Astronomy & Space - August 2006

The shuttle has to have a specific attack angle hitting the atmosphere to prevent it burning up

2006-08-16 03:03:24 · 9 answers · asked by tonybpebbles 2

assume that somebody is standing in a place during a starry night and looking straight up sees a star.another one 100mls away sees another star over his head and a third one 200mls away at another direction does the same.the three stars makes a triangle on the skymap whose projection on earth's surface is our three people.that's exactly what i want too see.a triangle on earth's surface.can any body suggest me a software that does this exactly?

2006-08-16 02:59:55 · 2 answers · asked by orpheas k 2

2006-08-16 02:39:56 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous

I heard it was going to be close..

2006-08-16 02:35:23 · 9 answers · asked by fletch 2

Charon (the largest moon of Pluto) is on the board to be classified as a planet, but how can this be? A planet must:

1) Orbit around the sun
2) Have a sufficient gravitational density to maintain a spherical shape

By definition, a moon orbits its planet, not the sun. Is Charon different?

2006-08-16 02:32:15 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-16 02:24:02 · 27 answers · asked by carlyj09 1

2006-08-16 02:02:30 · 15 answers · asked by RGs 1

2006-08-16 01:59:46 · 17 answers · asked by nogodiggydie 2

please also give reasons for your answer

2006-08-16 01:56:39 · 28 answers · asked by SUNIL Raj 3

(or out of the black should I say)

what are the three new planets and how big are they compared to earth or mars and where are the located exactly. and why the hell has nobody heard of them! And why weren't they classed as planets before! ????????????????????????????

2006-08-16 01:34:35 · 18 answers · asked by wave 5

2006-08-16 01:28:21 · 8 answers · asked by ahmed 2

Mythology was pretty much pop culture way back when. I like the name.

2006-08-16 01:22:39 · 3 answers · asked by tkdeity 4

The Earth Venus & Mars are sometines known as the three sisters. I prefer the analogy as Goldilocks and the three Bears. Best answer gets the 10 pts. You're on the clock.

2006-08-16 01:13:59 · 8 answers · asked by Auggie 3

As we sweep around the sun, are we moving in a straight line as a single object, or, since the Earth and Moon are the closest in size of any 2 planet system, are we like a couple of ballroom dancers moving as one unit around a central locus as we sweep across the dance floor? I hope I used locus correctly.

2006-08-16 01:10:29 · 5 answers · asked by tkdeity 4

2006-08-16 01:03:54 · 12 answers · asked by Mr. Mister's Boyfriend 1

2006-08-16 00:55:37 · 8 answers · asked by Mr. Mister's Boyfriend 1

Under new guidelines for the indentification of planets there will now be 12 recognised planets instead of the current 9. With the new system, if a planitary body has enough gravity to pull itself into a sperical shape then it is a planet. The new proposal, which will soon be voted upon by a worldwide body of astronomers, puts planets into three groups:

The Classical Planets(8): Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.

The plutons (small icy planets on the outer fringers of the solar system, of which there are currently 3, but this number may rise as new planets are discovered and identified, at the moment there are around a dozen other planets under investigation): The twin planets of Pluto & Charon (formerly Pluto's moon) and 2003 UB313 (now the furthest planet from the sun, it is bigger than pluto)

Ceres: Under the new system this former asteroid between Mars and Jupiter is now a planet.

see more at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4795755.stm

2006-08-16 00:55:33 · 6 answers · asked by True_Brit 3

2006-08-16 00:50:40 · 7 answers · asked by Zak 1

Explain the origins of the names of the 3 newly named ones.

2006-08-16 00:31:04 · 5 answers · asked by WendyD1999 5

I just saw on the news that under new guidlines for the classification of planets there are now 12 planets in our solar system, rather that the commonly thought of 9. And this number is set to grow as other large, recently discovered, rocks on the fringes of the solar system are studied more. This new classifiaction system has greatly interested me, and I will be very pleased if someone can give me information about the system and the newly identified planets.

2006-08-16 00:26:10 · 5 answers · asked by True_Brit 3

2006-08-15 23:48:01 · 8 answers · asked by mamanoelia 3

2006-08-15 23:27:01 · 19 answers · asked by Mr. Mister's Boyfriend 1

2006-08-15 23:24:06 · 8 answers · asked by Mr. Mister's Boyfriend 1

2006-08-15 23:17:31 · 12 answers · asked by Mr. Mister's Boyfriend 1

The new definition of a planet has demoted Pluto to a lower status. However, it has promoted some previous non-planets into planetary status. Is this fair on Pluto who previously had full planetary status?

2006-08-15 22:55:52 · 13 answers · asked by James 6

2006-08-15 22:32:55 · 12 answers · asked by jay Z 4

2006-08-15 22:22:41 · 12 answers · asked by midhu 1

How do parallel universes exist in other dimensions such as in the 11th dimension?Do they exist in space-time continuum in the same way as our universe exists?what about the type of matter & energy in these universes?

2006-08-15 22:15:55 · 4 answers · asked by sheshadri 1

THIS WHITE LINE HAVE SMALL POINT IN FRONT & AS IT MOVE FORWARD ITS TALE SIDE EXPANDS BY SIZE & LASTLY THE FRONT END BLAST

2006-08-15 21:15:22 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-15 21:05:08 · 11 answers · asked by thumping heart. 1