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Neil deGrasse Tyson
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haydenplanetarium.org/tyson/
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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 3 Jul 2017

    For Aphelion Weenies: DATE: 03 July 2017 TIME: 20:11 GMT ORBTITAL ECCENTRICITY: 0.0167 SUN-EARTH DISTANCE: 152,092,504 km

    12:12 PM - 3 Jul 2017
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    151 replies 1,608 retweets 7,677 likes
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      2. Dylan‏ @cracka_23 3 Jul 2017
        Replying to @neiltyson

        What point on Earth will be furthest away?

        3 replies 1 retweet 6 likes
      3. HAP 🌠ILY‏ @HappyStuart2 3 Jul 2017
        Replying to @cracka_23 @neiltyson

        Midnight

        1 reply 1 retweet 6 likes
      4. Dylan‏ @cracka_23 3 Jul 2017
        Replying to @HappyStuart2 @neiltyson

        No.. What physical place?

        6 replies 1 retweet 1 like
      5. Patty Greene‏ @nuthatch580 3 Jul 2017
        Replying to @cracka_23 @HappyStuart2 @neiltyson

        Opposite side not facing, which would be...Brazil.

        2 replies 1 retweet 3 likes
      6. Rebecca of Sunnybrook Darn‏ @rebecca_guihan 3 Jul 2017
        Replying to @nuthatch580 @cracka_23 and

        I dunno, i liked the midnight as a place answer🤓

        0 replies 0 retweets 8 likes
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      2. wolfe‏ @loopedtime 3 Jul 2017
        Replying to @neiltyson

        Kilometers instead of miles? How are us Americans supposed to understand?

        6 replies 2 retweets 16 likes
      3. Itay Grinberg‏ @ItayGrinberg 3 Jul 2017
        Replying to @loopedtime @yummyfeet @neiltyson

        Multiples of 10 instead of random numbers?! :)pic.twitter.com/wvMkFKScep

        2 replies 0 retweets 46 likes
      4. wolfe‏ @loopedtime 3 Jul 2017
        Replying to @ItayGrinberg @neiltyson

        It was a joke on how stupid America is lol

        1 reply 0 retweets 6 likes
      5. fuckFascists‏ @politicacocaina 7 Sep 2017
        Replying to @loopedtime @ItayGrinberg @neiltyson

        Who built the machine that has taught us more about the universe than any other machine? I rest my case.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      6. wolfe‏ @loopedtime 7 Sep 2017
        Replying to @politicacocaina @ItayGrinberg @neiltyson

        What machine would that be lol

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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      2. Ankal T‏ @matatez 3 Jul 2017
        Replying to @neiltyson

        Now in English please 👍👍

        2 replies 0 retweets 7 likes
      3. John Brotherton‏ @CubicAqua 3 Jul 2017
        Replying to @matatez @neiltyson

        Aphelion is the point in space when the planet is furthest from the Sun.

        2 replies 2 retweets 9 likes
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      5. John Brotherton‏ @CubicAqua 3 Jul 2017
        Replying to @NickLeachYC11 @matatez @neiltyson

        The point in time is also correct.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      6. kill -9 0‏ @ArsChemia 3 Jul 2017
        Replying to @CubicAqua @NickLeachYC11 and

        I guess you could correctly say the point in space-time.

        1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
      7. Leiloou Uoihiuyijjoi‏ @uoihiuyijjoi 27 Aug 2017
        Replying to @ArsChemia @CubicAqua and

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        0 replies 1 retweet 1 like
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      1. Leo Van Sickle‏ @Vansicklel 3 Jul 2017
        Replying to @neiltyson

        "The good thing about science is that it's true whether you believe it or not " someone kinda cool

        0 replies 2 retweets 14 likes
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      1. Dell  🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿‏ @agbnufc 3 Jul 2017
        Replying to @neiltyson

        MORE SCIENCE NEIL, GIVE ME MORE

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      2. Reverb makes all music better‏ @PanzerSoldat115 3 Jul 2017
        Replying to @neiltyson

        Is math related to science

        1 reply 0 retweets 8 likes
      3. John Brotherton‏ @CubicAqua 3 Jul 2017
        Replying to @PanzerSoldat115 @neiltyson

        Yes. They're cousins.

        0 replies 0 retweets 10 likes
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