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| A view from beyond Saturn, showing an eclipse of the Sun. |
Near Earth Objects (NEO) = Killer Asteroids
(It's a Friday)
-Named for Egyptian god of darkness – Apophis
-1 in 10 chance of hitting us (Wikipedia doesn't buy this number. I'm not sure who to believe: A world-renowned Astrophysicist, or a guy living in a basement.)
-Impact would cavetate (sp?) the ocean creating a tsunami, ocean fills the whole, force of water filling hole creates splash, which creates another tsunami. This sequence would happen 40 times.
-Can predict this down to the minute
-Russia invited Tyson to help tow Apophis. But NASA didn't.
-Little Prince (French Children's Story). In the story, the Prince hails from Asteroid B612, which is now a group dedicated to deflecting asteroids.
Dark Matter and Dark Energy
“We are dumb stupid about Dark Matter and Dark Energy”
Universe expanding which contradicts gravity = Dark Energy
Multiverse – Just like the Jet Li movie “The One”
Dark Matter might be ordinary matter in an adjacent universe
Pluto
Our moon is 5 times the mass of Pluto. This is one reason why Pluto sucks as a planet. Tyson explained he received a huge negative backlash from his push to declassify Pluto as a planet. A kid wrote him this letter:
"Why can't Pluto be a planet? If it's small doesn't mean that it doesn't have to be a planet anymore. Some people like Pluto. If it doesn't exist then they don't have a favorite planet. Please write back, but not in cursive because I can't read in cursive."
Influence of Islam
W quote “Our God is the God who named the stars”
Two thirds of stars have Arabic names
Why? Islamic Golden Age from 800 – 1100
Hamid al – ghazali interprets the Quran for people. Claims math is the devil.
3/609 nobel prizes given to muslims between 1900-2010
And he's funny:
The French don’t even have a word for entrepreneur.
Black Hole – first ever color image
Bad Physics:
Holiday Inn offers bed heaters (people) who are fully clothed, thus fully insulated, thus do not transfer heat.
Math ignorance:
“I’ve changed my views 360 degrees on that issue”
(Maybe this was a clever way of saying you have not changed your mind?)
“Half the schools are below average”
(That's how averages usually work)
“80% of crash survivors studied the locations of the exit doors before takeoff”
(100% of victims could have studied the locations of exit doors)
Thanks, Neil!!
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