Understanding The Phrase and The Philosophy behind it Art for art’s sake‚ a slogan translated from the French l’art pour l’art‚ which was coined in the early 19th century by the French philosopher Victor Cousin. The phrase expresses the belief held by many writers and artists‚ especially those associated with Aestheticism‚ that art needs no justification‚ that it need serve no political‚ didactic‚ or other end. Art for art’s sake is primarily a phrase to differentiate art as a class apart from the
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Nine Planets | | A Multimedia Tour of the Solar System: one star‚ eight planets‚ and more | | This website is an overview of the history‚ mythology‚ and current scientific knowledge of the planets‚ moons and other objects in our solar system. Each page has our text and NASA’s images‚ some have sounds and movies‚ most provide references to additional related information. In association with our friends at Solar System Scope we now have an interactive tour of the solar system (takes a while
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Pluto: A Planet? Many issues have arisen from the debate whether or not Pluto is a planet. Some astronomers say that Pluto should be classified as a "minor planet" due to its size‚ physical characteristics‚ and other factors. On the other hand‚ some astronomers defend Pluto’s planet status‚ citing several key features. Indeed‚ most of the problem is that there is no formal definition of a planet. Furthermore‚ it is very difficult to invent one that would allow the solar system to contain all
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ASTRONOMY DWARF PLANETS POSSIBLE DWARF PLANETS Sedna- discovered on November 14‚ 2003 2007OR10-discovered on July 17‚ 2007 Quaoar-discovered on June 5‚ 2002 Orcus-discovered on February 17‚ 2004 Official dwarf planets 1. Ceres – discovered on January 1‚ 1801 (45 years before Neptune)‚ 2. Pluto – discovered on February 18‚ 1930‚. 3. Haumea – discovered on December 28‚ 2004. 4. Eris – discovered on January 5‚ 2005. 5. Makemake – discovered on March 31‚ 2005. ERIS Is the largest known dwarf planet in the solar
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The planet in danger I recognized how our world is in danger. I had always pictured the earth to be a wonderland with perfect habitats of luscious plants and animals. But I now realized that this world is not as perfect as I thought. Humans have been living on this planet for two million years and in the last two hundred years‚ humans have made a mess of the planet: chopped trees‚ killed animals‚ polluted air‚ water and soil. The twentieth century was the century of a huge scientific- technical
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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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Our solar system consists of the sun and nine planets. Mercury is the closest planet to the sun. Mercury was named after the Roman God of Commerce and Thievery. It might have gotten its name because of the way it quickly appears and disappears from Earth’s view. Mercury is the second smallest planet in the solar system; Pluto is the only planet that is smaller. Earth’s diameter is about 7‚200‚ while tiny Mercury has less than half of that size‚ about 3‚000 miles in diameter. Mercury‚ a planet‚ is
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Physical Science Planet Project 5/3/11 [pic] After the discovery of Uranus‚ scientist noticed the orbit was not as it should be in accordance to Newton’s law. Neptune was discovered by Johann Galle on September 23‚ 1846. Neptune has been visited by the Voyager 2; it flew by the planet on August 25‚ 1989. It was the first planet to be found by a mathematical prediction. Alexis Bouvard thought the change in Uranus’s orbit changed by gravitational perturbation by an unknown planet. The
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i The Planet Venus iii Introduction iii The Surface iii The Atmosphere iii Volcanoes v Magellan Mission v Work Cited Page vii The Planet Venus Introduction The planet we know as Venus is the second planet from the Sun in our solar system. The Planet is also the brightest if we were looking at it from earth. According to a some information I have found it "is the third brightest celestial object in the sky (after the Sun and Moon) [And] is also one of the few bodies in our Solar System
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Following the discovery of the planet Neptune in 1846‚ there was considerable speculation that another planet might exist beyond its orbit. The search began in the mid-19th century and culminated at the start of the 20th with Percival Lowell’s quest for Planet X. Lowell proposed the Planet X hypothesis to explain apparent discrepancies in the orbits of the gas giants‚ particularly Uranus and Neptune‚[1] speculating that the gravity of a large unseen ninth planet could have perturbed Uranus enough
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