Stewart Mrs.Ligammari Physics 11 9 June 2010 Is Pluto a Planet? When the International Astronomical Union announced that Pluto was no longer a planet people around the world were shocked. The 9 planets that they were used to knowing by the mnemonic code “My very elegant mother just served us nine pizzas” lost their pizza. Despite the fact that Pluto is a celestial object that orbits the sun‚ it cannot be considered a planet because of its inconsistency in orbit‚ its size‚ and the abundance
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of Zeus (Jupiter); • The only planet whose name is derived from a figure from Greek mythology rather than Roman mythology: II. Characteristics • Dim; • Slow orbit; • Atmosphere contains more "ices" such as water‚ ammonia and methane‚ along with traces of hydrocarbons; • Coldest planetary atmosphere in Solar System; • Axis of rotation is tilted sideways; • Uranus’s rings can sometimes appear to circle the planet like an archery target and
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Evolution on Rocky Planets Atmosphere can be defined as a gaseous compound layer surrounding a large body mass suspended by means of gravity and centrifugal force caused by rotation [1]. Atmospheres of planets have not always been the same‚ its evolution comprised of complex development across million years of geologic time affected by various changes of variables inside and outside its planet [2]. Of the interest of this essay is the atmospheric evolution of a rocky planet. Rocky planet is a terrestrial
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Marketing 520 | Marketing Plan for Planet Hollywood | Midterm Report | | | Marwan Soliman Noha Abdel Fayad Hadil Abdel Fayad May Abdeen Table of Contents Company Background 2 Mission Statement 2 Company History: 2 Situation Analysis 2 Environmental Scanning: 2 Macro environmental Forces: 2 Micro environmental Forces 2 Competitive Analysis: 2 SWOT Analysis: 2 Market Segmentation 2 Demographic 2 Psychographic 2 Behavioral 2 Targeting 2 Targeting Strategy
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Nine Planets in vedic astrology In Hindu Astrology there are nine planets or Grahas. These include Mercury‚ Venus‚ Mars‚ Jupiter‚Sun‚ Moon‚Saturn Rahu and Ketu‚ which are astronomical points formed where the moons orbit intersects the apparent path of the Sun around the earth. Each planet is considered to be having masculine‚ feminine or neutral characteristics as well . Grahas and their equivalents in Western Astrology Indian Grahas Western Names Sex Ravi Sun Masculine Chandra Moon Feminine Kuja
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that is known to man is our solar system. It is made up of nine planets. The nine major planets in our solar system are Mercury‚ Venus‚ Earth‚ Mars‚ Jupiter‚ Saturn‚ Uranus‚ Neptune and Pluto. There are also many other minor planets‚ which are also in our solar system‚ but they are unimportant compared to the nine major planets. Mercury‚ which is the planet that is closest to the sun‚ is the first and smallest of the inner planets. It is speculated that the heat from the sun made it impossible
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A Comparison of the Planets in the Sol System Shaun J. Sci350 December 19‚ 2004 Introduction Beginning Mercury‚ this paper will compare the nine planets and major moons of our solar system and describe their individual characteristics. At the end of this discussion‚ the habitability factor of these different worlds will be discussed as compared to that of the Earth ’s. A Brief History of the Sol System By radiocarbon dating meteorites‚ we know that roughly 4.6 billion
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There are nine planets in the Solar system if you include Pluto and most of them contain many different things then each other. They are all unique in various ways. Although it does not apply to Pluto‚ the planets are split up into two sides; Jovian and Terrestrial. Pluto isn’t Jovian or Terrestrial. It’s density is too small for it to be considered a Terrestrial planet‚ but it also is made out of rock and ice (Kaitlin). To be a Jovian planet it would have to be made of of gas‚ so it was classified
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The word planet is derived from the ancient Greek word planetes‚ or “wanderers.” Though the visible planets of that time did appear to be wandering in the sky‚ the science of Astronomy has broadened this term as well as our understanding of what‚ in fact a planet is. By modern definition‚ “planet” is described as a celestial body other than a star‚ which orbits a star. Our Solar System orbits the center of our home galaxy‚ the Milky Way‚ and has a rich and varied structure. It consists of the
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Why do the planets have different colours? The answer is that the planets are different colors because they are made of different materials. Planets have the colours that they have because of what they are made of and how their surfaces or atmospheres reflect and absorb sunlight. Mercury has a dark grey‚ rocky surface which is covered with a thick layer of dust. The surface is thought to be made up of igneous silicate rocks and dust. Venus is entirely covered with a thick carbon dioxide atmosphere
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