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How to destroy a Giant Planet
Oortcloud
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12-6-2007 11:44 PM
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Oortcloud
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I bet this would be something to see
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12-7-2007
1:17 PM
AtlLiberal
I bet this would be something to see
Best seen from a remote vantage point.
12-7-2007
1:19 PM
Eladora
wow!
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