, buddy.

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