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  1. Hornet-Fez

    Hornet-Fez Well-Known Member

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    It is an astronomical question all to do with Galileo's quote. It is not a fixed date when this occurs, but next year the opposite happens on 4th July....
     
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  2. Bolton's Boots

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    Solar/lunar eclipse?
     
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  3. yorkshirehornet

    yorkshirehornet Well-Known Member

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    is it farthest the sun is from the earth..... and the 4th july is the nearest?
     
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    Is Saturn rising in Capricorn then? :emoticon-0100-smile
     
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  5. Hornet-Fez

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    I'll give you that but we're actually approaching Perihelion which is the nearest we get to the sun - it occurs in the morning of 4th January. Come 4th July it will be Aphelion which is some 6,000,000 miles further away. However it is axial tilt that governs the seasons. The distances vary significantly from year to year due to the laws of gravity and mathematicians and cosmologists agree that by the year 6,000 or so it will take place around the spring equinox...

    Over to you.
     
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  6. yorkshirehornet

    yorkshirehornet Well-Known Member

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    another interesting fact!

    back soon with a question
     
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    yorkshirehornet, Dec 22, 2021
  7. yorkshirehornet

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    What classic has just emerged after being lost for many years?
     
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    yorkshirehornet, Dec 23, 2021
  8. oldfrenchhorn

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    The first Morecambe and Wise show that they did for the BBC.
     
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  9. yorkshirehornet

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    you got it.. from an attic!
     
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  10. oldfrenchhorn

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    Cheers Yorkie,

    Which London hotel featured an upside down Christmas tree, and who designed it?
     
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  11. Bolton's Boots

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    Claridge's had one a few years ago - designed by Karl Lagerfeld. Maybe he'd just a few too many Lagers...
     
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  12. oldfrenchhorn

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    That is the one BB. All yours.
     
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  13. Bolton's Boots

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    Cheers.
    Thinking cap on - am off for a 20 mile drive through snowy roads to the nearest station to pick up my youngest, who's coming back for Xmas...
     
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  14. Bolton's Boots

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    One to ponder upon over Christmas

    How are a Scottish MP, a munitions factory and a breakfast spread connected?
     
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    Is the MP Tam Dalyell?
     
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    andytoprankin, Dec 23, 2021
  16. Bolton's Boots

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    No. You might be better off getting the spread first.
     
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  17. andytoprankin

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    Marmite?
     
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  18. Bolton's Boots

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    No - better than that.
     
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  19. yorkshirehornet

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    Vegemite?
     
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  20. Bolton's Boots

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    Yes - now you need to work out the other two...
     
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