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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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 possible‚ and in fact likely when considering
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Alien Planet Kepler-452b Our Milky Way Galaxy is filled with exoplanets—statistically speaking at least one for each of the hundreds of billions of stars in the galaxy. An astonishing finding is that the most common type of planet in our galaxy are those with sizes between those of Earth and Neptune. This has become a new class of planet that is neither terrestrial nor giant and one without an accepted theory for its formation. Planets on orbits between the hot planets and the cold planets are also
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Pluto is not a planet For my whole life I have been taught that there were exactly 9 planets in the solar system. I had learnt this at a very young age and the number 9 had often been stressed to me. I can’t believe the amount of tests that I had failed on the subject because I had failed to remember one of these planets. My excuse had always been‚ "No! That’s not a planet!". If I had forgotten Saturn then I would say‚ " Oh sir! Saturn’s not really a planet‚ it’s yellow and everyone knows that
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Is Our Atmosphere Unique? The planet Jupiter has the biggest atmosphere in our solar system. Jupiter’s atmosphere is composed of 90% hydrogen and 9.9% helium and .1% other gases such as sulfur‚ methane‚ ammonia‚ and water vapor. It is able to hold its atmosphere in because of its massive gravitational pull that is around 2.5 times stronger than earth’s pull. To put that into perspective‚ if you weigh 100 pounds on earth you would weigh 250 pounds on Jupiter. The atmospheric layers are the
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Could ’Goldilocks’ planet be just right for life? [->0][->1] AP Photo/Zina Deretsky‚ National Science FoundationAn artist rendering by Lynette Cook‚ National Science Foundation‚ shows the new planet on the right. · Top of Form 1 Buzz up!865 votes Bottom of Form 1 · HYPERLINK "http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100929/ap_on_sc/us_sci_new_earths&t=Could+%27Goldilocks%27+planet+be+just+right+for+life%3F+-+Yahoo%21+News"Share · HYPERLINK "http://twitter.com/home
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1. a) What was your greatest fitness success this semester? My greatest fitness success this semester was my results from the sit up testing since my results in April were 16 while my results for the last fitness testing was 64 situps. b) List two factors that contributed to your success? Two factors that contributed to my success was using the month plan which we created in class‚ since it helped me to gradually increase the number of sets/reps and also rest in order to allow the muscle group
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Fitness Assessment Results Document Copy and paste this document into a word processing program. Answer all questions in paragraphs with a minimum of three to five complete sentences. Fitness Activity Lesson 1.03 Baseline Results Mile Run/Walk Completes in 8 minutes and 35 seconds Body Composition/BMI 22.65 Aerobic Capacity 45.70 Sit and Reach Left: 12 Right: 11 Curl-Ups 18 Trunk Lift 12 Push-ups 7 Reflection Questions: 1. How do you feel about your fitness assessment results? Did any areas
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Planetary Study Guide Mercury * As seen from Earth: * Orbital period of 88 days; rotation to orbit is a 3:2 ratio * Distance from Sun: 0.31 AU to 0.46 AU from the Sun * Eccentric orbit: close and far away (perihelion and aphelion) * 7 percent to the ecliptic * Visible by the naked eye just before sunrise or just after sunset (when the Sun’s light is blotted out) * Never far from the Sun * As a physical body: * Small (about 0.055 Earth’s
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THE PLANET MARS AND ITS INHABITANTS ESSAY: The Urides God Theory Eros Urides paints a very detailed picture of endless imagination in his short science fiction epic‚ “The Planet Mars and its Inhabitants‚” written in the 1920’s. Urides does this by creating a complex yet believable story line of how life on Mars could be in comparison to our planet Earth. Outlining key details‚ which we will cover in this essay‚ Urides explains to us
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