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    The Top 20 Astronomers

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    CHRISTIAN HUYGENS Huygens was a Dutch scientist. He lived from 1629-1695. He proposed the earliest theory about the nature of light‚ a phenomena that puzzled scientists for hundreds of years. His improvements on the telescope allowed him to make the first observations of Saturn’s rings and to discover its moon‚ Titan. CARL SAGAN Sagan was an American astronomer. He lived from 1934-1996. He may not have been a great scientist in comparison to others‚ but he is one of the most

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    Space Persuasive Essay

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    corporations have already come into effect and are currently working on technologies that can help access a completely new field of work to be accessible to many. In turn‚ hundreds of years from now‚ space mining can lead to things outside of our own solar system‚ creating even more leaps and major discoveries for space exploration. Possibly thousands of years from now‚ people and corporations will be fighting over the ownership of planets. A man named Greg Laughlin has even divined an equation based off

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    Nine Planets

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    | 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 to load and opens

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    world‚ they discovered city blocks‚ the sailboat‚ wheeled vehicles‚ dikes‚ irrigation‚ canals‚ jewellery‚ the pottery wheel‚ copper tools‚ algebra‚ the arch and the first superhero‚ Gilgamesh. The Sumerians also invented the first known writing system‚ by using cuneiform script on clay tablets. In the 19th century archaeologists exploring the ancient ruins of Nineveh‚ discovered 22‚000 of these clay tablets. When they were later translated the text describes many stories similar to those found

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    Form Codes AEIC‚ BWIC The SAT® 1 ESSAY Unauthorized copying or reuse of any part of lhis page is illegal. ESSAY 1 ESSAY Time - 25 minutes The essay gives you an opportunity to show how effectively you can develop and express ideas. You should‚ therefore‚ take care to develop your point of view‚ present your ideas logically and clearly‚ and use language precisely. Your essay must be written on the lines provided on your answer sheet-you will receive

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    Planet X

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    dwarf planets‚ leaving only eight planets in the Solar System.[4] Today‚ the astronomical community widely agrees that Planet X‚ as originally envisioned‚ does not exist‚ but the concept of Planet X has been revived by a number of astronomers to explain other anomalies observed in the outer Solar System. In popular culture‚ and even among some astronomers‚[5] Planet X has become a stand-in term for any undiscovered planet in the outer Solar System‚ regardless of its relationship to Lowell’s

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    THE HOLLOW MOON THEORY Have you ever considered that maybe the moon isn’t exactly what it seems? It has been decided that the moon ended up where it is as a result of a collision with earth and another planet before the solar system was fully formed. There are many different conspiracy theories floating around out there that try and disprove this idea. One of the many theories regarding the moon is the Hollow Moon Theory. It may be hard to believe that anything other than science is in play here

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    Comets

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    roughly the size of a small town‚ in the Solar System. It is made up of ice‚ rock‚ dust‚ carbon dioxide‚ ammonia‚ methane and more. Some researchers think comets might have originally brought some of the water and organic molecules to Earth that now make up life here. Comets become visible as they near the Sun. The tail of a comet is its most characteristic feature. Round and round a comet goes in its orbit and when it comes into the inner solar system. Each time a comet gets closer to the

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    field that overlaps all the sciences but especially the geosciences‚ evolutionary biology‚ chemistry and bio-chemistry and astronomy. In the following report I focus on astrobiology as it applies to geology‚ or what kinds of planets‚ stars and solar systems are the most likely to play host to life in some form or another. Basic Assumptions Earth is the only planet in the universe we know supports life and the life indigenous to Earth is the only life we know of in the universe. Although it is

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    DWARF PLANETS

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    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 system(slightly larger than Pluto) First identified in January 2005 by Palomar Observatory based team led by Mike Brown Known as the most distant known natural object in the solar system(except from some comets) NASA initially described Eris as the 10th planet Has only 1 moon name Dysnomia 27% more massive than Pluto Named after the Greek

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