Rachel Linzay English 101 8:00am MWF Argument Essay April 21‚ 2014 There has been a lot of controversy over whether or not there is life on other planets. An easy way to look at the Earth compared to the Universe is to compare it to fish in a pond. Fish have no knowledge of any other fish existing outside of their pond. How would they? Their minds are not complex enough to understand humans‚ fish‚ or any other things exist besides what is in their
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Mars the Red Planet Mars is a very popular planet. Everything from its fascinating color‚ history and myth of Martian existence there. Movies and articles like The war of the Worlds have been made and published on what society believes life and Martians would have been like. Moreover‚ from the research and fascinating facts that I have encountered about Mars‚ I have found more interesting facts that caught my attention. Such as its appearance‚ placement in the solar system‚ composition‚ discovery
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Galileo and Copernicus were two extremely influential astronomers. They believed in the heliocentric model of our solar system‚ or the idea that the planets revolved around the Sun. We all accept this model today as fact‚ but back in their time‚ the thought of it was pure blasphemy. The widely accepted idea at the time‚ as supported by the almighty Catholic Church‚ was the geocentric model. In this model‚ the Earth is central to nearly everything‚ and is orbited by the Sun‚ moon‚ and other special
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February 21‚ 2013 Where do planets come from? Abstract Astronomers have spent many centuries wondering how our solar system and its planets came to be. We could only see the end result of planet formation‚ not the process itself. And we had no other examples to study. Even with the knowledge gained about other solar system‚ we were left to wonder‚ are there other planetary systems out there‚ and did they form like ours? This project leads you to find out how mighty planets are formed from cosmic dust
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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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Why Pluto should stay a planet You may think that Pluto is all alone and the only lonely planet. He is really not left out. There are more Dwarf planets out there. Pluto is not alone! So don’t make it seem like Pluto is all alone‚ because it is not! Besides‚ Pluto there are four other known dwarf planets. Eris‚ Ceres‚ Makemake‚ and Haumea. The latter three of which are in the Kuiper Belt. Dwarf planets are worlds that are too small to be considered developed planets‚ but also too large to be put
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researching and coming together on whether the planet Pluto should be considered a “dwarf planet” or a part of the regular planets. Pluto was discovered in 1930 by Clyde W. Tombaugh. Astronomers believed that Pluto was to be considered a planet. Soon they concluded that their evidence didn’t support their reasoning. Pluto should not be considered a planet to me because it doesn’t have a cleared orbit. Pluto should stay a dwarf planet because it is the smallest planet in the solar system. Also Pluto’s moon
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“Goldilocks and the Three Planets” “Goldilocks and the Three Planets” is an article written by Neil de Grasse Tyson that sums up the creation of the planets and why life is on Earth. He sets it to the story of Goldilocks‚ where Earth is the Little Bear’s stuff. He then breaks down the different reasons as to why we continue to have life. All of that is the basics to understanding Exoplanets. Exoplanets are just planets that orbit a star that is not our Sun. There is a subsection of exoplanets called
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Disorders: Alien Hand Syndrome Alien Hand syndrome‚ also known as Anarchic Hand syndrome and Dr. Strangelove syndrome‚ is a neurological disorder in which a person’s hand seemingly has a mind of its own. The person will feel normal sensation‚ but will have no conscious control of their afflicted hand or hands. This syndrome is best documented when a person has the two hemispheres or their brain surgically separated‚ a routine surgery for those with epilepsy. A person with alien hand syndrome
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Alien hand syndrome Alien hand syndrome is a neurological disorder in which one of the sufferer’s hands seems to take on a life of its own. Sometimes the sufferer will not be aware of what the hand is doing until it is brought to his or her attention. Alien hands can perform complex acts such as undoing buttons or removing clothing. Causes: condition is a result from a brain surgical intervention‚ in treatment of w epilepsy. Some reports would also say that this condition can be acquired after
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