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    The only planetary system 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

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    The Sun

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    The Sun (Star of the Family) Planet word comes from Greek ‚which means „wandering star“. Sun is the heaviest among Solar System. If we take total mass of whole Solar System‚ the Sun would be 99.86% of the total. Sun is a ball of hot‚burning gases. Sun is the nearest star to the Earth. Sun is the source of all energy for life on Earth. On the Sun’s surface‚ there are dark patches known as sunspots. These are patches of gas that looks dark since they are cooler than their surroundings. The light

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    Saturn Research Paper

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    Saturn is the sixth farthest planet from the Sun in our solar system and is the second-largest planet in the solar system. Saturn is greatly known for its rings. Saturn has lots of rings‚ the exact number is not known. It has four main groups and three smaller groups of rings (Cool Cosmos). There are also many gaps between Saturn’s rings. The most famous ring gap is called the Cassini Division‚ which separate the A and B groups of rings. The origin of the rings is still unknown‚ but scientists believe

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    Planet 9 Research Paper

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    found in our solar system is potentially up to some evil ways. Astrophysicists are tracking its orbit and claiming that its odd behaviour may eventually have a negative impact on Earth. PLANET 9 MAY HAVE SOME EVIL TENDENCIES According to a University of Louisiana astrophysics professor‚ Planet 9 and it’s unusual orbit may have been the cause of past extinctions. Professor Daniel Whitmire claims the ice planet will turn evil by hurling space rocks towards Earth. It’s 20‚000-year solar orbit will eventually

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    The Sun Research Paper

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    without sunlight‚ then animals‚ thus the extinction of humanity. It’s best you learn about the thing that keeps us alive‚ The Sun. Mass The Sun is by far the largest celestial body in our solar system. It contains more than 99.8% of the total mass of the solar system‚ and Jupiter contains most of the rest. About one million Earths could fit inside it. The Sun is just an ordinary star‚ and that’s true because there are many others similar to it but there are smaller stars than

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    pinkybanalaAdvanced power system analysis 1.guass seidel method (10m) 2.An equivalent admittance network 3.network incidence matrix and Y bus 4.Node elimination 5.modification of existing Z bus 6.calculation of z bus elements from y bus 7.mutually coupled branches in z bus 8.N-R method (all answers in theory) Advanced power system protection 1. explain what are the amplitude and phase comparators with neat diagram?(10marks) 2. explain what are the advantages of static relay over

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    astro quiz

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    According to our present theory of solar system formation‚ which of the following objects now reside quite far from the place where they formed originally? Oort cloud comets Question 5 What is the primary reason that astronomers suspect that some jovian moons were captured into their current orbits? Some moons have orbits that are "backwards" (compared to their planet’s rotation) or highly inclined to their planet’s equator. Question 6 The region of our solar system between Mercury and Mars has very

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    Cassini Target: F-ring Since ancient times‚ man has pondered over the great enigma about how our universe was formed. In earlier times we have answered this question through creationism‚ but with our burgeoning thirst of knowledge‚ we quench this thirst with science. Although we have a superior understanding of how our universe was formed‚ this question still remains. By sending Cassini to the f-ring of Saturn we can observe how planets form and interact with other matter in space‚ determine the

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    The Kuiper Belt

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    Objects are remnants from the earliest phases of the solar system and are tens of millions of years old and secondly‚ that the Kuiper Belt is the source of short-period comets. The Kuiper Belt is named after Gerald Kuiper‚ an American scientist with a special interest in astronomy. He wrote a paper in 1951 that mentioned objects out beyond Pluto. He predicted that there must be a cloud of dust and debris out past the main area of the solar system‚ i.e. out past Pluto (Jewitt "The Kuiper Belt").

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    Pluto: Dwarf Planet Essay

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    Ever since grade school you were taught that our solar system has nine planets. Sadly that is no longer the case; in 2006 astronomers have decided that Pluto no longer qualifies as a planet. Pluto is now considered a “Dwarf Planet” and has caused a lot of controversy among astronomers. A dwarf planet is not even considered to be a planet‚ and there are projected to be hundreds of them in our galaxy. Pluto is being demoted to what amounts as a third class citizen in our galaxy. Thousands of textbooks

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