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- From: sla@umbra.UCSC.EDU (Steve Allen)
- Newsgroups: sci.astro
- Subject: Re: Is the Milky Way a Barred Spiral?
- Followup-To: rec.humor
- Date: 3 Jan 1993 22:25:05 GMT
- Organization: UCO/Lick Observatory
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- Message-ID: <1i7p41INNfat@darkstar.UCSC.EDU>
- References: <1993Jan3.210002.19066@ee.ubc.ca>
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- Summary: sure
- Keywords: M&M/Mars
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- In article <1993Jan3.210002.19066@ee.ubc.ca> davem@ee.ubc.ca (Dave Michelson)
- writes:
- >Not too long ago (but I don't remember where :-(, I read that some astronomers
- >had convinced themselves that our Galaxy is actually a barred spiral.
- Doug Lin here at UC Santa Cruz assures us all that the proof is found simply
- by going down to the nearest market, finding the candy aisle, and noting
- the shape of the M&M/Mars product called Milky Way. ;-) ;-) ;-)
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