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1. Widdershins Smith 🐘 (juglugs@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 24-Jul-2023 10:13:27 UTC Widdershins Smith 🐘

   #OrbitalPolice

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   • skry (skry@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 24-Jul-2023 10:13:29 UTC skry

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     @juglugs @isotope239 ALT: screenshot from Twitter

     Elon Musk: My car is currently orbiting Mars.

     Jonathan McDowell: Well, no, It’s orbiting the Sun, and occasionally passes the orbit of Mars. Not the same thing.

     Alonso: Who died and made you the orbital police?

     Jonathan McDowell: Johannes Kepler

     [Twitter profile: Astronomer at (not speaking for, duh) the CfA, working on Chandra, commenting on space launches. Orbital Police. All plots CC-BY.]
     Here: @planet4589

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