Astronomy & Space - August 2006

2006-08-25 04:22:04 · 1 answers · asked by neha 2

2006-08-25 04:20:57 · 47 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-25 04:15:39 · 6 answers · asked by reeree 1

on all the beaches in the world. That's an awful lot of stars!

2006-08-25 04:10:29 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

The eight planets are: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.

RESOLUTION 5A
The IAU therefore resolves that planets and other bodies in our Solar System be defined into three distinct categories:

(1) A planet1 is a celestial body that (a) is in orbit around the Sun, (b) has sufficient mass for its self-gravity to overcome rigid body forces so that it assumes a hydrostatic equilibrium (nearly round) shape, and (c) has cleared the neighbourhood around its orbit.

(2) A dwarf planet is a celestial body that (a) is in orbit around the Sun, (b) has sufficient mass for its self-gravity to overcome rigid body forces so that it assumes a hydrostatic equilibrium (nearly round) shape2, (c) has not cleared the neighbourhood around its orbit, and (d) is not a satellite.

(3) All other objects3 orbiting the Sun shall be referred to collectively as "Small Solar System Bodies".

your thoughts?

2006-08-25 04:09:07 · 13 answers · asked by PlayTOE- 3

A story hit the news in January 2006 stating that Lockheed Martin built a probe which NASA launched to Pluto. This probe was scheduled to reach Pluto in 2015. Do you think that researching the ex-planet is still beneficial since Pluto has been demoted?

http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/060119_pluto_nh_launch.html

2006-08-25 03:59:29 · 6 answers · asked by Meg...Out of Hybernation 6

2006-08-25 03:51:57 · 24 answers · asked by the challenger 1

2006-08-25 03:28:13 · 4 answers · asked by Sweet Pete 1

Pluto the dog in joint cooperation with NASA and Pluto Dwarf Planet formally NKA Pluto the full fledged planet is preparing a legal defense to maintain its status as Planet not Dwarf. 1st thing being called a dwarf is insensitive and amounts to harassment 2ndly the Pluto has been a planet for 70 or more years now and based on technology at that time was considered a planet so Pluto is grand fathered into the solar system as a planet.

Further more world wide it is not cost effective to change Pluto into a dwarf due all text books being changed. There is a certain fixed dollar amount assigned to making all the book. Also lets think about the environmental cost of making Pluto a dwarf planet aside from the harassment it will destroy hundreds of thousand of trees to print new books. Reclassing Pluto is going to cause a world wide tree shortage. And you never thought what happened there could effect us here. Now with less trees we have less oxygen and more CO2. Deadly

2006-08-25 03:24:52 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

Could somebody, please, explain why?

2006-08-25 03:12:29 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

Technoly that satellite is going to research a planet, now since Pluto is no longer a planet, that satellite serves no purpose.

2006-08-25 03:10:31 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-25 02:50:44 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

If the orbits of the two planets overlap and it's claimed that Pluto does not satisfy the new definition of a planet because it has not cleared Neptune from its orbit is it not also true that Neptune has not cleared Pluto from its orbit and therefore cannot be a planet. You cannot claim that the difference is that Neptune is already accepted as a planet whereas Pluto's status is the one in question because that is circular thinking and therefore unjustifiable.

2006-08-25 02:49:18 · 12 answers · asked by torpe 1

The word 'planet' has an etymology older than modern astronomy, and though the definition is imprecise, that's ok. A small group of men in wigs and white robes does not own the word "planet", we the people do.

They should have invented their own word. I for one refuse to accept their authoritarian equivocation. Will you join the revolt and take back that which rightfully belongs to us all?

2006-08-25 02:46:14 · 7 answers · asked by lenny 7

2006-08-25 02:41:32 · 2 answers · asked by mac_daddy011 1

...for Earth sized planets around other stars..I have been so busy recently I have lost track!!

2006-08-25 02:36:49 · 9 answers · asked by tee_hee_ssh 3

2006-08-25 02:32:46 · 14 answers · asked by ? 3

ihave confusion between a planet and a pluton, but when is came to what is pluton then ifound planet and pluton as same.that is why i want to know the exact meaning of planets and Is the pluto is demoted no longer a planet.if yes,then why

2006-08-25 02:11:13 · 6 answers · asked by Rishav 2

2006-08-25 01:55:56 · 16 answers · asked by James U 2

i feel like everything i learned about planets when i was little was a lie. 8 is just too few!

2006-08-25 01:32:21 · 13 answers · asked by liz n 3

2006-08-25 01:31:28 · 8 answers · asked by ? 3

Mmm..something tells me that that story is a trifle exageratted!! lol

2006-08-25 01:25:41 · 11 answers · asked by tee_hee_ssh 3

Why is Pluto not a planet anymore even ya know it orbits. Will the tenth planet be that way too? i just heard there was a tenth planet. No one tells me these things.

2006-08-25 01:24:07 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-25 00:58:10 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-25 00:27:05 · 15 answers · asked by SlapADog 4

2006-08-25 00:20:30 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-25 00:00:00 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

Yesterday it was decided in Prague that Pluton is not a planet as they found the new definition of the objects like that.
I am used to the names of all 9 planets of our solar system.
what do you think about it?

2006-08-24 22:40:17 · 23 answers · asked by ywe 2

i only saw the command module without the service module return to earth with a parachute

2006-08-24 22:21:33 · 6 answers · asked by PUBIC L 1

just say the alien are proven real what are the chances of them being normal human beings or maybe just a slight difference in bone structure, and the fact they live in a world just like earth?

2006-08-24 22:12:48 · 14 answers · asked by Thomas J 1