Monday, June 23, 2008
~ 4:26 AM ~
Ok, guys, as you all know, Weide is the head of Astro now.
Hope all of you will give him the support he needs on Wednesday because it will be the 1st time he will be conducting Astro as head. Turn up early and dont be late hor.
That is all I have to say. Bye Bye
Signing Off: Cheng Wee
Sunday, June 8, 2008
~ 1:31 AM ~
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Here's something to satisfy your curiosity.
Which Fruit best represents a supergiant?
a)Watermelon
b)Orange
c)Starfruit
d)Onion
"Unlike red giants, these red supergiants have enough mass to create greater gravitational pressure, and therefore higher core temperatures. They fuse helium into carbon, carbon and helium into oxygen, and two carbon atoms into magnesium. Through a combination of such processes, successively heavier elements, up to iron, are formed (see Table 1). Each successive process requires a higher temperature (up to 3.3 billion kelvins) and lasts for a shorter amount of time (as short as a few days). The structure of a red supergiant becomes like an onion (see Figure 3), with different elements being fused at different temperatures in layers around the core." -- http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/teachers/elements/imagine/05.html
Uh oh.
But wait a sec...
Onions aren't fruit!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onion
"Onions, one of the oldest vegetables known to mankind, are found in a bewildering array of recipes and preparations, spanning almost the totality of the world's cultures; they are nowadays available in fresh, frozen, canned, pickled, and dehydrated forms."
Hope we all find some comfort in that.
This is AMP, signing out.
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
~ 6:24 AM ~
Just a couple of announcements:
As usual there's good news and bad news. Good news first:
1. Weide has been promoted to Astro Head. All hail Weide, Long Live the Astro Head!
And now the bad news:
2. Astrochallenge reaches perihelion in TWO DAYS.
ohh wells
AMP, signing out.