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    lomas de chapultepec Recognized Member eestlinc's Avatar
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    yea i figured i'd ruin all the fun.

    i swear i've seen uranus without a telescope before. maybe not.

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    [q="Mr. Mimic"]
    [q="Yamenko"]
    Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn.
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    Correct! You win!

    I was hoping that people would forget that Earth is visible with the naked eye, but eest got that in the first try.
    [/q]

    He forgot Uranus. Though Uranus wasn't discovered until William Herschel found it with a telescope in 1781, it can actually be seen with the naked eye on a dark enough night.

    Link: <a href="http://www.badastronomy.com/bitesize/solar_system/uranus.html">Proof</a>
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    Dark enough nights don't exist in LA. But yeah, I admit defeat.

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    Nothing personal, I'm just a big fan of the Bad Astronomy website, and part of their goal is to clear up misconceptions like that, so I had to do something.
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    Huh, I never new that. Cool. Good to know.
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    i feel better now!

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    The sun, moon, Venus, and parts of Earth.

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    who plows the coverd bridge? VT or NH?

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    The troll that lives under it!
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