#the moon considered a planet a world and a satellite

[tenth-sentence]

The book follows the account of the solar system's origin given by the great French astronomer Pierre-Simon Laplace: a nebula of dust and gas collapsed in on itself because of Newtonian gravitation.

"The Moon: A History for the Future" - Oliver Morton

[grunckle]

On stars, guardians, and Rain World’s cosmology.

One aspect of Rain World lore that’s asked about quite a lot but normally never gets satisfying answers is the topic or Rain World’s space/universe/cosmology. Despite first impressions though, there’s a lot more it than meets the eye, so I thought I would compile most everything we know about it.

For one, to get it out of the way, Rain World isn’t on a planet, and its universe is fundamentally different from our own. This is something Joar has talked about on occasion.

He also said on an earlier dev log how Rain World functions more like a fantasy world where it doesn’t hold much relevance than a real sci-fi like planet.

“Oh, another thing - Rain World isn't a planet lol Cheesy Or I guess it might probably be on a planet, just as Lord of The Rings, Sex And The City, Zelda and Frankenstein's Monster are probably technically on a planet, but just as in those examples the planet aspect isn't really relevant at all. Rain World is more of a fantasy world or a dream world, not somewhere you can go in a space ship ~”

But even if it’s not incredibly relevant, it’s clear a lot of thought was put into Rain Worlds fictional cosmology, this was even mentioned by James.

So, that being said here's what we know about Rain World's cosmology in game.

The biggest indicator of Rain World's unique cosmology is that the Farm Arrays deep pink pearl just mentions celestial spheres, which are aspects of older cosmological models.

"This one is just plain text. I will read it to you. "On regards of the (by spiritual splendor eternally graced) people of the Congregation of Never Dwindling Righteousness, we Wish to congratulate (o so thankfully) this Facility on its Loyal and Relished services, and to Offer our Hopes and Aspirations that the Fruitful and Mutually Satisfactory Cooperation may continue, for as long as the Stars stay fixed on their Celestial Spheres and/or the Cooperation continues to be Fruitful and Mutually Satisfactory." ...May Not as long as the Stars stay fixed on their Celestial Spheres Grey Hand, Impure Blood, Inheritable Corruption, Parasites, or malfunction settle in Your establishment."

More subtly, there's also a mention of the ground colliding with the sky.

"If you leave a stone on the ground, and come back some time later, it's covered in dust. This happens everywhere, and over several lifetimes of creatures such as you, the ground slowly builds upwards. So why doesn't the ground collide with the sky? Because far down, under the very very old layers of the earth, the rock is being dissolved or removed. The entity which does this is known as the Void Sea."

You could chalk this line up to flowery language, but considering the presentation of the rest of the dialogue, it sounds more like an actual aspect of this world.

We know from the Chimney Canopy echo that the sun rises.

"From within my vessel of flesh, I would perch upon this spot to observe the rising of the sun."

And from the top of The Wall we can see the moon and stars (confirmed to be stars by Joar in the previous screenshot, instead of satellites or something else) , which are green!

So, what does this all mean? I think we can entail a few things with what they've given us.

For one, the mention of the ground colliding with the sky implies some sort of firmament, which isn't an unusual concept in the general realm of celestial spheres.

But on the topic of celestial spheres, the pearl actually isn't the only place we see the concept. Guardian halos are very similar to depictions of celestial spheres, and also astrological clocks.

You can make of this as you will, perhaps the astrological references being tied to guardians could hint at the nature of karma, but there isn't much to really delve into that idea.

For what it's worth, celestial spheres are also core concepts in Gnosticism, which Rain World is heavily inspired by. I explain it more in this post about Void Worms, but for a quick synopsis in Gnosticism there are seven planetary spheres, and an eighth above them; the planets and stars are fixed to their spheres. These things just further cement the fact that celestial spheres seem to be a key aspect of Rain World's cosmology, and it would also likely imply it's universe follows a geocentric model.

For a bit of a more out-there theory, people have pointed out how the view atop the wall stretches really far, going far beyond what we could see on a spherical planet like Earth, which has led some to theorize that the world is also flat.

But what is probably the most important aspect of Rain World's cosmology is the nature of dust. Dust builds up, and the bedrock of the world is eaten away at by the Void Sea. Civilizations rise and fall into the sea as new ones are built above it. Many, including myself, believe that the world exists in a sort of state of equilibrium. The world is dissolved from the bottom, then that falls back on the world as dust; even in the final moments of the game we see dust suspended in the void sea depths.

And hey, even void worms are described as being star-like.

"Oh, interesting. This is a diary entry of a pre-Iterator era laborer during the construction of the subterranean transit system south of here. In it they describe restless nights filled with disturbing dreams, where millions glowing stars move menacingly in the distance."

Cyclical, recursive, something else entirely? We can never really pin down the true nature of Rain World's cosmology, but the things we do get hint at something strange and unique. It's such an interesting aspect of the lore, and it seems like Videocult will continue to make mysterious cosmologies in their future projects...

[uwmspeccoll]

It’s Feral Friday! 

Sometimes getting feral simply entails pondering the familiar from an unconsidered perspective and finding fascination in the everyday. This week we’ve selected a work from our Book Arts Collection that does just that. Sarah Peters’ The Moon Has No Weather is a book that posits the earth’s natural satellite as its own archivist—a celestial body with no atmosphere whose physical history is preserved on its windless, waterless surface.  

Inspired by an installation of Peters’ work at the Minnesota Center for Book Arts, The Moon Has No Weather was produced during her residency at the Women’s Studio Workshop and published as an artist’s book in 2013 in Rosendale, NY. The text was letterpress printed in Fox typeface (designed by Chad Kloepfer) on Magnani Arturo paper. The book also includes hand-marbled Hahnemühle Bugra, Thai Mulberry, and handmade abaca papers, as well as selected pages from scientific lab books and a 1984 Polish electronics manual.  

Wanna learn more about how this book was made? You can follow along with Peters’ production process here. Wanna learn more about the thought process behind it? Check out this 1885 text The Moon: considered as a planet, a world, and a satellite (also available for loan through the UWM library catalog).  

--Ana, Special Collections Graduate Intern

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[ranahan]

What do you think is the correct word for "greater Mandalorian space"? I've seen 'Mandalase', don't remember where though, and have been using Tra'Manda in my own fics. Is there anything established in canon/fanon?

Good question! I’ve pondered it myself and the answer I’ve arrived at is that there should probably be several words.

See, what is meant by “the greater Mandalorian space” probably varies depending on the time and the speaker and the context, because the Mandalorian civilisation is a bit like the Roman civilisation: do you mean Rome the city, Rome the administrative region, the Roman Empire, or the Roman world as a cultural area?

For Mandalore we have at least these different senses:

Mandalore the planet (“Mandalore actual” or Manda’yaim)

Mandalore system (which includes at least three other inhabited planets and moons)

Mandalore sector

The entire area of space administered by the Mandalorian government (which is never really defined in canon)

Mandalorian Empire (historical)

The wider Mandalorian cultural area/area influenced or historically a part of the Mandalorian Empire

The indented words are from the unedited parts of my dictionary, so they are somewhat tentative and I’m not necessarily married to them. However this is what I currently have.

#1

The first is easy, the planet Mandalore is called Manda’yaim in Mando’a.

Manda’yaim: 1 the planet Mandalore, the fifth planet in the Mandalore system, capital world of the Mandalorians; 2 during periods of diaspora, can also refer to other Mandalorian areas or enclaves

haat’manda’yaim: Manda'yaim proper; planet Mandalore in contrast to its satellite Concordia, other planets in the Mandalore system, other Mandalorian worlds, or Mandalorian enclaves of the Mandalorian diaspora

#2

The Mandalorian system we can probably form directly from the word for a star system, perhaps Mando’tolase, lit. Mandalorian system, assuming tolase is also the word used for star systems and not just for other kinds of systems (not sure which way I lean on it tbh). Or Manda’tolase, if you subscribe to the fandom take that the star Mandalore is named Manda (or a variation thereof).

Or people might colloquially refer to the Mandalorian system also as Manda’lase.

I imagine there’s probably some kind of interplanetary law which defines what area of space is considered to belong to a planetary system and what is “international waters”/deep space.

#3-4

The third is what I suppose you were asking about. I’ve seen Manda’lase all over the place, but I don’t actually know where it came from—if anyone does know, please let me know! Linguistically the derivation goes something like this: manda ‘the shared Mandalorian oversoul’ > manda’la ‘having the Mandalorian soul, i.e. Mandalorian’ > Manda’lase ‘all of Mandalorians collectively’. In any case, I rather like it and have been using it myself since it seems about as established as anything in Fando’a.

Edit: Manda’lase appears to have been coined by Batsutousai; thanks for @johamur for pointing it out!

Mando’tra, Mandalorian space could also work. Manda’tra, substituting the word mando ‘mandalorian’ for manda ‘soul’, sounds to me a bit like the emphasis is on the shared culture less than the shared administration. Not that Mandalorians themselves necessarily see a big difference there.

It’s unclear whether Mandalore sector refers to a geographical area or an administrative region. I guess in everyday speech, people might conflate the two and use Manda’lase for both. So you might end up with a definition something like the following:

Manda’lase: 1 Mandalorian space; 2 Mandalorian system; 3 Mandalorian sector (colloquially)

In any case, I haven’t come up with a word for sector I like yet, although it’s on my list of needed words.

#5-6

For the historical Mandalorian Empire, I have:

Mando’alorai (or Mand’alorai): 1 Mandalorian Empire (historical); 2 still sometimes used of the regions that used to be governed by the Empire as a cultural area

alorai (n): 1 empire; 2 realm, domain, holding, governed area

Where alorai is either a portmanteau of alor + veeray, or alor + the same nominal suffix -ai we have in e.g. parjai.

Another option is:

Ori’Manda’lase: Mandalorian Empire (lit. Great Mandalore); Greater Mandalore, the historical region of space once controlled by the Mandalorian Empire

ori’manda’la (a): imperial (of Mandalorian Empire specifically, not other empires); of or belonging to Greater Mandalore, the historical region once controlled by Mandalorian Empire

ori’manda’lase tugoten (n): Mandalorian Empire Revivalism (Revanchism), an ideology on Mandalore that supports the revival of the Mandalorian Empire and a return to Mandalore's conquering days.

ori’manda’lase tugotenii (n): Mandalorian Empire revivalist, a supporter of Mandalorian Empire Revivalism. Tugotenii for short.

I’m using revivalism and revivalist over revanchism and revanchist, because in the Star Wars universe revanchists could be confused with supporters of Revan.

In any case, I think context should determine whether you mean the historical empire as a nation state, or the historical empire as a current area of cultural influence. Most reasonable beings would use Mandalorian Empire in either of these two senses, but then you have the likes of Tor Vizsla, who’d probably use a term with a similar sense to “Greater Russia”, i.e. areas that “should” belong to or be returned to Mandalorian governance.

I have some other scattered words and thoughts about Mandalorian government and citizenship, but this is already pretty long. In any case, that’s what a quick search through my dictionary file brought up, hope you found something to your liking!

[ayngels-sunbook]

Guys here's my idea about the life series planet theory.

- Giran or Grainye (is that right for the name?) is a name / word translating to Sun. Also, Grian made the games. Grian was the force that birthed the life and soul into the games. Grian is the Sun, for he gave life to the series and it's worlds.

- Scott, Now hear me out, Scott's Unicorn. Unicorn is one of if not the closest black hole to our Sun and it's Solar System. Now Scott could also be a Unicorn due to Scottish myths or whatever. But Scott's Unicorn / A Black Hole since he stole the food from the watchers and refuses to give into their food & their wants. Scott's defiant to the Watchers, and will consume all of their potential energy by alliance and community. Which would be seen as defiance and consumption by the watchers.

- Pearl, Pearls the moon, the moon represents Feminity, Silence, Tranquility, and water. Pearl is the yin to Grian's yang, she's chaotic and emotional (in a good way ofc!!) and she embodies the personification of a satellite. She hovers over and “protects” or even “Watches over” the other players she cares about.

- Martyn, Martyn is Mars, since he wasn't defiant, but he was aggressive. He fought and fought and fought against anything his red heart could find. He fought by the skin of his teeth, he kept gaining information that was against the watchers, he unfortunately succumed to the pressure and power of the Sun / Watchers.

(Granted Martyn could also contest for Jupiter as he has the pressure and power of a Star, but his anger or “red spot” took over him.)

- Scar, Scar's Pluto. Scar's Pluto since he was isolated from all of the other players during his time and for most of his time in he life series so far. He had to be recognized by the watchers before he could ever get himself an actual team. And that team were two Canaries (or dwarf planets, sorry) that never won. Two canaries that are far separated from the other victors of this death match. Scar used his trickery and Wealth to fight to the death, and even then. Scar won? Scar won against a former Victor, a player similar to him, a player that was powerful, and cool kept, until they were split apart. Then they fought, and fought, and used their raw power to win. Scar fought against someone who was almost there, but wasn't enough for the watchers. Scar won against the only other “non-luminous” or “dark” celestial object that was deemed to small to be considered significant. Scar fought against someone he trusted, and won, by his own hands. But the Watchers didn't care, the watchers threw him out, and were to focused on the Sun to care as Pluto, a once fast, and bright planet, was thrown out of orbit, and barely hung on, it's decent started at its discovery. Just like it's planet, scar was deemed, not enough for the watchers and was casted aside.

(this isn't ANY hate to ANYONE, especially with scars section, I just started writing and didn't look back, sorry if it sounds rude! 😭 Also I meant that Scar fought against someone who was also “not enough” or too insignificant for the watchers, and won, but his victory was over Shadowed by the people saying OMG ITS DESERT DUO !!!!!... GIRL PLEASE SHUT UP ABT DESERT DUO 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭.)

[talonabraxas]

The Sky This Week from May 31 to June 7: A Jupiter-Mercury conjunction

The parade of planets starts as two worlds come close and the Moon moves on down the line in the sky this week.

Friday, May 31 Although the Leo Trio of galaxies gets quite a lot of fame, these aren’t the only deep-sky objects to chase down within the Lion. With no Moon in the sky after sunset tonight, consider hunting down another of this constellation’s galactic gems: NGC 2903. In fact, many skywatchers wonder how Messier could have missed this gorgeous spiral, whose brightness is on par with other galaxies the Frenchman did spot in Leo.

NGC 2903 sits just below the big cat’s “chin.” To find it, first look west an hour after sunset, where Leo is slowly making its way down toward the horizon, now 50° high. You’ll easily spot the constellation’s alpha star, magnitude 1.4 Regulus, as one of the brighter suns in this region of sky.

From Regulus, see if you can find the rest of the Sickle asterism, which looks like a backwards question mark in the sky. The Sickle’s blade ends at 3rd-magnitude Epsilon (ϵ) Leonis; from this star, scan 3.3° west to land on 4th-magnitude Lambda (λ) Leo. And from there, simply drop 1.5° south to view magnitude 8.9 NGC 2903.

This spiral galaxy is roughly twice as long as it is wide, stretching about 12.6′ on its long axis. It is considered one of the finest NGC objects, and a medium-sized telescope (4 inches or so) will begin to resolve its brighter nucleus and fainter halo into distinct regions.

Sunrise: 5:34 A.M. Sunset: 8:22 P.M. Moonrise: 2:06 A.M. Moonset: 1:52 P.M. Moon Phase: Waning crescent (39%)

*Times for sunrise, sunset, moonrise, and moonset are given in local time from 40° N 90° W. The Moon’s illumination is given at 12 P.M. local time from the same location.

Saturday, June 1 June opens with a gorgeous dark evening sky that might allow you to catch a glimpse of noctilucent clouds floating high above the northern horizon. These stunning, reflective clouds are unique in that they are composed of ice crystals that condense largely on high-up dust particles left behind as meteorites streak into the atmosphere.

Noctilucent clouds form in the mesosphere, some 60 miles (100 kilometers) above the ground. Because they are so high up, they can remain in sunlight long after the Sun has gone down for those on the ground, thanks to the curvature of Earth. Thus, these clouds can appear to shine high in the sky even in the dark of night, while lower, “normal” clouds are dark blots without illumination.

There’s no special equipment needed to view noctilucent clouds, just a little luck and some patience. Step outside an hour or two after darkness falls and turn your gaze north. Note that even though they’re high in the atmosphere, these clouds may be low on your northern horizon depending on your latitude, so try to get to a viewing site where that direction is clear of both obstacles and artificial lights. Look for wispy, silvery clouds that appear lit up rather than dark or dusty. Like the aurora, noctilucent clouds can come and go, and displays may ramp up slowly — but hopefully the mild weather and moonless skies will allow for some additional stargazing even if no night-shining clouds appear!

Sunrise: 5:33 A.M. Sunset: 8:23 P.M. Moonrise: 2:30 A.M. Moonset: 3:05 P.M. Moon Phase: Waning crescent (28%)

Sunday, June 2 The Moon reaches perigee, the closest point to Earth in its orbit, at 3:16 A.M. EDT. At that time, our satellite will be 228,728 miles (368,102 km) away.

The Moon then passes 2° north of Mars at 8 P.M. EDT. Both are visible in the morning as part of the line of planets now shining in the pre-dawn sky. So, step outside early this morning about an hour before sunrise to find Mars and the Moon both in Pisces, standing 15° high at that time in the east.

The waning Moon lies west of Mars early this morning, sitting to the Red Planet’s upper right in the sky. By tomorrow morning at the same time, the Moon will be an even thinner crescent to the east of Mars, having moved to its lower left.

An hour before dawn, three planets in the six-world lineup are already visible. Mars and Saturn are both 1st magnitude, with Saturn far to Mars’ upper right (west) in Aquarius, nearly 30° high at this time. Neptune lies between them in Pisces, about 5.5° below magnitude 4.5 Lambda Piscium. The distant ice giant is magnitude 7.8 and requires binoculars or a telescope to spot.

Wait 30 more minutes, and Uranus (magnitude 5.8 — again, requiring optical aid) and Mercury (magnitude –1) have risen, with Uranus some 4.5° high and Mercury just 1.5° high. Magnitude –2 Jupiter is just rising at that time, and will need a bit longer to climb above the horizon. See if you can catch it just before sunrise, though be careful to look away and stop using binoculars or a telescope several minutes before the Sun rises from your location, which may differ from the time given below.

This lineup of planets will feature throughout the week, especially as the Moon passes through the line and Mercury and Jupiter meet in a close conjunction in just two days. Stay tuned!

Sunrise: 5:33 A.M. Sunset: 8:24 P.M. Moonrise: 2:54 A.M. Moonset: 4:18 P.M. Moon Phase: Waning crescent (18%)

Monday, June 3 Asteroid 2 Pallas is currently moving through Corona Borealis, now within the constellation’s southeastern border. Tonight, the 9th-magnitude asteroid sits just 20′ from a magnitude 6.5 field star, but there’s actually a much easier way to find it.

Because of its location and the rotation of Earth, you can let nature do the work for you. Center your telescope on magnitude 4.1 Epsilon Coronae Borealis and simply lock it in place without tracking, so the sky appears to drift past. Within 20 minutes, Pallas will be in the center of the field!

Corona Borealis has been recently making headlines for a different star: T CrB, a star just 1° southeast of Epsilon. Normally magnitude 10 and requiring the aid of binoculars or a telescope to see, T CrB is expected to suddenly and briefly flare sometime in the next few months, reaching a naked-eye magnitude of roughly 2. Tonight, Pallas is nearly 3.5° east-northeast of T CrB; it will close in on the variable over the next few weeks and pass within ¼° of the star later this month.

Sunrise: 5:33 A.M. Sunset: 8:24 P.M. Moonrise: 3:21 A.M. Moonset: 5:34 P.M. Moon Phase: Waning crescent (10%)

Tuesday, June 4 Let’s hop back to that parade of planets early this morning to check out a close conjunction as Mercury passes 0.1° south of Jupiter at 6 A.M. EDT.

At that time, sunrise has already reached the East Coast, while the two planets are just rising in the Midwest. Mercury lies just to the lower right of Jupiter and binoculars or a telescope will show both within the same field of view. No matter your time zone, you can catch the pair about 20 minutes before local sunrise, when they are some 2° to 3° high. It’s definitely a challenging view, but a rewarding one. Note that Mercury will continue sliding east over time, so those in time zones farther west may see Mercury directly below or even to the lower left of Jupiter in the sky.

They’re a stunning contrast — the solar system’s smallest and largest planet, together in one view! Mercury spans some 5″ and appears nearly 90 percent lit. Nearby, Jupiter is more than six times as wide at 33″ and is fully illuminated by the Sun. Its four Galilean moons are on display, though they will be hard to make out in the growing twilight. In the eastern half of the U.S., Europa is just finishing a transit across the disk, slipping off just 10 minutes before sunrise in the Midwest, so take care if you’re trying to follow the event. After that, Europa lies closest to the planet to the west, with Callisto farther west. Io lies closest to Jupiter on the east, and Ganymede sits farther east.

Moving down the line of planets, the Moon passes 4° north of Uranus at 9 P.M. EDT tonight.

And earlier in the day, Venus reaches superior conjunction at noon EDT, which is why it’s currently invisible in the bright glare of our star.

Sunrise: 5:32 A.M. Sunset: 8:25 P.M. Moonrise: 3:51 A.M. Moonset: 6:50 P.M. Moon Phase: Waning crescent (4%)

Wednesday, June 5 The Moon now passes 5° north of Jupiter at 10 A.M. EDT. The slim crescent will be a real challenge to observe, although according to longtime Astronomy contributor Stephen James O’Meara, there are some unique and beautiful effects to be seen if you can manage it.

See if you can catch the nearly New Moon in the sky shortly before dawn. If you do, you might experience the lunar blackdrop effect, which can cast dark stripes on the last illuminated bits of the lunar crescent. These stripes aren’t real, but are instead an illusion caused by both the diffraction of sunlight and the turbulence of our atmosphere, through which we are viewing the Moon (and all other celestial objects). In fact, you might notice these stripes dance, waver, or disappear and reappear if you’re able to follow the slim crescent over time. The more turbulent the atmosphere — and the poorer your local seeing — the more likely you are to see the stripes.

Particularly intrepid observers can try to catch this effect again tomorrow morning, just hours before the Moon finally reaches its New phase.

Sunrise: 5:32 A.M. Sunset: 8:26 P.M. Moonrise: 4:26 A.M. Moonset: 8:05 P.M. Moon Phase: Waning crescent (1%)

Thursday, June 6 New Moon occurs at 8:38 A.M. EDT this morning, leaving our sky dark, moonless, and perfect for deep-sky observers.

Longtime observers know that although the images of galaxies and nebulae we see are often stunningly multicolored, most objects don’t show off vivid hues through the eyepiece when visually observing. But some do, and one of these is NGC 7662, also called the Blue Snowball and the brightest planetary nebula in the constellation Andromeda.

You’ll want to catch this object in the early-morning sky, after around 3:30 A.M. local daylight time, when Andromeda has risen well above the eastern horizon. The Blue Snowball is located in the western portion of the constellation, just under 2.5° west-southwest of magnitude 4.3 Iota (ι) Andromedae. The nebula itself is magnitude 8.3 and roughly 30″ across; it’s easy to capture in most instruments. Smaller scopes will show a small, grayish smudge. But you’ll want a larger scope to pull out its deep blue color — something in the 8- to 10-inch or larger range is a good start, but bigger is better! Make sure to use high magnification as well for the best chances at a glimpse of its beautiful blue hue.

Sunrise: 5:32 A.M. Sunset: 8:26 P.M. Moonrise: 5:11 A.M. Moonset: 9:15 P.M. Moon Phase: New

Friday, June 7 Tonight offers the first of several chances in the coming days to catch Comet 13P/Olbers near NGC 2281, a 5th-magnitude open cluster in Auriga the Charioteer.

You’ll need to be quick, though, as the constellation is setting in the west just behind the Sun. An hour to an hour and a half after sunset, you’ll want your telescope trained on eastern Auriga, just to the lower right of the bright stars Castor and Pollux in Gemini. Tonight, Olbers lies some 5.7° north-northwest of magnitude 3.6 Theta (θ) Geminorum and just 2.2° southwest of NGC 2281. The comet is currently around 8th magnitude, so a few magnitudes fainter than the open cluster but still bright enough to pick up in relatively small scopes as long as the atmosphere is clear and calm. An observing site that is slightly elevated above its surroundings and with a clear western horizon will help, too.

Discovered by William Herschel in 1788, NGC 2281 is a loose collection of young stars spanning about ¼°. Astronomers estimate the cluster is some 435 million years old. It is among many open clusters in Auriga, including the three Messier objects M36, M37, and M38. Of these, M37 is believed to be closest to NGC 2281 in age, based on the clusters’ rotational rates.

Sunrise: 5:31 A.M. Sunset: 827 P.M. Moonrise: 6:04 A.M. Moonset: 10:15 P.M. Moon Phase: Waxing crescent (2%)

The Sethian Gnosis by talon Abraxas

[literallyjusthereformods]

Sims 4 Loredump #1

My world is divided up into a diverse array of sapient species, most of which possess the ability to interbreed, leading to a societal majority of hybrids that can trace their heritage across several species. But there are a few main categories to consider.

Terrestrials: A culmination of planetary natives, including all primarily land-dwelling sapients. Terrestrials arose naturally through evolution.

Aquatics: The water-born counterpart to terrestrials. Consists of sapients native to the planet that primarily live underwater. Aquatics, too, came to be from evolution.

Extraterrestrials: A giant category containing any sapient non-native to the planet. This includes species that evolved on planetary satellites, such as species that are native to the moon.

Occults: Entities of an unexplained origin, assumed to violate the known laws of reality. This is most commonly reserved for cryptids.

Androids: Artificially produced mechanical sapients are collectively considered Androids. Their sapience was proven not long ago, resulting in their liberation from previously designated service. Unlike AI that has been trained to mimic the functions of sapients, android technology was created by recreating the brain itself in a digital medium. Hormones are replaced by variables, for instance.

Existentials: Creatures who strongly affect existence or are strongly related to the nature of the universe itself (such as creatures who have been around since the beginning of the universe.) Technically, any other creature could become an ‘Existential’ on these caveats, if they acquire the right power. A few sapient species have reached this point. But most Existentials, such as Demons, were born into the role they have.

[bremser]

James Nasmyth, Back of Hand and Shrivelled Apple, 1874 Two Woodburytypes from The Moon: Considered as a Planet, a World, and a Satellite (New York: Scribner and Welford, 1885)

[unknown-lifeform]

Ok but like. I've been thinking of technology in ff7 and parallels between the ff7 timeline and ours and honestly the differences just. They make sense. More than this first paragraph does for sure at least

So. Let's try to assume that the year 0000 in ff7 corresponds to our 2000. So the 90's in ff7 correspond to our 90's, the 80's to our 80's, and so on. Obviously there are some massive differences in technological advancement, especially with Remake/Rebirth giving people smartphones as opposed to the flip phones of the earlier games. If we go with the Remake/Rebirth version, that's more advanced than our early 2000's. Robotics and AI are obviously ages ahead in ff7 compared to us. Possibly bioengineering too, but that can be explained by ff7 having mako and monsters and Jenova when we obviously don't.

But when you think about it, it makes sense. It's about war. Shinra has been actively at war for decades before canon (Wutai in the 90's, and before that the Junon Republic). And it's also fundamentally a technological juggernaut with endless money to throw at research. Robotics and AI being advanced? Shinra uses mechas as weapons, sometimes Wutai never seems to have done. Of course that sector is way more developed, Shinra had an interest in making better, smarter weapons. Smartphones? Obviously developing communication technology is important if you want to take over the world. And once the war is over, Shinra can charmingly recycle their discoveries in things people will like

We can consider instead what the ff7 world doesn't have. There are no high speed trains, or long distance trains at all. Shinra doesn't have a use for it. Wutai was an island so trains wouldn't get Shinra there. Rebirth tells us the Republic of Junon had plenty of roads, but Shinra let them fall apart after taking over, because no use for roads when you can fly your operatives around, and everyone else can suck it up. Why would they even think about things like trains? There are also no power plants outside of mako reactors, obviously, and the only traces that energy sources other than mako were ever used are Corel's abandoned coal mines and as for Rebirth some abandoned Junon era windmills. Oh, and the abandoned oil fields On the Way to a Smile mentions. None are exactly the latest technology when it comes to energy production. Because Shinra would have to be insane to invest a single cent in any kind of energy research that isn't mako

And of course, space technology. In our world, Yuri Gagarin was in space in 1961, and we had people on the moon before the end of the 60's. And why was that? Because of the space race, because we had the Cold War, and sending someone into space was an amazing way to show off your country was the best country, and so both the US and the USSR funneled money into space research. In ff7? There was no Cold War. No rush to develop space technology by the 60's. Maybe the Republic of Junon or whoever would have worked it out at a slower pace, but then Shinra started its very much not cold wars, and there was no reason to invest into a space program then. Not when money and resources could make weapons, instead of rockets. Only after the end of the Wutai War was Cid sent to go into space - as a publicity stunt from Shinra, of course. And when his launch failed (for safety issues, may I add), Shinra didn't bother to make another. No point in it. No need to show how great your technology is when no one else on the Planet is making technology

I mean I'm sure Shinra has satellites because they gotta make those smartphones work somehow. But as of the early 2000's, no one was into space. Shinra's space program is scrapped, and has Palmer of all people in charge. It seems the only people who actually care to study the universe are the planetologists in Cosmo Canyon. So is astrophysics just considered some useless hippy science in the ff7 world? You can't squeeze mako out of space, so let's just not bother with it ever?

I'm just having a massive moment about technological advancement and scientific research being subservient to whatever the latest global imperialist superpower and what its practical wants and needs are. And also how in ff7 the only scientists we see are either on the Shinra payroll, all on varying levels of unethical experimentation, or in Cosmo Canyon, which I don't think gets a lot of research grants on average, or the engineers left jobless around in Rocket Town after the failed lunch. Want a career in science, either get consumed by the evil megacorporation and lose whatever morals you might have had, or get fucked

[spacenutspod]

For a little over a month now, the Earth has been joined by a new ‘mini-moon.’ The object is an asteroid that has been temporarily accompanying Earth on its journey around the Sun. By 25th November it will have departed but before then, astronomers across the world have been turning their telescopes to study it. A new paper of 2024 PT5 reveals its basaltic nature – similar to volcanic rocks on Earth – with a composition that makes it similar to lunar material. There have been many close encounters to Earth allowing many of its secrets to be unveiled. The Moon is perhaps one of the most well known astronomical objects. It’s Earth’s only permanent natural satellite and has been in orbit since early in the planet’s history. It lies approximately 384,400 kilometres away and has played a crucial part in stabilising are axial tilt and regulating the climate and seasons. In addition to the Moon we are occasionally joined by asteroids that briefly orbit around the Earth before continuing their journey through the Solar System.  The partial lunar eclipse from October 2023 as seen from Oxfordshire UK. Credit: Mary McIntyre FRAS. 2024 PT5 is a small asteroid that has served as a temporary “mini-moon” for Earth, orbiting near the planet for about six weeks. Analysis has revealed that the asteroid spins rapidly, completing one full rotation in under an hour and measures no more than 15 metres across. While it will leave Earth’s vicinity in just a few days, its brief presence has offered valuable insight and data on the properties of near-Earth objects. Space agencies like NASA and ESA are both exploring commercial space operations to support the growing global space economy. Exploring and mining asteroids is an activity that is well suited to this endeavour. Asteroids like 2024 PT5 which is in close proximity to Earth is well suited to this. The paper that has been published in Astronomy & Astrophysics and was authored by R. de la Fuente Marcos and a team of Spanish astronomers. The asteroid Dimorphos was captured by NASA’s DART mission just two seconds before the spacecraft struck its surface on Sept. 26, 2022. Observations of the asteroid before and after impact suggest it is a loosely packed “rubble pile” object. Credit: NASA/JHUAPL The study focussed attention on changes to the short-term orbital properties and used N-body simulations (a technique to simulate a dynamic system under other physical forces such as the force of gravity.) They also explored the spectral class of the asteroid from reflectance spectra analysis obtained with the OSIRIS spectrograph and assessed its rotational properties. The team confirmed that 2024 PT5 is a natural object (thankfully) that has a spectra which is consisted with the so called Sv-type asteroid, similar to breccia found in the Lunar mare. Assessment of its rotational properties revealed it is completing one rotation in less than an hour. They could not rule out whether the asteroid was tumbling in an erratic fashion, further analysis is needed. Finally through astrometric observations the team concluded that the orbits of 2024 PT5 and 2022 NX1 (another near Earth asteroid which is just 10 metres across) are very similar.  Both ESA and NASA now consider a cost-effective strategy for NEO missions essential with a focus on small body science and planetary defence. The approach includes reusing and active missions and identifying accessible objects like 2022 NX1 and 2024 PT5 using ground-based observatories.   Source : Basaltic mini-moon: Characterizing 2024 PT5 with the 10.4 m Gran Telescopio Canarias and the Two-meter Twin Telescope The post Here’s What We Know About Earth’s Temporary Mini-Moon appeared first on Universe Today.

[spacetimewithstuartgary]

Anthropologists call for tracking and preservation of human artifacts on Mars

Are human spacecraft, landers, rovers and other space-exploration debris little more than trash littering the surface of Mars, or the modern equivalent of Clovis points—treasured artifacts marking Homo sapiens' lust for new frontiers?

A new paper by University of Kansas anthropologist Justin Holcomb argues physical artifacts of human Martian exploration deserve cataloging, preservation and care in order to chronicle humanity's first attempts at interplanetary exploration.

The paper, "Emerging Archaeological Record of Mars," appears in Nature Astronomy.

"Our main argument is that Homo sapiens are currently undergoing a dispersal, which first started out of Africa, reached other continents and has now begun in off-world environments," Holcomb, its lead author, said.

"We've started peopling the solar system. And just like we use artifacts and features to track our movement, evolution and history on Earth, we can do that in outer space by following probes, satellites, landers and various materials left behind. There's a material footprint to this dispersal."

Much as archaeologists use "middens" (or, ancient garbage dumps) to reveal secrets of past societies here on Earth, Holcomb argues that much of the material deemed "space trash" actually has great archaeological and environmental value.

"These are the first material records of our presence, and that's important to us," he said.

"I've seen a lot of scientists referring to this material as space trash, galactic litter. Our argument is that it's not trash; it's actually really important. It's critical to shift that narrative towards heritage because the solution to trash is removal, but the solution to heritage is preservation. There's a big difference."

The KU researcher argues future missions to Mars and other planets must consider potential archaeological damage at landing locations and other sites where human exploration is planned.

NASA Mars Curiosity's view of Martian soil and boulders after crossing the "Dingo Gap" sand dune. Photo courtesy NASA.

"Missions to other planets must consider this in their planning," Holcomb said.

"They won't land in areas that could disturb these sites. They'll think about them differently than just trash lying around. That's probably the main thing. From an academic perspective—which is what these papers aim to address—what are the implications? We need to track our species' movements through space and time, and we do that through stratigraphy."

Holcomb's co-authors were Beth L. O'Leary of New Mexico State University; Alberto Fairén of Centro de Astrobiología in Madrid, Spain, and Cornell University; KU's Rolfe Mandel; and Karl Wegmann of North Carolina State University.

Holcomb's argument for safekeeping traces of human exploration on other planets builds on earlier work, where he argued for declaration of a "lunar anthropocene"—or age of human dominion over the moon's landscape.

"On the moon, we argued we could create an anthropocene—a human age," he said. "On Mars, we don't think there's an anthropocene, but there is an archaeological record that needs to be a stratigraphic horizon, allowing us to place this material into a framework. And of course, we could do this across the solar system."

The KU researcher traces the origin of human alteration of the Martian landscape to the crash landing of the Soviet Union's Mars 2 rover in 1971.

"The Mars 2 crash represents one of the first times our species touched another planet—not a celestial body, because that was the moon," Holcomb said. "But the Mars 2 crash is the first time our species left a preserved imprint on the surface of another planet."

While anthropologists have some grasp of how climate and geology contribute to the degradation of artifacts on Earth, the otherworldly environments of planets like Mars are sure to affect how quickly and severely artifacts experience damage by cosmic energies, winds, water and soil. These Martian processes are little understood presently.

"That field is called geoarchaeology—specifically, the field that studies geological effects on archaeological materials," Holcomb said.

"Planetary geoarchaeology is a future field for sure, and we need to consider the materials not only on Mars in general but also in various places on Mars, which have different processes. For example, Mars has a cryosphere in the northern and southern latitudes, so ice action there will increase the alteration of materials much more rapidly.

"With Mars' iron-rich sands—what happens when materials get buried? The most obvious issue is burial by large dune sands. Mars has global dust storms, which are unique. A single storm can literally travel across the entire globe.

"On top of that, there are local dust storms. The Spirit Rover, for example, is right next to an encroaching dune field that will eventually bury it. Once it's buried, it becomes very difficult to relocate."

Holcomb advocates establishing methodology for tracking and cataloging human material on Mars and subsequent planets humans might visit, perhaps via an already existing database like the U.N. Register of Objects Launched into Outer Space.

"If this material is heritage, we can create databases that track where it's preserved, all the way down to a broken wheel on a rover or a helicopter blade, which represents the first helicopter on another planet," Holcomb said.

"These artifacts are very much like hand axes in East Africa or Clovis points in America. They represent the first presence, and from an archaeological perspective, they are key points in our historical timeline of migration."

IMAGE: Map of Mars illustrating the fourteen missions to Mars, key sites, and examples of artifacts contributing to the development of the archaeological record: (B) Viking-1 lander; (C) trackways created by NASA's Perseverance rover; (D) Dacron netting used in thermal blankets, photographed by NASA's Perseverance rover using its onboard. Front Left. Hazard Avoidance Camera A; (E) China's Tianwen-1 lander and Zhurong rover in southern Utopia Planitia photographed by HiRISE; (F) the ExoMars Schiaparelli Lander crash site in Meridiani Planum; (G) Illustration of the Soviet Mars Program's Mars 3 space probe; (H) NASA's Phoenix lander with DVD in foreground. Credit: Justin Holcomb

[wyrmfedgrave]

Pics all showing the face of our own 'unnatural' satellite, the Moon.

It was supposedly created when Theia, a planetary body, crashed into the early Earth - where the Pacific is now!!

The wreakage then formed itself, via gravity, into our satellite...

Weird Fact: Lately, a part of Theia was found deep in our planet's mantle! Moreover, there's been talk of a similar mass under the Moon's southern region...

Musings: I haven't read of anybody describing what Earth would be like - if the "crash of the planets" had not occured...

How much bigger would that Earth have been? How would that changed life? I mean, the Moon is about a good quarter of the Earth's size...

1903?: Addendum.

"My Opinion as to Lunar Canals."

In this article, Lovecraft discredits Harvard Prof. W.H. Pickering's theory on dark 'canals' & bright 'rays' being streaks of algae, moss & lichen!

Pickering was sure that certain streaks, radiating from major craters, were large fissures full of frost.

(Nowadays, we've found ice in the Moon's deep polar craters... But, no life so far...)

Quote:

HPL noted, "Any... astronomer would consider (life on the Moon) as unworthy of notice, as our satellite is (lacking) water & (air), the essentials for life..."

In fact, the Moon's lifelessness had been suspected - since the 1600s!

Then, in 1906, Lovecraft wrote "Is There Life on the Moon?", where he flip-flopped (he did that a 'few' times) on the subject.

HPL revealed that the Moon had long been thought of as a "dead world." But, at the time that he wrote, "more advanced ideas" were being offered.

Lovecraft came to support Pickering's theories - probably because he so admired this particular professor.

In his "Can the Moon be Reached by Man?", HPL noted that such a trip would have the added benefit of being able to verify Pickering's ideas...

Lovecraft would last refer to life on the Moon in his 1915 article, "Earth & It's Moon."

After this, though, HPL stopped writing about the subject.

We really shouldn't laugh at ideas we now see as 'misguided'. Hindsight being 'golden' & all that.

But, especially since we're doing the same thing today! Just look at our modern search for microbial life on Mars, Europa, etc...

[bluffempire]

the moon & other planets

seven, taylor swift *:･ﾟ✧ [sky with planets], charles henry breed *:･ﾟ✧ moonwrapped, richard edwards *:･ﾟ✧ far side of the moon at apolune, NASA *:･ﾟ✧ april moon, cathy song *:･ﾟ✧ moon 25/12/2015 (& 1977), lenka clayton *:･ﾟ✧ the moon: considered as a planet, a world, and a satellite, james nasmyth

[snehagoogle]

Somewhere it is not formed

Somewhere it is not formed

Somewhere there are more

Our moon is in the beginning

Then Mars has two direct

Our moon is in the beginning

Then Mars has two direct

Somewhere it is not formed

Somewhere there are more

Our moon is in the beginning

Then Mars has two direct

Our moon is in the beginning

Then Mars has two direct

Natural satellites starting from the moon

About 300 discoveries

Saturn has the most

then turn to Jupiter

Saturn has the most

then turn to Jupiter

Natural satellites starting from the moon

About 300 discoveries

Saturn has the most

then turn to Jupiter

Saturn has the most

then turn to Jupiter

Somewhere it is not formed

Somewhere there are more

Our moon is in the beginning

Then Mars has two direct

Our moon is in the beginning

Then Mars has two direct

Somewhere it is not formed

Somewhere there are more

Our moon is in the beginning

Then Mars has two direct

Our moon is in the beginning

Then Mars has two direct

So planets have natural satellites

Asteroids also have them

Finally even dwarfs have satellites

Which actually remains within the range

Finally even dwarfs have satellites

Which actually remains within the range

So planets have natural satellites

Asteroids also have them

Finally even dwarfs have satellites

Which actually remains within the range

Finally even dwarfs have satellites

Which actually remains within the range

Somewhere it is not formed

Somewhere there are more

Our moon is in the beginning

Then Mars has two direct

Our moon is in the beginning

Then Mars has two direct

Somewhere it is not formed

Somewhere there are more

Our moon is in the beginning

Then Mars has two direct

Our moon is in the beginning

Then Mars has two direct

Do you know friends, I have found more than 290 moons discovered so far in NASA's article. There is a possibility of more being discovered in the future. How many moons are there on planets, asteroids and even dwarf planets? How many natural satellites are known in the entire solar system so far?

In the Solar System, there are six planetary satellite systems containing 288 known natural satellites altogether. Seven objects commonly considered dwarf planets by astronomers are also known to have natural satellites: Orcus, Pluto, Haumea, Quaoar, Makemake, Gonggong, and Eris.

Moons of Our Solar System

NASA Science (.gov)

https://science.nasa.gov › solar-system › moons

Moons of Our Solar System

Moons come in many shapes, sizes, and types. A few have atmospheres and even hidden oceans beneath their surfaces.

How Many Moons Are in Our Solar System?

Naturally-formed bodies that orbit planets are called moons, or planetary satellites. The best-known planetary satellite is, of course, Earth’s Moon. Since it was named before we learned about other planetary satellites, it is called simply “Moon.”

According to the NASA/JPL Solar System Dynamics team, the current tally of moons orbiting planets in our solar system is 293: One moon for Earth; two for Mars; 95 at Jupiter; 146 at Saturn; 28 at Uranus; 16 at Neptune; and five for dwarf planet Pluto.

Astronomers also have documented more than 470 satellites, or moons, orbiting smaller objects, such as asteroids, dwarf planets, or Kuiper Belt Objects (KBOs) beyond the orbit of Neptune. These moons are called small-body satellites.

Most planetary moons probably formed from the discs of gas and dust circulating around planets in the early solar system, though some are captured objects that formed elsewhere and fell into orbit around larger worlds.

Scientists are very good at spotting tiny moons orbiting distant, giant planets. So many tiny moons have been found that the International Astronomical Union, which governs official names of planets and moons, will no longer name the smallest moons unless they’re of “significant” scientific interest. There are likely thousands more moons awaiting discovery in our solar system.

Somewhere it is not formed

Somewhere there are more

Our moon is in the beginning

Then Mars has two direct

Our moon is in the beginning

Then Mars has two direct

Somewhere it is not formed

Somewhere there are more

Our moon is in the beginning

Then Mars has two direct

Our moon is in the beginning

Then Mars has two direct

Natural satellites starting from the moon

About 300 discoveries

Saturn has the most

then turn to Jupiter

Saturn has the most

then turn to Jupiter

Natural satellites starting from the moon

About 300 discoveries

Saturn has the most

then turn to Jupiter

Saturn has the most

then turn to Jupiter

Somewhere it is not formed

Somewhere there are more

Our moon is in the beginning

Then Mars has two direct

Our moon is in the beginning

Then Mars has two direct

Somewhere it is not formed

Somewhere there are more

Our moon is in the beginning

Then Mars has two direct

Our moon is in the beginning

Then Mars has two direct

So planets have natural satellites

Asteroids also have them

Finally even dwarfs have satellites

Which actually remains within the range

Finally even dwarfs have satellites

Which actually remains within the range

So planets have natural satellites

Asteroids also have them

Finally even dwarfs have satellites

Which actually remains within the range

Finally even dwarfs have satellites

Which actually remains within the range

Somewhere it is not formed

Somewhere there are more

Our moon is in the beginning

Then Mars has two direct

Our moon is in the beginning

Then Mars has two direct

Somewhere it is not formed

Somewhere there are more

Our moon is in the beginning

Then Mars has two direct

Our moon is in the beginning

Then Mars has two direct

Translate Hindi

कहीं पे बना ही न

कहीं पे है ज्यादा

शुरू में हमारा चाँद

फिर मंगल में दो सीधा

शुरू में हमारा चाँद

फिर मंगल में दो सीधा

कहीं पे बना ही न

कहीं पे है ज्यादा

शुरू में हमारा चाँद

फिर मंगल में दो सीधा

शुरू में हमारा चाँद

फिर मंगल में दो सीधा

चाँद से शुरू नेचुरल सैटेलाइट

300 करीब डिस्कवरी

शनि में है सबसे ज्यादा

फिर बृहस्पति में बारी बारी

शनि में है सबसे ज्यादा

फिर बृहस्पति में बारी बारी

चाँद से शुरू नेचुरल सैटेलाइट

300 करीब डिस्कवरी

शनि में है सबसे ज्यादा

फिर बृहस्पति में बारी बारी

शनि में है सबसे ज्यादा

फिर बृहस्पति में बारी बारी

कहीं पे बना ही न

कहीं पे है ज्यादा

शुरू में हमारा चाँद

फिर मंगल में दो सीधा

शुरू में हमारा चाँद

फिर मंगल में दो सीधा

कहीं पे बना ही न

कहीं पे है ज्यादा

शुरू में हमारा चाँद

फिर मंगल में दो सीधा

शुरू में हमारा चाँद

फिर मंगल में दो सीधा

है तो ग्रहों में नेचुरल सैटेलाइट

क्षुद्रग्रहों में भी होता है

आखिर में बौने में भी है उपग्रह

जो वास्तव में दायरे में रह जाता है

आखिर में बौने में भी है उपग्रह

जो वास्तव में दायरे में रह जाता है

है तो ग्रहों में नेचुरल सैटेलाइट

क्षुद्रग्रहों में भी होता है

आखिर में बौने में भी है उपग्रह

जो वास्तव में दायरे में रह जाता है

आखिर में बौने में भी है उपग्रह

जो वास्तव में दायरे में रह जाता है

कहीं पे बना ही न

कहीं पे है ज्यादा

शुरू में हमारा चाँद

फिर मंगल में दो सीधा

शुरू में हमारा चाँद

फिर मंगल में दो सीधा

कहीं पे बना ही न

कहीं पे है ज्यादा

शुरू में हमारा चाँद

फिर मंगल में दो सीधा

शुरू में हमारा चाँद

फिर मंगल में दो सीधा

पता है दोस्तों 290 से ज्यादा अब तक का मूनस आविस्कार मैंनें नासा की आर्टिकल में पाया हूँ

और भी इन्वेंट होने का संभावना है आगे आगे

ग्रहों पर क्षू्रग्रहों पर यहां तक की बौने ग्रहों तक मिलाकर कितने मूनस है यहां

कितनी प्राकृतिक उपग्रह संपूर्ण सौरमंडल में ज्ञात है अब तक

सौर मंडल में, छह ग्रहीय उपग्रह प्रणालियाँ हैं जिनमें कुल मिलाकर 288 ज्ञात प्राकृतिक उपग्रह हैं। खगोलविदों द्वारा बौने ग्रह माने जाने वाले सात पिंडों में भी प्राकृतिक उपग्रह होने के बारे में जाना जाता है: ऑर्कस, प्लूटो, हौमिया, क्वाओर, माकेमेक, गोंगगोंग और एरिस।

हमारे सौर मंडल के चंद्रमा

NASA विज्ञान (.gov)

https://science.nasa.gov › solar-system › moons

हमारे सौर मंडल के चंद्रमा

चंद्रमा कई आकार, आकार और प्रकार के होते हैं। कुछ में वायुमंडल और यहाँ तक कि उनकी सतह के नीचे छिपे हुए महासागर भी होते हैं।

हमारे सौर मंडल में कितने चंद्रमा हैं?

प्राकृतिक रूप से निर्मित पिंड जो ग्रहों की परिक्रमा करते हैं उन्हें चंद्रमा या ग्रहीय उपग्रह कहा जाता है। सबसे प्रसिद्ध ग्रहीय उपग्रह, निश्चित रूप से, पृथ्वी का चंद्रमा है। चूँकि इसका नाम अन्य ग्रहीय उपग्रहों के बारे में जानने से पहले रखा गया था, इसलिए इसे बस "चंद्रमा" कहा जाता है।

नासा/जेपीएल सोलर सिस्टम डायनेमिक्स टीम के अनुसार, हमारे सौर मंडल में ग्रहों की परिक्रमा करने वाले चंद्रमाओं की वर्तमान संख्या 293 है: पृथ्वी का एक चंद्रमा; मंगल के द��; बृहस्पति के 95; शनि के 146; यूरेनस के 28; नेपच्यून के 16; और बौने ग्रह प्लूटो के पांच। खगोलविदों ने 470 से अधिक उपग्रहों या चंद्रमाओं का भी दस्तावेजीकरण किया है, जो नेपच्यून की कक्षा से परे क्षुद्रग्रहों, बौने ग्रहों या कुइपर बेल्ट ऑब्जेक्ट्स (केबीओ) जैसी छोटी वस्तुओं की परिक्रमा करते हैं। इन चंद्रमाओं को छोटे-पिंड वाले उपग्रह कहा जाता है। अधिकांश ग्रहीय चंद्रमा संभवतः प्रारंभिक सौर मंडल में ग्रहों के चारों ओर घूमने वाली गैस और धूल की डिस्क से बने हैं, हालांकि कुछ कैप्चर की गई वस्तुएं हैं जो कहीं और बनीं और बड़ी दुनिया की कक्षा में आ गईं। वैज्ञानिक दूर के विशाल ग्रहों की परिक्रमा करने वाले छोटे चंद्रमाओं को खोजने में बहुत अच्छे हैं। इतने सारे छोटे चंद्रमा पाए गए हैं कि अंतर्राष्ट्रीय खगोलीय संघ, जो ग्रहों और चंद्रमाओं के आधिकारिक नामों को नियंत्रित करता है, अब सबसे छोटे चंद्रमाओं का नाम नहीं रखेगा, जब तक कि वे “महत्वपूर्ण” वैज्ञानिक रुचि के न हों। हमारे सौर मंडल में संभवतः हज़ारों और चंद्रमाओं की खोज की प्रतीक्षा है।

कहीं पे बना ही न

कहीं पे है ज्यादा

शुरू में हमारा चाँद

फिर मंगल में दो सीधा

शुरू में हमारा चाँद

फिर मंगल में दो सीधा

कहीं पे बना ही न

कहीं पे है ज्यादा

शुरू में हमारा चाँद

फिर मंगल में दो सीधा

शुरू में हमारा चाँद

फिर मंगल में दो सीधा

चाँद से शुरू नेचुरल सैटेलाइट

300 करीब डिस्कवरी

शनि में है सबसे ज्यादा

फिर बृहस्पति में बारी बारी

शनि में है सबसे ज्यादा

फिर बृहस्पति में बारी बारी

चाँद से शुरू नेचुरल सैटेलाइट

300 करीब डिस्कवरी

शनि में है सबसे ज्यादा

फिर बृहस्पति में बारी बारी

शनि में है सबसे ज्यादा

फिर बृहस्पति में बारी बारी

कहीं पे बना ही न

कहीं पे है ज्यादा

शुरू में हमारा चाँद

फिर मंगल में दो सीधा

शुरू में हमारा चाँद

फिर मंगल में दो सीधा

कहीं पे बना ही न

कहीं पे है ज्यादा

शुरू में हमारा चाँद

फिर मंगल में दो सीधा

शुरू में हमारा चाँद

फिर मंगल में दो सीधा

है तो ग्रहों में नेचुरल सैटेलाइट

क्षुद्रग्रहों में भी होता है

आखिर में बौने में भी है उपग्रह

जो वास्तव में दायरे में रह जाता है

आखिर में बौने में भी है उपग्रह

जो वास्तव में दायरे में रह जाता है

है तो ग्रहों में नेचुरल सैटेलाइट

क्षुद्रग्रहों में भी होता है

आखिर में बौने में भी है उपग्रह

जो वास्तव में दायरे में रह जाता है

आखिर में बौने में भी है उपग्रह

जो वास्तव में दायरे में रह जाता है

कहीं पे बना ही न

कहीं पे है ज्यादा

शुरू में हमारा चाँद

फिर मंगल में दो सीधा

शुरू में हमारा चाँद

फिर मंगल में दो सीधा

कहीं पे बना ही न

कहीं पे है ज्यादा

शुरू में हमारा चाँद

फिर मंगल में दो सीधा

शुरू में हमारा चाँद

फिर मंगल में दो सीधा

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So I have an idea planning for world is that they just chuck rubbish they can't recycle or break down quickly enough out into the vast space so they don't have to deal with landfills? Space is practically endless - things drift forever. It doesn't interfere with any ecosystem because there's nothing known out there. Like real life, just one known inhabited planet in the solar system. Also, like real life, space exploration advances would be similar, but maybe on the more advance side - like try to realistically picture 2050.

Addy: Conceptually, great idea. When we try to put it into practice, though, it all falls apart. How does it get into orbit, how many trips to orbit would it require, and what overall is the scale we're talking about here? 

Putting stuff into orbit (or, rather, out of our gravity well) takes a fair amount of fuel

Trash is heavy. If you somehow had the ability to railgun packages out of the atmosphere, that could work, but again: trash is heavy

If you can send it to space, go ahead and either

3a. Chuck it into the sun (good for toxic waste)

3b. Chuck it on the moon or something, if you think it's recyclable/useful at a later date. Maybe wait until certain times of the month, so you can yeet it onto the dark side of the moon.

But 2050... I don't see us having cheap space deliveries by then, and it'd need to be cheap for it to be worth it. Because again, trash is heavy. What's affordable on a small scale (ISS, astronauts, etc) can be very unaffordable on a mass scale (heaps and heaps and heaps of trash).

The complete ISS apparently weighs around 925,000 lbs / 425,000 kg. A cubic yard of compacted waste (non-stone) apparently weighs around 400-800 pcy (lb/yd^3), so let's call that 600 lbs.

An average landfill is apparently around 500-600 acres in the US, so let's call that 500 acres, 4 yards deep. It'd probably be more accurate to model it as groupings of cones, but whatever.

500 acres is 2,420,000 square yards. 4 yards deep gives us a total volume of 9,860,000 yd^3 for this one landfill.

If we multiply that by our 600 lb/yd^3, we get a total weight of 5,808,000,000 lbs for one landfill.

This is, of course, a *very* rough estimate, with some numbers (like 4 yds deep) pulled out of thin air. All the same, though, I think it gets across some of the scale that we're talking about here. A single landfill holds a weight ~roughly equal to 6,279 ISSs. 

Consider that, for any given rocket, around 90% of the weight is fuel. You would need a *lot* of fuel to get all of our trash into the atmosphere…. And the numbers above are just a rough estimate for a single landfill. There are many, many more landfills around the world. 

(Also, putting stuff *out* of orbit takes more fuel than just throwing stuff into orbit… and leaving stuff in orbit means that it's eventually going to fall out of orbit and crash into the atmosphere. There's also the risk of crashing into the garbage, like if there was stuff littered all over the highway. Imagine your GPS goes out because the satellites crashed into somebody's old TV set)

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File: Ponyo

SCP#: AIO

Code Name: The Daughter of the Sea

Object Class: Neutralized

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-AIO agreed to become human and abandon all magic as well as her inheritance as a demi-god. As such no containment procedures will be made. 

Description: Originally SCP-AIO was thought to be the sudden surge of tsunamis and disability of the natural order within the world. This was believed to be a CK Class Reality Reconstruction Scenario similar to what happened regarding SCP-6800. This ended up being correct though not for the reasons the Foundation originally believed.

It turned out SCP-AIO a little girl with magical power was behind it all, the Foundation learned this as a majority of the anomalous events kept happening around her and some even seemed to be targeting her. SCP-AIO is a daughter of a mage and a water goddess who left her home within the ocean and went to the surface while turning herself into a human. Because she was a descendant of a goddess, she had a purpose to follow for if she did not the world would fall to chaos. The reason she did this was because she fell in love with a human named [data expunged].

SCP-AIO was discovered in 2008 at Tomonoura, Tomokōen in Japan. There is the main events of destruction and chaos seemingly originated from such as waves growing into violent tsunami’s, giant water spirits revealing themselves to the surface, Satellites falling from orbit, and the moon getting closer to the planet. This led to the 

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Notice Under the Order of the Anomalous Correction and Protection Alliance.

O5 Council of the SCP Foundation, you have been requested to participate in the upcoming ACPA meeting due to reports of an overwhelming threat located in Japan on 8/14/2008. Reasoning for Anomalous Correction and Protection Alliance action was called due to a subject concerning the following: Concerning rise of Descendant of the Fae Activity, Unstable Tsunamis occurring everywhere, the Moon Falling out of Orbit, and a High Risk of the Anomalous Veil being Destroyed. All organizations of Anomalous Fate Alliance are required to participate in an emergency meeting concerning the subject.

The threat level has been confirmed to be 7 of 10, therefore participation is mandatory.

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All organizations are present, begin mission program.

Assessment: The source of all the destruction and chaos seems to be the result of a little girl who is quite possibly a sea spirit or related to a powerful anomaly. Agents of the SCP Foundation and Global Occult Coalition are keeping tabs on the subject but will either contain or terminate if deemed necessary. Please insert proposals now.

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Solution from the Church of Maxwellism: Have the girl contained by the SCP Foundation and studies to see if she really is connected and if so, how it can be reversed. Allow the Church to participate in any experiments. 

Begin Voting Now…

Counting Votes… 

Solution Denied! Reason: Solution too risky, could lead to more problems especially if it turns out the reason really is that she left the ocean. 

Solution from the Horizon Initiative: Force the girl back into the Ocean, if her leaving started this then she must return, simple through and through. 

Begin Voting Now…

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Solution Denied! Reason: Bringing her harm by forcing her into the ocean could lead to a war with an unknown Species of Interest and the atlanteans could turn against us as well. Too little information, too much risk. 

Solution from the Autobots: Contact the girl and ask her how she is related to this situation and if she knows how to stop it. We will continue to know nothing if we watch from a distance. We must disregard our attempts to stay in the shadows for now and face this issue head on. 

Begin Voting Now… 

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Solution Granted! Reason: Even this idea is considered too reckless, but the Autobots are right we just have far too little information and must ask directly if need be. 

Instructions: SCP Foundation is to have a single agent confront the girl in what she is currently doing and ask her what her connection is. The other agents as well as those of the Global Occult Coalition are to remain on standby. If the situation becomes dire, order them to do what is necessary. 

Contingency #1: If this fails the Foundation is to be prepared to activate SCP-2000

Contingency #2: If the activation of SCP-2000 achieves nothing, the ACPA is to abandon earth and start over on a new colonized planet. 

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After the orders from the ACPA were received Agent Freewell volunteered to intercept SCP-AIO. Unfortunately, at the same time SCP-AIO’s mother, an ocean goddess known as [data expunged] revealed herself to a little boy and his mother. From what Agent Freewell gathered SCP-AIO just wanted to live on the surface to be with the boy. The mother agreed but to do so she must give up her magic forever. She agreed and the boy agreed to love her no matter what, as such a girl turned into a human with no more anomalous properties. 

After this it was reported that the tsunami’s around the world finally ended, and the moon was returning to its orbit. Foundation satellites were back under control and Foundation Space Drones were used to fix the other satellites of the world. Originally it was concluded that this was the end of it. As such the Global Occult Coalition, the Horizon Initiative, and the Church of Maxwellism worked together to explain all the phenomena and subconsciously have the public forget about the incident with [data expunged] tactics.

However, the O5 Council were not satisfied and thus arranged a meeting with [data expunged]. Please see Addendum X-64 for details. 

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Addendum X-64

The following is a recorded interview between O5-[data expunged] and Entity of Interest [data expunged] with Dr. [data expunged], Dr. Zeek, and Dr. Egao all present. 

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Begin Recording

O5-[data expunged]: … sigh this better fucking work. [data expunged]! Did I say that right?

Dr. [data expunged]: more or less.

O5-[data expunged]: Shut up [data expunged]!

Dr. [data expunged] chuckled, but suddenly the waves started getting restless as [data expunged] manifested and rose up from the sea. 

[data expunged]: You have called for me mortal, though the way you did so was… not preferred to say the least. 

O5-[data expunged]: If you have a better way you should make it more public but then again if you did, we would have you contained like the others so probably best not. Doesn’t matter, we just want to confirm something.

[data expunged]: And what would that be?

O5-[data expunged]: What happened last week, will it happen again?

[data expunged]: Not so long as my other daughters remain by my side.

O5-[data expunged]: How many do you have?

[data expunged]: … Many.

O5-[data expunged]: … What’s stopping us from just rounding them up and making sure they never leave the ocean.

[data expunged]: That would upset the great balance of the ocean. Which is no different to what Ponyo did in her attempt to become human. A blind pursuit of love but one that did end happily. 

O5-[data expunged]: Happily? She nearly ended the world. 

[data expunged]: But it remains, there is no need to dredge up the past.

O5-[data expunged]: … Listen bitch, my patience is wearing thin, give me one good reason to not drive you and your worthless daughters to the BRINK OF FUCKING EXTINCTION! 

[data expunged]: … I-

O5-[data expunged]: And before you comment about how rude I am, please kindly remember that I don’t give a fuck. 

[data expunged]: … This will never happen again; you have my word.

O5-[data expunged]: Then you have mine when I say that we have ways of making you all disappear without disturbing the great balance of the ocean.

[data expunged]: … You hold great power, and with it your horizons have expanded but if you carry too much you will be crushed by its weight. 

O5-[data expunged]: ...[data expunged].

Entity of Interest [data expunged] says nothing in response she merely sighs in disappointment and disappears into the ocean.  

O5-[data expunged]: … I really fucking hate goddesses. And all the gods as well. Fuck every last one. 

Recording Ends

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