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*Yes, I did notice this star and Venus close last evening and hoped perhaps we'd be treated to an occultation. That's not to be, apparently.
Nunki is a blue giant, 224 light years distant, 5 times wider and 3300 times more luminous than Sol.
To receive the same heat, an Earth circling Nunki would have to be located beyond the orbit of Pluto.
--Cindy
We all know [i]those[/i] Venusians: Doing their hair in shock waves, smoking electrical coronas, wearing Van Allen belts and resting their tiny elbows on a Geiger counter...
--John Sladek (The New Apocrypha)
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