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the largest mountain in the Solar system is called Rheasilvia(23KM) and its on asteroid called Vesta.

The largest on a "planet" is Olympus Mons on Mars and it's about 22km high. Nice fact btw!

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Check out Mars in the southern skies. It's huge and bright. And orange. Closest it's been to earth in 15 years.

We had an open house (actually an open observatory) last Saturday so the general public could look at Mars (and other stuff) through our large telescopes.

Our dome is up on a 30' high tower. We were projecting the movie Mars Attacks on the said of the tower. Most visitors found that funny. Many stayed and watched the movie too.
 

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We had an open house (actually an open observatory) last Saturday so the general public could look at Mars (and other stuff) through our large telescopes.

Our dome is up on a 30' high tower. We were projecting the movie Mars Attacks on the said of the tower. Most visitors found that funny. Many stayed and watched the movie too.
Nice.

That's one of my favorite movies. Also, first time I noticed Jack Black as an actor.
 

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Cowboys DB Cornell Green had 10 blocks(fgs,xtra pts,etc..) over his career.
Why does he hardly get mentioned for R.O.H. consideration?
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