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Neptune Finally Makes First Orbit Around the Sun Since Discovery In 1846

Posted August 19, 2010 9:27 AM

From Yahoo! News: Science News:

SPACE.com - The planet Neptune will be in opposition — when the sun, Earth, and a planet fall in a straight line on Aug. 20. The planet will be exactly opposite the sun in the sky, being highest in the sky at local midnight. Usually this is also the point where the planet is closest to the Earth.

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08/19/2010 9:30 PM

Oh boy, now for the lunatic fringe to start spreading such nonsense such as how the gravitational pull of Neptune will wreck havoc on the Earth with only followers of their respective cults being saved etc.

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08/20/2010 6:11 AM

Not while they have global warming to rely on! Surely.

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08/20/2010 3:09 PM

Surely the dark side of the force has more control over the people on earth than a measly planet

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