Comments on: To do this weekend: the Orionid meteor shower http://boingboing.net/2011/10/20/to-do-this-weekend-the-orionid-meteor-shower.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 20 Jun 2013 07:31:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: alissa mower clough http://boingboing.net/2011/10/20/to-do-this-weekend-the-orionid-meteor-shower.html#comment-1249253 alissa mower clough Fri, 21 Oct 2011 17:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=124902#comment-1249253 I dig meteor showers. Check out the one that begins Sweeny Todd! I dig meteor showers. Check out the one that begins Sweeny Todd!

]]> By: GregS http://boingboing.net/2011/10/20/to-do-this-weekend-the-orionid-meteor-shower.html#comment-1249182 GregS Fri, 21 Oct 2011 16:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=124902#comment-1249182 I don't think the word "world" has any exact scientific definition, unlike "planet", so it's probably accurate to call the moon a world. Indeed, it would probably be fine to use that word for any body large enough for people to land on - even a small asteroid. Incidentally, in old interviews, the Apollo astronauts sometimes referred to the moon as a planet, so even men who actually stood on that body didn't see a problem with referring to it as such. I don’t think the word “world” has any exact scientific definition, unlike “planet”, so it’s probably accurate to call the moon a world. Indeed, it would probably be fine to use that word for any body large enough for people to land on – even a small asteroid.

Incidentally, in old interviews, the Apollo astronauts sometimes referred to the moon as a planet, so even men who actually stood on that body didn’t see a problem with referring to it as such.

]]> By: Guest http://boingboing.net/2011/10/20/to-do-this-weekend-the-orionid-meteor-shower.html#comment-1249071 Guest Fri, 21 Oct 2011 15:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=124902#comment-1249071 the dark side of the planet, facing Orion.  the dark side of the planet, facing Orion. 

]]> By: formosaman http://boingboing.net/2011/10/20/to-do-this-weekend-the-orionid-meteor-shower.html#comment-1248933 formosaman Fri, 21 Oct 2011 09:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=124902#comment-1248933 So where (on the Earth) will this be visible from? So where (on the Earth) will this be visible from?

]]> By: thatbob http://boingboing.net/2011/10/20/to-do-this-weekend-the-orionid-meteor-shower.html#comment-1248909 thatbob Fri, 21 Oct 2011 07:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=124902#comment-1248909 Hmm, is NASA promoting the usage of "world" to describe the moon now?  I have to admit, it seems accurate, if not how I usually would use the word.  For surely, the moon is not of *this* world, and when standing on ot you are given a whole new world view.  Okay! Still, it's hard for me to imagine Earth passing through a meteor shower that the moon did not also pass through.  Hmm, is NASA promoting the usage of “world” to describe the moon now?  I have to admit, it seems accurate, if not how I usually would use the word.  For surely, the moon is not of *this* world, and when standing on ot you are given a whole new world view.  Okay!

Still, it’s hard for me to imagine Earth passing through a meteor shower that the moon did not also pass through. 

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