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12 Jul 2011, 10:32 am

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On Tuesday, July 12, 2011, the planet Neptune completes its first revolution around the sun since we earthlings discovered it on September 23, 1846. Neptune reaches this milestone at 22:27 Universal Time (UTC) today.

It takes Neptune 164.79 Earth-years to go full circle through the constellations of the Zodiac, whereas the Earth goes full circle in just 365.256 days. Or you could say that a year on Neptune lasts about 165 years, in contrast to a year on Earth of about 365 days.

http://earthsky.org/tonight/neptune-cel ... ly-12-2011

How will you be celebrating?

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12 Jul 2011, 10:36 am

I'll eat strawberries in commemoration.

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12 Jul 2011, 12:50 pm

This is awesome!

... I don't celebrate, though. I'll just observe by watching documentaries on astronomy.

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12 Jul 2011, 12:55 pm

I shall go swimming with sea horses.

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12 Jul 2011, 12:56 pm

Henbane wrote:

I shall go swimming with sea horses.

I wanna go swimming with sea horses!

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12 Jul 2011, 12:57 pm

I'll celebrate by bowling this afternoon.

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12 Jul 2011, 1:01 pm

To celebrate, when the clock strikes midnight, I will give the nearest Neptunian a passionate kiss on the lips. Assuming they have lips...

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12 Jul 2011, 1:01 pm

TeaEarlGreyHot wrote:

Henbane wrote:

I shall go swimming with sea horses.

I wanna go swimming with sea horses!

It's a plan then. Your ocean or mine?

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12 Jul 2011, 1:04 pm

TeaEarlGreyHot wrote:

Henbane wrote:

I shall go swimming with sea horses.

I wanna go swimming with sea horses!

We have an isolated population of giant seahorses in San Diego harbor, but in all the time I've been diving there I've never seen one - it's fun to try through...

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12 Jul 2011, 1:49 pm

Grisha wrote:

TeaEarlGreyHot wrote:

Henbane wrote:

I shall go swimming with sea horses.

I wanna go swimming with sea horses!

We have an isolated population of giant seahorses in San Diego harbor, but in all the time I've been diving there I've never seen one - it's fun to try through...

It's settled. Grisha, you're coming, right?

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12 Jul 2011, 1:54 pm

Happy Birthday, Neptune!

Zen wrote:

To celebrate, when the clock strikes midnight, I will give the nearest Neptunian a passionate kiss on the lips. Assuming they have lips...

You mean when the clock strikes 22:27 UTC

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12 Jul 2011, 2:16 pm

TeaEarlGreyHot wrote:

Grisha wrote:

TeaEarlGreyHot wrote:

Henbane wrote:

I shall go swimming with sea horses.

I wanna go swimming with sea horses!

We have an isolated population of giant seahorses in San Diego harbor, but in all the time I've been diving there I've never seen one - it's fun to try through...

It's settled. Grisha, you're coming, right?

Groovy.

*Gets out snorkel*

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12 Jul 2011, 2:17 pm

Congratulations! neptune is my favorite planet.

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