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Pants
Emergency underwear
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It's so vunerable that I can't find the info on its population! It's Red List Category & Criteria VU B1ab(iii,v)+2ab(iii,v) on the IUCN Red List though (here)!
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Shipmate
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For those still looking for likely entries, here is a site for Threatened Species of Tasmania.
Still lots of good choices available, including the scrubtit, forty-spotted pardalote, chaostola skipper, and the Tasmanian Devil tapeworm (which only lives in the endangered Tasmanian Devil, of course.)
Oh, and for the geographically challenged, Tasmania really is a part of Australia, not a country in Africa.
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Hennah
Ship's Mother Hen
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The Bare-rumped Sheathtail Bat, Saccolaimus saccolaimus nudicluniatus , native to Queensland, Australia, listed as "Critically endangered" - therefore population estimate below 1000.
Picture here .
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Chorister
Completely Frocked
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A strange 'walking' fish, the spotted handfish, found only in isolated colonies around south-eastern Tasmania. Alarmingly there have been only four confirmed sightings in the past five years, although three colonies (of 200-500 each) plus a few isolated individuals are estimated.
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Quick quipper
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Looks like we move on tonight.
Now if only I could remember the name of that creature I saw in Tarango Zoo, Sydney. ![[Confused]](confused.gif)
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There's a list of animals in Taronga Zoo, Sydney here.
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THIRD ROUND OF SUBJECTIVE JUDGEMENTS:
(Profuse False Apologies for the delay)
The numbers are PAGE, then scores for the following ORIGINALITY, being SMART, and being HELPFUL ... or P O S H for short.
COMPETITOR and EXPLANATION are blatantly obvious.
P O S H Competitor Explanation
7 1 -1 0 Professorkirke An original point for desperation. Clever Dick mark down.
7 0 0 1 Papa Smurf For supporting Marvin in his brinkmanship
7 0 1 0 Marvin the Martian For impressing Papa Smurf
7 1 1 0 Dolphy For a good little chuckle
7 1 1 0 S'More For getting all the links right and a nice spitting volcano
7 0 -1 0 Christianjimmy For not checking first
7 1 -1 0 Pants Blaming others for your own incompetence
7 1 1 1 Pants Good choice with excellent links for us to peruse
7 0 2 0 Rugasaw Responding well to a Digory in the ribs
7 1 0 1 Carex Offering an option to fellow competitors
7 0 1 0 Carex For impressing Papio
7 1 1 0 Quizmaster Smart but on the verge of Clever Dick
7 0 1 0 Hennah Knowing a good waffle when she sees one
7 1 1 1 The Rogue Like the cake, the links and the post
7 0 -1 0 The Rogue Admitting a mistake
7 0 1 0 Professorkirke Creativity will get you lots of places
7 1 1 0 Gort Entering a volcano 6 years too soon
7 1 1 1 Custard I don't know what he said but I like it
7 2 2 2 Custard Nice Sermon
7 0 1 1 Marvin the Martian For placing himself on the cliff edge
7 0 1 1 Custard Foor knowing the truth
7 0 -1 0 Marvin the Martian For missing something
7 0 1 1 Moth For putting Da_Musicman straight
7 1 1 1 Carex For a lesson on vulcanism
7 0 1 1 Annie P For encouraging participation
7 0 1 1 Carex Corrections are good
7 1 1 0 Chorister For the name chosen
7 1 -1 -1 Professorkirke Needs taking down a peg or seven
7 1 1 0 Rugasaw It would be like taking candy from a Digory
7 0 0 1 R.D.Olivaw Helpful point
7 2 1 0 MrSponge2U For a recent photo of an eruption
7 0 1 1 Marvin the Martian Keeping the excitement at a reasonable level
7 1 1 0 Pants Flattery is so …….. Why thankyou!
7 1 1 0 Marvin the Martian Witticism is always appreciated
7 1 1 0 Hazey Jane You know how to treat a man
7 0 1 1 Carex Continuing the lesson on vulcanism
7 0 -1 -1 R.D.Olivaw Failing to post a link to the photographs
7 1 1 -1 Professorkirke I like people who paint targets on themselves
8 1 1 0 Hazey Jane Being nice but with a nasty side
8 0 -1 0 Marvin the Martian Failing to code the post correctly
8 0 -1 0 Moth Estimating the odds incorrectly
8 1 1 1 Hazey Jane Smart and Helpful and the first to say so
8 0 -1 0 Hazey Jane I would not have known if you had not said
8 2 0 0 Moth Sleep more, Moth, sleep more
8 1 1 1 The Rogue First to give me my cruise date options
8 1 0 0 Marvin the Martian For equating guests with passengers
8 1 1 1 Marvin the Martian First to estimate the average
8 1 1 0 The Rogue For his third round commentary
8 1 0 0 Chorister For thinking of her own relaxation
8 1 1 0 Jedijudy For knowing a ship's Godmother
8 1 1 0 Pure as Snow You got away with it this time
8 0 1 1 Jedijudy For finding me a ship credit of $50
8 1 1 0 R.D.Olivaw Clever thought
8 1 1 0 Pure as Snow and the cost may be affordable too
8 1 1 0 Professorkirke For some terrible cliches
8 1 1 0 Smudgie For being on the quayside when I left Southampton
8 0 1 1 Smudgie Helpful hint for other contestants
8 1 1 0 Hennah Sure - I can be the 2500
8 1 1 1 Moth For the offer of accommodation
8 1 0 0 Papa Smurf For thinking of pregnant women
8 1 0 0 Papa Smurf Nice suggestion
8 1 -1 -1 Christianjimmy For trying to divert me from the Baltic
8 1 1 0 Marvin the Martian I love that phrase
8 2 1 0 Papa Smurf Not that IS clever
8 0 -1 0 Marvin the Martian Groaning out loud
8 1 0 0 Moth For liking Pants (very original)
8 1 0 1 Nutmeg For finding a tartan décor
8 0 0 1 Smudgie Thanks Smudge
8 1 0 0 Chorister Bringing up Mad Tour memories
8 2 2 0 Dolphy Nice Choice Dolphy
8 1 1 -1 Carex I like your style you witch
8 0 1 0 Dolphy For impressing Professorkirke
8 1 1 1 Ann The Mersey Ferry it is then
8 0 -1 -1 Jonah the Whale Ecuadorean cruising is not for me yet
8 1 1 0 Doublethink Baaaaaaaaaa
8 2 1 0 Rugasaw Bringing deep sea diving into it
8 1 1 -1 Rugasaw Thanks for that additional info
9 0 1 0 Rugasaw For standing corrected
9 1 0 0 Sharkshooter You should be this year's Also-Ran Champ
9 1 -1 -1 Chorister Congratulations on your demotion Chorister
9 0 -1 -1 Quizmaster Promising what he cannot deliver
9 1 1 1 Tom Day Being Honest
9 1 0 -1 Quizmaster What a terrible attitude for a Quizmaster
9 0 -1 -1 Quizmaster For Yanking the Aussies
9 0 1 1 Sharkshooter No! What a dull life!
9 0 -1 1 Moth It DOES count whether Also-Ran or not
9 1 1 -1 Sharkshooter It's not the amount, it's the principle
9 0 -1 0 Annie P For being corrected by the husband
9 1 1 0 Hazey Jane For being horny
9 1 1 1 Jonah the Whale Pedantry is a good thing in this contest
9 1 1 0 Auntie Doris Yes, I like kisses
9 1 1 0 Doublethink For that update on how the CIA views the UK
9 1 0 0 R.D.Olivaw For locating Timbuktu
9 1 1 1 Pure as Snow For taking the brinkmanship award
9 1 1 0 Professorkirke For singing a national anthem in two languages
9 0 1 1 Smudgie For teaming up with Auntie D
9 1 1 0 Papa Smurf For getting music in there somewhere
9 0 1 1 Papa Smurf For helping Pants
9 1 -1 1 Pants For the most boring post ever
9 1 0 0 Christianjimmy For reacting well to Pants post
9 2 0 0 Quizmaster Nice idea for a vote QM
9 0 -1 1 Nutmeg For thinking Pants would actually type that much
9 0 1 0 Marvin the Martian For knowing how she did it
9 1 0 0 Marvin the Martian For having the right attitude to parents
9 1 0 0 Jedijudy For best vote
9 1 0 0 The Rogue For that information about the Pope
9 -1 -1 -1 Sharkshooter For copying Pants - Seen it already
9 0 0 1 Marvin the Martian For that helpful link
9 0 1 0 Papa Smurf For concurring with my opinion
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Thanks custard,
I found my lovely little Quoll on your link.
Apparently it is being wiped out by the Cane Toad.
The U.S. army, yes! The Exocet missile, yes! But being wiped out by the Cane Toad?! ![[Eek!]](eek.gif)
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Iron Wannabe
RooK-Annoyer
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Dear QM et al. Having a long weekend of camping with the wife and kids. Can't post again until Wednesday my time which I think is the summer of 1953, your time.
In short, I must default on the next round.
(unless it lasts over 5 days)
I am happy to take a bullet on this round to preserve someone else who could continue.
It's been fun,
Yellow Snow
BTW, Temperature twentyfour degrees, a chance for some walking, possibly some waterskiing, four full days off work, bit of wine, a few beers. You know defaulting on the Quiz might almost be worth it...
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Marvin the Martian
Interplanetary
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quote:
Originally posted by Pure as the Driven Yellow Snow:
I am happy to take a bullet on this round to preserve someone else who could continue.
That's good of you. Means the rest of us can think up ludicrously Original, Smart or Helpful answers to boost our scores, safe in the knowledge that we can't be KO'd.
Of course, the true quiz veteran would find an internet cafe while on holiday and post their answer from there. ![[Razz]](tongue.gif)
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jedijudy
Organist of the Jedi Temple
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Originally posted by Quizmaster:
I found my lovely little Quoll on your link.
<snip>
Awwwwww! ![[Axe murder]](graemlins/lovedrops.gif) Why does Australia get all the cute critters?
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Marvin the Martian
Interplanetary
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quote:
Originally posted by jedijudy:
Awwwwww! Why does Australia get all the cute critters?
Coz it gets all the evil ugly buggers as well, like spiders, mantises, snakes and scorpions.
Truly it is a land of great beauty, but also great hideousness...
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jedijudy
Organist of the Jedi Temple
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quote:
Originally posted by Marvin the Martian:
quote:
Originally posted by jedijudy:
Awwwwww! Why does Australia get all the cute critters?
Coz it gets all the evil ugly buggers as well, like spiders, mantises, snakes and scorpions.
Truly it is a land of great beauty, but also great hideousness...
Yin and Yang, I guess! (Or yang and um?)
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Pants
Emergency underwear
# 999
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quote:
Originally posted by Marvin the Martian:
Of course, the true quiz veteran would find an internet cafe while on holiday and post their answer from there.
I can think of a better way to describe that kind of person.
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Quick quipper
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FOURTH ROUND OF SUBJECTIVE JUDGEMENTS:
The numbers are PAGE, then scores for ORIGINALITY, being SMART, and being HELPFUL ... or P O S H for short.
COMPETITOR and EXPLANATION are blatantly obvious.
P O S H Competitor Explanation
10 1 -1 0 Christianjimmy For publicly accusing a fellow of plagiarism
10 0 -1 0 Sharkshooter For plagiarism (using an already taken country)
10 1 -1 0 Smudgie For setting up what comes next
10 0 -1 0 Sharkshooter For taking the bait
10 -1 1 0 Papa Smurf Good analysis but you mentioned music again
10 1 1 1 Sharkshooter A much more magnanimous post
10 1 0 0 Ann For your recommended reading list
10 1 1 1 Professorkirke I needed that assistance too!
10 1 1 1 Pants A very well expressed apology
10 1 1 -1 Custard Hoisting Smudgie on her petard
10 1 1 1 Christianjimmy For providing me with a Quiz Question
10 1 1 0 Hennah For that uncertain internet suffix
10 0 -1 0 Paul W For failing to get the photos online
10 1 -1 0 Chorister For viewing the internet from behind a secure firewall
10 0 1 1 Rugasaw For getting the post just about spot on
10 1 -1 0 Smudgie For digging the hole deeper ready for the next caller
10 0 2 -2 Tom Day Going in for the kill
10 1 0 0 Smudgie Put Tom back on the list dear
10 1 -1 -1 Quizmaster For a ludicrous definition of "all about"
10 1 -1 0 Pure as Snow For Lying
10 1 0 1 Rugasaw For defining himself as a refugee
10 1 0 0 MrSponge2U For locating an alien planet
10 2 2 2 The Rogue Option Three it is then
10 1 -1 0 Papa Smurf As is your spelling of the word
10 1 1 -1 Custard Valid logic but you mentioned particle physics
10 1 1 -2 The Rogue Quite quite so
10 0 0 1 Marvin the Martian Thankyou Marvin
10 0 -1 2 Papa Smurf A very good question which got an answer
10 1 -1 1 Quizmaster Surely you mean subsection VIII
10 0 -1 1 Pants For not knowing what an Also Ran is
10 -1 -1 -1 Quizmaster It was clarification (ii) you moron
10 1 -1 -1 The Rogue NO
10 0 0 0 Pants That's OK love
10 1 1 1 The Rogue Good question
10 1 0 1 Smudgie For a useful website reference
10 0 0 1 Custard Another useful link
10 -1 -1 -1 Papa Smurf For being typically Scottish
10 1 -1 -2 Pure as Snow I have to take them off you first
10 0 0 1 Gort Point from Pure as Snow
10 0 0 1 Chorister Point from Pure as Snow
10 1 -1 0 Professorkirke For failing to support the team he supports
11 0 1 1 Professorkirke For accurately assessing the situation
11 2 1 0 Hennah Like the idea behind that selection Hen
11 -1 2 -1 Tom Day Trying to abuse his position of authority
11 1 1 -1 Quizmaster Succinct
11 1 1 1 Papa Smurf Honesty becomes you Sir
11 1 1 2 Christianjimmy For research on behalf of other contestants
11 0 -1 0 Papa Smurf Don't you KNOW?
11 0 1 0 Auntie Doris A good idea I would say
11 1 0 0 Papa Smurf Kilmarnock supporters are almost unique
11 1 1 0 Hazey Jane Good attitude
11 1 1 0 Ann Good start, died a bit later on
11 0 1 0 Custard Accepting the praise heaped upon him
11 1 1 1 Carex For helping out the Fijians and the Hawaiians
11 0 -5 -5 Quizmaster For Lying - Times are UK times, BST and GMT
11 1 1 2 Carex For that helpful hint
11 1 0 0 Hazey Jane For pledging allegiance to Charton
11 1 -1 -1 Chorister For mentioning supplying and offshore bank accounts
11 -1 -1 2 Tom Day For jumping on the terraces with Hazey Jane
11 -1 -1 -1 Hazey Jane Going just that little bit too far
11 -1 -1 -1 Pure as Snow Still waiting for my picture
11 0 0 2 Smudgie Points from Nutmeg
11 1 1 1 Tom Day Calling time at the appropriate moment
11 0 0 1 Hazey Jane Helpful to other competitors
11 0 -1 0 Doublethink Fare well then DT
11 1 0 0 Pants For wanting "Normal"
11 0 0 1 Papa Smurf Thanks for the warning which came in good time
11 0 -1 0 Annie P Please continue as an Also Ran
11 1 1 1 Hazey Jane Now THAT is a brilliant knockout quiz post
11 -1 -1 -1 Hazey Jane For double editing a double post at the double
12 0 0 1 Jonah the Whale Useful Link
12 1 0 0 Jedijudy For that Sales Pitch
12 1 1 0 Smudgie For bringing my wife into the Quiz
12 1 0 0 Hennah For an active imagination
12 1 1 1 Papa Smurf For sitting at the computer calculator at his side
12 1 0 0 Custard I always wanted to go there. Maybe one day.
12 0 0 1 Custard Useful additional information
12 0 1 1 Papa Smurf Scaremongering - I like it!
12 0 -1 0 Ann For giving Chorister extra work
12 1 1 1 The Rogue Will do. I went to France in 1999 and SAW IT
12 0 0 1 Papa Smurf Still keeping score. You can be REFEREE!
12 1 1 -2 Pants For lying
12 0 -1 0 Carex For getting sidetracked somewhere, ah yes, Hawaii
12 0 1 0 Hazey Jane Good reaction to the unwarranted attack
12 0 1 1 Carex Back on track again
12 0 0 1 Tom Day Update on the Mad Tour website
12 1 1 1 Christianjimmy Pedantry is a GOOD THING
12 0 1 1 Marvin the Martian For a mathematical analysis
12 1 1 0 Papa Smurf I loved that allusion to an earthquake zone
12 0 1 0 Marvin the Martian 73% of all statistics are made up on the spot
12 1 -1 -1 Pants And you are obviously one of them
12 1 -1 0 Papa Smurf No P.S. You are quite blatantly forgetting ME
12 0 -1 0 Papa Smurf And Marvin
12 -1 1 0 Marvin the Martian For having an excel spreadsheet like P.S. and me
12 1 0 -1 Auntie Doris How COULD you say such a thing?
12 2 2 0 Marvin the Martian A very biblical response I must say
12 1 0 0 Papa Smurf Check with the wife first before you do
12 1 0 0 Moth Vying for a very dubious honour
12 0 0 1 Jonah the Whale Point donated by Moth
12 0 2 0 Jedijudy Thanking people is a good thing
12 1 1 0 Moth Nice try but NO
12 0 0 1 Jonah the Whale Doing my research for me
12 1 1 1 Papa Smurf For nominating the brinkmanship award for the round
12 0 1 0 Marvin the Martian For doing all the mathematics
12 0 -1 0 R.D.Olivaw For not changing her nomination
12 1 0 1 Sharkshooter For demonstrating empathetic tendancies
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Quick quipper
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Knocked out for failing to post a Bush Baby:
Jonah the Whale
Paul W
QUALIFIERS
Ann
Auntie Doris
Carex
Chorister
Christianjimmy
Custard
Gort
Hazey Jane
Hennah
Jedijudy
Marvin the Martian
Moth
MrSponge2U
Nutmeg
Pants
Papa Smurf
Professorkirke
Pure as the Driven Yellow Snow
Quizmaster
Rugasaw
Smudgie
The Rogue
Get your fingertips warmed up!
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Nutmeg
Ship's spice girl
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quote:
Originally posted by Smudgie:
Here's one for you, Quizzy dear.
The Quoll's Revenge ![[Snigger]](graemlins/snigger.gif)
I have seen this things at the markets. Truly revolting. How could you consider a purse made from cane toads? They also stuff them and dress them up which is quite funny. ![[Biased]](wink.gif)
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ROUND EIGHT: EARTH SATELLITES
For this round I need two distinct pieces of information:
1) The name of the satellite orbitting the earth.
2) The time taken for your choice to complete one circumnavigation.
The person to be eliminated will be the one with the closest to the average time taken to complete one ring around the earth.
Now, what have I failed to clarify this time? ![[Ultra confused]](graemlins/confused2.gif)
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jedijudy
Organist of the Jedi Temple
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quote:
Originally posted by Smudgie:
Here's one for you, Quizzy dear.
The Quoll's Revenge
Oooh. Ick. Reminds me of the frog face my mom found in her house once upon a time.
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jedijudy
Organist of the Jedi Temple
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I choose the Moon which has an orbit of 27.322 days.
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Smudgie
Ship's Barnacle
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While I'm just looking for orbit times (and thinking that I really ought to be asleep!), I found this site which is interesting as you can track your satellite's progress!
Satellite tracking
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Ship's Barnacle
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Hooray! Got one!
SUNSAT - South Africa's first satellite - circles the earth about once every 100 minutes according to this website
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Hazey*Jane
Ship's Biscuit Crumbs
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quote:
Originally posted by Quizmaster:
ROUND EIGHT: EARTH SATELLITES
For this round I need two distinct pieces of information:
1) The name of the satellite orbitting the earth.
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Now, what have I failed to clarify this time?
Nothing. But you did spell orbiting wrong.
[I'm not being cheeky, this is for edification]
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Smudgie
Ship's Barnacle
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Tom, you are just being a pain again. Go find a spaceship to play on.
Actually, there are some here that could keep you out of mischief for an hour or two.
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Custard
Shipmate
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Having been now cross posted twice and lost a couple of choices...
The obvious odd answer having already been taken, I would go for Cruithne, except it isn't a real satellite of Earth - more of a companion with a weird orbit.
So I shall go for Lacrosse 3, which is a US government spy satellite orbiting 14.71292432 times per day, which works out at one orbit every 0.06797 days, 1.6312 hours or 1 hour, 37 minutes, 52 seconds.
Incidentally, this site has a database with lots and lots of details about satellites and when you can see them. Even lists for you to pick from...
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christianjimmy
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Man, tough one methinks. Kudos to QM for thinking up difficult questions.
I'm going for Landsat 5 which is a plain old bog standard observation satellite, taking 16 days to orbit the earth.
I was trying to be clever and look for an exciting thing like the second moon that we apparently have (called cruithne) but apparently it isn't a real moon of earth, and not being clever enough I wasn't sure if it did orbit the earth properly, so left it. (Although if anyone is willing to argue the toss on whether it is a real satellite or not, feel free to use it!)
I found this page rather handy... partial list of earth observation satellites ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
[ETA: ohhh, ![[Disappointed]](graemlins/disappointed.gif) crossposted with custard, suddenly don't look so clever on the old cruithne thing. dammit. Oh well, as they say, great minds think alike eh custard?! ![[Cool]](cool.gif) ]
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Moth
Shipmate
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Right, this is where having a geek husband comes in handy. "Go for low earth orbit", he said, "because they're very short in period, so won't be near the average".
So I choose UoSat - Oscar 11, which has a period of 99 minutes, as shown on the Amsat site.
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Auntie Doris
Screen Goddess
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RS-15
Orbit time - 128 minutes
I hated this round!!
Auntie Doris x
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The life and times of a Guernsey cow
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Carex
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I'll take a cute one: CUTE-I
A Japanese ham radio satellite that has been up over two years now. Tiny little thing - about 10cm cube and weighs around 1 kg.
You can build a paper model of it by printing out their file on a A4 sheet of paper. (It uses cut-and-paste, through, not real origami.)
Unfortunately the log and other information are in Japanese, so I haven't been able to find a orbit time yet. However, the 2-line Keppler orbit elements are:
1 27844U 03031E 05235.54459366 .00000081 00000-0 58274-4 0 5668
2 27844 098.7240 242.8205 0009458 197.0180 163.0673 14.20368241111406
which should provide all necessary orbital information.
I'll see if I can't decode some telemetry or something and come up with an orbital period...
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Carex
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Looks like the signals are received at the Titech Ground Station in Japan about every 1 hour 40 minutes or so, so I'll use 100 minutes for the orbital period.
The log is there on the web site under Current Status / Operation Report.
The cube satellite format was developed as a standard package that can be used by universities and other non-profit groups. There are a number of others that were scheduled for launch in September and October of this year, though a few have been delayed.
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R.D. Olivaw
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Even though I ran out of time in the last round I have to contribute chandra... it's day to day ops are conducted literally right down the street from where I live. It takes approximately 64 hours and 18 minutes to complete an orbit.
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Alfred E. Neuman
What? Me worry?
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XSS-11 (eXperimental Satellite System 11) is an American military (AFRL) microsatellite that was launched by a Minotaur rocket, a modified Minuteman 2 ICBM, from Vandenberg AFB at 13:35 UT on 11 April 2005.
The 100 kg satellite is equipped with sensors to seek out and make close rendezvous with several rocket bodies and dead spacecraft that are still in orbit. It will approach each such object as closely as 2.5 km to examine and image it.
This experimental model carries no projectiles. The initial orbital parameters were period 102.1 min, apogee 875 km, perigee 839 km, and inclination 98.8°. Mission life: 12 to 18 months.
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rugasaw
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GMS-1/Himawari-1
It may throw off the orbiting calculations. Its in geosynchronous orbit.
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Custard
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Quick note to all concerned...
Since JJ has already used the Moon, that will knock all the averages up significantly, probably to around 1 day or maybe more if many people go for geostationary / geosynchronous orbits (as there are roughly 20 contestants and a fair few also-rans).
If you're going for a low earth orbit satallite then (under about 2 hours), you just need to be sure you don't have the one which takes the longest of all those entered by contestants.
It would take roughly 500 low-earth orbit entries to get the average down below 90 mins. So if you want to be safe, go there.
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Custard
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Sorry - the 500 figure was due to a quick calculation in my head and wasn't quite accurate.
If the only satellites chosen were the moon and Low Earth Observation satellites with periods averaging 90 mins, then there would need to be 4022 LEO satellites chosen before the mean dropped below 100 mins. In other words, the very risky place to be is the longest-period LEO or something with an orbital period around 1 day.
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Tom Day
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Anyone had the POES yet? quote:
POES (Polar Operational Environmental Satellites) maintain an orbital height of about 500 mi and take about 100 min to complete an orbit
( from here)
Seastar is also a satellite which the US have launched to look, surprisingly, at the sea. It has an orbit of 99 mins. And as I write this it is approaching South America...
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Hennah
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The Navstar satellite - orbit time of 12 hours. The cluster is what tells your nice satellite-navigation lady where she is.
Hen x
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Tom Day
Ship's revolutionary
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quote:
Originally posted by Smudgie:
Tom, you are just being a pain again. Go find a spaceship to play on.
Actually, there are some here that could keep you out of mischief for an hour or two.
Smudgie, you must know by now that we have a thread for Internet Games. Be a dear and post it there
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Ann
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The oldest still-orbiting satellite is Vanguard 1 with an orbital period of 134.2 minutes.
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Tom Day
Ship's revolutionary
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And of course there is the oldest man made object in space, Vanguard 1. It has now been in space since 1957 and has traveeled over 10189046848 km's, completed 187092 orbits of the earth, each one at around 134 mins.
Tom
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The Rogue
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My choice is EXOS D which has an orbit lasting 185.2 minutes.
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Emergency underwear
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GE 1i / AMC 12
Xtar-Eur
XM 3
Inmarsat 4F1
Express AM2
Apstar 6
Spaceway 1
Directv 8
Telstar 8 / Intelsat Americas 8
Express AM3
Ipstar 1
Galaxy 14
All of them please, I can't find the damn orbiting times on anything.
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