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#353851 Orion Aurora Thu, 4th Apr '13 5:26:43 PM from Andromeda Galaxy

@Roy: Again, what?

Yeah, Andromeda is heading for you. You got over 9000 years until it collides.

#353852 d Roy Thu, 4th Apr '13 5:27:55 PM from Buffalo, New York

That's what she said.

#353853 Orion Aurora Thu, 4th Apr '13 5:28:57 PM from Andromeda Galaxy

Here's another scale of the moon:

http://derpibooru.org/288372?scope=scpe716f6936de6aa6f87f51c053da229f5fe021b55d

Pretty big I'd have to say.

Yeah, Andromeda is heading for you. You got over 9000 years until it collides.

#353854 Sereg Thu, 4th Apr '13 5:29:06 PM from South Africa

@Sereg: I don't think anyone was ever claiming that they did.

I've seen claims.

All I'm saying is that the moon obviously functions differently then our own, due to how easy it was to lasso it.

That has nothing to do with the moon and everything to do with the lasso. Seriously, in theory you could lasso our moon.

EDIT:

Wow, Applejack can do that? Earth ponies are so overpowered.

No. Celestia did that. AJ would hve to be about three times faster than RD to do that (again, unless, as JT says, ther planet has a pathetic escape velocity).

edited 4th Apr '13 5:31:50 PM by Sereg

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#353855 Irish Zombie Thu, 4th Apr '13 5:30:32 PM from Texas

You'd need a really strong lasso, though.

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#353856 Japanese Teeth Thu, 4th Apr '13 5:31:20 PM from Meinong's jungle

In theory, yes, but the ease with which the ponies do it makes it clear something different is going on. Also, I never claimed that the planet has a weak escape velocity. Although I will point out that either the moon functions differently, or the entire planet's tide just got screwed up.

edited 4th Apr '13 5:32:52 PM by JapaneseTeeth

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#353857 Sereg Thu, 4th Apr '13 5:32:59 PM from South Africa

Celestia's aura is around the lasso. Aim, speed and strength issues should be expalined by that.

EDIT: Probably asked Leo or someone to make sure the tides were okay.

edited 4th Apr '13 5:33:46 PM by Sereg

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#353858 d Roy Thu, 4th Apr '13 5:33:01 PM from Buffalo, New York

Shoot, missed my timing.

edited 4th Apr '13 5:33:30 PM by dRoy

#353859 Irish Zombie Thu, 4th Apr '13 5:33:10 PM from Texas

AJ's lasso is made of carbon nanotubes.

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#353860 storyyeller Thu, 4th Apr '13 5:33:47 PM from Appleloosa

Whoa.

Life is simple: it has no nontrivial normal subgroups.

#353861 Japanese Teeth Thu, 4th Apr '13 5:34:40 PM from Meinong's jungle

I'm just going with the "Magic weirdness" explanation.

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#353862 Crowfall Thu, 4th Apr '13 5:35:21 PM

@Sereg: I was kind of joking. It does look like AJ is the one who lassoed it though, just with magical help. Celestia provides the magic, AJ snags the moon. Or something.

#353863 d Roy Thu, 4th Apr '13 5:37:22 PM from Buffalo, New York

I didn't know Equestria had access to Gleipnir.

#353864 Irish Zombie Thu, 4th Apr '13 5:40:15 PM from Texas

Also, tell me that there's some sort of comment in the comic about the moon being made of cheese. Or that it actually is made of cheese.

Oh, no! They've all transformed into giant, Swedish, lederhosen-clad yodelers! Run!

#353865 d Roy Thu, 4th Apr '13 5:41:07 PM from Buffalo, New York

That must mean there is an aspiring skier robot too!

#353866 Sereg Thu, 4th Apr '13 5:46:23 PM from South Africa

Hmm... The second pic that Orion linked may be an indication that their moon actually is smaller than ours, unlike I believed. We can still see curvature despite the fact that it's reached the toposphere (it's partially blocking a cloud). We'd need geometry that I'm not used to doing to work that out though.

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#353867 Applelight Limited Thu, 4th Apr '13 5:46:43 PM from Manehattan to Canterlot

I just can't wait for this comic.

Tealove is best pony. Ask The Mane Six

#353868 d Roy Thu, 4th Apr '13 5:47:09 PM from Buffalo, New York

to be available on torrent.

#353869 Irish Zombie Thu, 4th Apr '13 5:50:27 PM from Texas

I would do the math, but without knowing just how far off the ground it is, I wouldn't get anywhere. I know it at least gets below cloud level, but clouds seem to form much closer to the ground in Equestria, so its height is still an unknown.

edited 4th Apr '13 5:50:44 PM by IrishZombie

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#353870 d Roy Thu, 4th Apr '13 5:52:13 PM from Buffalo, New York

When it doubt, it's 42.

#353871 Sereg Thu, 4th Apr '13 5:53:29 PM from South Africa

Well, 17 km at a maximum. We can use that, right?

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#353872 Japanese Teeth Thu, 4th Apr '13 5:53:37 PM from Meinong's jungle

@Irish: That's what I've been saying from the get go; moon works different over there.

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#353873 Irish Zombie Thu, 4th Apr '13 5:55:55 PM from Texas

@Sereg: Anywhere between 17 km and, say... a couple hundred feet? That's a bit of a range.

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#353874 Orion Aurora Thu, 4th Apr '13 5:56:37 PM from Andromeda Galaxy

The moon is 76... things.

Yeah, Andromeda is heading for you. You got over 9000 years until it collides.

#353875 d Roy Thu, 4th Apr '13 5:57:22 PM from Buffalo, New York

I'd say it is at maximum 2...km.

edited 4th Apr '13 5:57:50 PM by dRoy