and a nerd. So you probably would have done it anyway. ;)
Running back through the May questions, I've discovered a definite gap in my numerical knowledge. Either that, or the sight of a formula or hint of a word problem locks up my brain.
Ditto on the Viking. The Swift astronomer was my hint that it was the moons of Mars. Swift was a while back, and predicting their existence indicated he wasn't actually looking through a scope (or at least not a very good one,) so there had to be chance of them being visible to the naked eye, or that their existence was guessable just by looking.
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Well, you *are* a librarian
Date: 2011-05-27 05:03 pm (UTC)Running back through the May questions, I've discovered a definite gap in my numerical knowledge. Either that, or the sight of a formula or hint of a word problem locks up my brain.
Ditto on the Viking. The Swift astronomer was my hint that it was the moons of Mars. Swift was a while back, and predicting their existence indicated he wasn't actually looking through a scope (or at least not a very good one,) so there had to be chance of them being visible to the naked eye, or that their existence was guessable just by looking.