Planet Distance from sun (in km) Distance in scientific notation Mercury 57‚909‚000 5.7909*10^7 Venus 108‚200‚000 1.082*10^8 Earth 149‚600‚000 1.496*10^8 Mars 227‚940‚000 2.2794*10^8 Jupiter 778‚400‚000 7.784*10^8 Saturn 1‚423‚600‚000 1.4236*10^9 Uranus 2‚867‚000‚000 2.867*10^9 Neptune 4‚488‚400‚000 4.4884*10^9 (dont
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places: • Aeneas‚ Achates‚ Ascanius‚ Iulus (Ilus)‚ Dido‚ Sychaeus‚ Pygmalion • Juno‚ Neptune‚ Venus‚ Jupiter‚ Cupid • Carthage‚ Tyrians‚ Teucrians 2. Cite lines where Virgil specifically describes Augustus (twice) 3. Cite lines where Dido’s future is foreshadowed (twice) 4. Explain how the future is really the past 5. Explain why Virgil chose bees for extended simile 6. Explain why Venus is worried and her plan to remedy her worries 7. Explain why Virgil prefers the epithet “father
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Mercury’s surface Venus (The Veiled Planet) Venus is surrounded by thick cloud cover‚ that is why it is called „Veiled Planet“. Venus is the brightest and the hottest planet.It is the brightest object in the night sky after the moon. Venus is named after Roman goddess of love and beauty. Sometimes it is also referred as a „Planet of Romance“. Venus rotates so slowly that its one typical day lasts approximately 244 Earth days. It has the slowest rotation in Solar System. Venus reaches its maximum
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Roman and Greek Gods It has been known that the Romans and the Greeks have had many interactions with each other‚ whether it would be due to trading or just plain traveling‚ the stories of their myths have crossed each other in one way or another. This is may be the reason why there are many similarities between Greek and Roman Mythology. Even though a Greek god or goddess may have a different name in Roman Mythology they still performed similar tasks and were worshiped for similar reasons. I will
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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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Examine the effects of formal elements throughout Madame Recamier and Pauline Borghese as Venus. Throughout this essay I will discuss the different use of media‚ colour and form at different levels of comparison and effect of their formal elements. The two artworks I shall use are Madame Recamier (1800) by Jacques-Louis David and Pauline Borghese as Venus (1808) a statue carved by Antonio Canova. In David’s painting‚ Madame Recamier‚ the painting is oil on canvas‚ yet the technique of using
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In the Aeneid‚ Virgil narrates the legendary story of Aeneas as he flees Troy and heads towards Italy to found a new empire and become the ancestor to the Romans. The first six of the poem’s twelve books tell the tale of his twisted journey from Troy to Italy‚ constantly delayed and hardened by the impulsive decisions of the gods‚ and the latter half describes Aeneid finally reaching his unchangeable destiny upon the Trojans’s arduous victory against the Latins. The rivalry and disputes of the gods
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It certainly seems as though he is in control of some situations. One example in book two is when he has the choice to rally troops and try to fight until a valiant death in Troy‚ but instead he opts to flee the city‚ upon the urging of his mother Venus.(II 580-95). Another instance is when he begins to court the Carthaginian queen Dido. He first chooses to stay and linger in Carthage‚ and then decides later to pack up and leave to Italy‚ again upon the urging of the gods(IV 343-48). If we examine
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Throughout time an individual’s role in which he fits into society has changed. One of the most noticeable changes in an individual’s role in society occurred during the Italian Renaissance during the 14th and 15th centuries with the introduction of Humanism. Humanism gave birth to the concept of individuality a notion which is still alive today. It said that humans mattered and that now mattered‚ that one should not be part of a whole but rather someone that is unique. Before Humanism people only
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Distrustful‚ argumentative‚ creative and highly competitive‚ Michelangelo Buonarroti was a sculptor of genius. Ross King’s awe-inspiring book Michelangelo And The Pope’s Ceiling tells the story how this genius sculptor created one of the greatest treasures of The Renaissance‚ the ceiling frescos of the Sistine Chapel. King draws a written and interesting portrait of Michelangelo that includes family‚ his fellow artists‚ his chaotic life and times in a thirty-one chapter book. As King points out
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