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View submission: What was this object
Makes me weep for the state of science education... gah
Comment by Ateosmo at 03/07/2024 at 14:11 UTC
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Last night my gf asked me if the Moon was a planet and was ASTOUNDED that other planets had "moons" (natural satellites).. She nearly fell when I told her Jupiter and Saturn alone had tens of moons..
She saw my face, being an astro -geek that practices amateur stargazing with my scopes and felt bad/dumb..
I then felt bad and told her that it's not her fault.. She just didn't have great teachers.
: /
I then proceeded to draw several 2D Solar System diagrams to show basic orbital motions.
Comment by LPNTed at 03/07/2024 at 14:24 UTC
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JUST "Science"? LOL
Comment by boldra at 03/07/2024 at 15:20 UTC
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We haven't had a good naked-eye comet for a while, and with light pollution getting worse, it could be a long time before most people can recognize a comet.
Comment by [deleted] at 03/07/2024 at 15:36 UTC
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It could have been some component of a space launch.
Comment by Fixyfoxy3 at 03/07/2024 at 22:13 UTC
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Your comment makes me unreasonably angry. How should the average person know that? I wouldn't have, and I do consider myself educated. Imo this is not a basic thing to know at all, science is really big, you can't reasonably expect everyone to know about everything. And to be honest, there are so many more things more important to know in science than analysing a flying object in the sky which looks a lot like in pictures of a comet.
Comment by marcinmj at 04/07/2024 at 19:50 UTC
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I recently had a conversation where I mentioned Copernicus and the person had no idea who that was.