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In article <billa-1310940139070001@billa.slip.netcom.com>,
billa@netcom.com (Bill Arnett) wrote:

> Announcing: "The Nine Planets, a Multimedia Tour of the Solar System"
> a WWW hyperdocument now available at:
>
>         ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/nineplanets/nineplanets.html

Gee, I can't even get my own announcement right :-(  That should be:

          ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/billa/nineplanets/nineplanets.html

--
Bill Arnett                 billa@netcom.com
San Jose, CA  USA           ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/billa/billa.html

In article <billa-1310940212590001@billa.slip.netcom.com>, billa@netcom.com (Bill Arnett) writes:
> Gee, I can't even get my own announcement right :-(  That should be:
>
>           ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/billa/nineplanets/nineplanets.html
>
> --
> Bill Arnett                 billa@netcom.com
> San Jose, CA  USA           ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/billa/billa.html

Didn't seem to help much. All I got was :

ERROR

Requested document (URL ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/billa/nineplanets/nineplanets.html)
could not be accessed.

The information server either is not accessible or is refusing to serve the document to
you.


Ragnar

ragnar@rapid.fi.uib.no (Ragnar Aas) writes:

>In article <billa-1310940212590001@billa.slip.netcom.com>, billa@netcom.com (Bill Arnett) writes:
>> Gee, I can't even get my own announcement right :-(  That should be:
>>
>>           ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/billa/nineplanets/nineplanets.html
>>
>> --
>> Bill Arnett                 billa@netcom.com
>> San Jose, CA  USA           ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/billa/billa.html

>Didn't seem to help much. All I got was :

>ERROR

>Requested document (URL ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/billa/nineplanets/nineplanets.html)
>could not be accessed.

>The information server either is not accessible or is refusing to serve the document to
>you.



 Could be due to the fact that they have a limit on anonymous FTP users.
I tried poking around, and I couldn't even get in to see if the file was
there...
dave

In article <1994Oct13.143641.10240@relay.acadiau.ca>,
910536m@dragon.acadiau.ca (David W. Murphy) wrote:

>... All I got was :
> >Requested document (URL
ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/billa/nineplanets/nineplanets.html)
> >could not be accessed.
>
> >The information server either is not accessible or is refusing to serve
the document to
> >you.
>
>
>
>  Could be due to the fact that they have a limit on anonymous FTP users.
> I tried poking around, and I couldn't even get in to see if the file was
> there...

Yes.  Damn it!  Its really there and the above URL is right.  But netcom
is awfully slow and overloaded.  Can anyone help me find a better home for
this?

--
Bill Arnett                 billa@netcom.com
San Jose, CA  USA           ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/billa/billa.html

In article <billa-1310940139070001@billa.slip.netcom.com>, billa@netcom.com (Bill Arnett) writes:
> Announcing: "The Nine Planets, a Multimedia Tour of the Solar System"
> a WWW hyperdocument now available at:
>
>         ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/nineplanets/nineplanets.html
>
> or from the "home page" in my sig.
>
>
> This "tour" has at least a few words about each of the 70 planets and


	I don't think that there are 70 planets and moons in the solar system.

	If so, then each planet would have to have an average of 8 moons!

> moons in the solar system plus the Sun and a few misc topics.  In addition
> to the usual pictures, I've also included some sounds and an occasional
> movie.  TNP includes an extensive index of pictures of each object.  I've
> tried to write for a general audience not necessarily knowledgeable in
> astronomy, but I think professional astronomers and planetary scientists
> may also find some interesting bits, too.

	Cool, I'll be sure I read your homepage!  It looks good.
>
> [TNP has been extensively edited and expanded since the preliminary
> announcement on the astronomy groups a few weeks ago.]
>
> I've put a lot of effort into this over the last few months.  I hope
> you enjoy it; I have certainly enjoyed writing it.
>
> If you find any errors (even just typos) or have any suggestions or
> just want to comment please don't hesitate to send me some mail.
>
> (I apologize in advance for the server upon which I am forced to offer
> this.  It's sometimes slow and sometimes even refuses connections.  But
> you will eventually get in.)
>
> --
> Bill Arnett                 billa@netcom.com
> San Jose, CA  USA           ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/billa/billa.html

--
Daniel Ho

University of Waterloo

Faculty:  Math
Program:  Computer Science, Honours, Co-Op.

Address: dho@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca

Quote:  See you on the Internet!

Daniel Ho (dho@descartes.uwaterloo.ca) wrote:

: 	I don't think that there are 70 planets and moons in the solar system.

: 	If so, then each planet would have to have an average of 8 moons!

Planet		# of moons

Mercury		0
Venus		0
Earth		1
Mars		2
Jupiter		16
Saturn		18
Uranus		15
Neptune		8
Pluto		1

9 planets and 61 moons = 70 solar system bodies.

Steve Crisp

In article <Cxo85p.48o@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca>,
dho@descartes.uwaterloo.ca (Daniel Ho) wrote:

>...
>         I don't think that there are 70 planets and moons in the solar system.
>         If so, then each planet would have to have an average of 8 moons!
>...


The short answer is "Count 'em up":
   Sun       9
   Mercury   0
   Venus     0
   Earth     1
   Mars      2
   Jupiter  16
   Saturn   18
   Uranus   15
   Neptune   8
   Pluto     1
   total    70

The long answer is "read The Nine Planets"!  This count is really pretty
arbitrary.  It leaves out the asteroids, quite a few of which are much
larger than many of the moons.  Also, there are almost certainly more
small moons that remain to be discovered.  And we may get into difficulty
deciding what is a moon and what is just a big ring particle.  :-)

--
Bill Arnett                 billa@netcom.com
San Jose, CA  USA           ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/billa/billa.html

ragnar@rapid.fi.uib.no (Ragnar Aas) writes:

>In article <billa-1310940212590001@billa.slip.netcom.com>, billa@netcom.com (Bill Arnett) writes:
>> Gee, I can't even get my own announcement right :-(  That should be:
>>
>>           ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/billa/nineplanets/nineplanets.html

>Didn't seem to help much. All I got was :

>ERROR Requested document (URL
>ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/billa/nineplanets/nineplanets.html) could not
>be accessed.

>The information server either is not accessible or is refusing to serve
>the document to you.

Welcome to ftp.netcom.com, the most unreasonable place to put any HTML
documents.  Any time, any day, your sure to restart your Mosaic once
every 30 seconds.

ftp.netcom.com - home of the Myst home page...

--DAVE (johnson@wrs.com)

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