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Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: May 20 04:16PM -0500

In article <1M2dnaCrn8uW2ILEnZ2dnUU7-cvNnZ2d@giganews.com>, msb@vex.net says...
> Round 6, from the time this is posted.
 
> 6. According to the USNO's Astronomical Almanac, the mass of the
> Sun is how many times the mass of the Earth?
 
1,000,000
 
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msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 20 05:19PM -0500

Mark Brader:
> 6. According to the USNO's Astronomical Almanac, the mass of the
> Sun is how many times the mass of the Earth?
 
Peter Smyth 67,152 /4.958
 
** CORRECT ** 332,946.0487
 
Stephen Perry 333,000 *1.0002
ArenEss 350,000 *1.0512
Bruce Bowler 1,000,000 *3.003
Marc Dashevsky 1,000,000 *3.003
Joshua Kreitzer 1,000,000 *3.003
 
The correct answer shown is accurate to ±0.0007; see the second
page of
 
http://asa.usno.navy.mil/static/files/2017/Astronomical_Constants_2017.pdf
 
 
Peter Smyth is eliminated. This contest is now open only to
Bruce Bowler, Marc Dashevsky, Joshua Kreitzer, Stephen Perry,
and the entrant posting as "ArenEss". You have up to 4 days to
enter Round 7, from the time this is posted.
 
7. In a normal adult human body, how many bones are in the legs
and feet, excluding the sesamoid bones that vary from one person
to another?
 
 
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msb@vex.net | Laura is single. By a 2-1 margin." --Ken Perlow
 
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ArenEss <areness1@yahoo.com>: May 20 08:22PM -0500


>7. In a normal adult human body, how many bones are in the legs
> and feet, excluding the sesamoid bones that vary from one person
> to another?
 
52
 
ArenEss
Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: May 20 04:25PM -0500

In article <e9udnRV5T5cL3ILEnZ2dnUU7-X3NnZ2d@giganews.com>, msb@vex.net says...
> the glass boards and charged into the stands. His teammates
> followed when other fans tried to intervene. He was suspended
> for 8 games for his part in the ensuing brawl.
Mike Milbury
 
 
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msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 20 03:00PM -0500

If you have not entered RQ 256, as I post this you have about 12 hours
left to do it in.
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