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STARS AND PLANETS QUIZ
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...Number 9 question is asked improperly,,as ,,technically is question 4.
.." Our solar system"..wrong!..Our home galaxy is The Milky Way Galaxy, not our Solar System...
...The problem with question 4 is...that, when Pluto is nearest it gets to the Sun, ..that distance is actually less than when Neptune is ats fartherest from the Sun. Now, true , the apogee and perigee of each doesn't happen at the same Time,,therefore it is thought that generally Pluto is the most distant planet,,but not always in the strictest sense.
...And of course,,there is the arguement ,,when Pluto and the word Planet are used in the same sentence,,there is a whole school of astronomists who now no longer see Pluto as a Planet..it is a Kupier Belt Object or a planetoid...Generally speaking,,its not big enough to be considered a planet in some opninions....MEL
.." Our solar system"..wrong!..Our home galaxy is The Milky Way Galaxy, not our Solar System...
...The problem with question 4 is...that, when Pluto is nearest it gets to the Sun, ..that distance is actually less than when Neptune is ats fartherest from the Sun. Now, true , the apogee and perigee of each doesn't happen at the same Time,,therefore it is thought that generally Pluto is the most distant planet,,but not always in the strictest sense.
...And of course,,there is the arguement ,,when Pluto and the word Planet are used in the same sentence,,there is a whole school of astronomists who now no longer see Pluto as a Planet..it is a Kupier Belt Object or a planetoid...Generally speaking,,its not big enough to be considered a planet in some opninions....MEL
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Well,,kind of
..Sedna,,yes, it was called Sedna...Now we're back to Kupier Belt Object arguement about Pluto...Sedna is like waaaaaaay the heck out there,,like if you took the distance to Pluto and doubled it...and by all measurements,,its just a bit smaller than Pluto,,so most are not willing to call it a Planet..therefore the arguement goes,,if you won't call Sedna a planet , based on size,,then how can you call Pluto a Planet, which is only a bit bigger, in comparison..?..So, there is a whole re-think being proposed on the definition of a " planet". ..on going...The possibilty easily exists that there many more Large KupierBelt Objects,,made of ice and rock( which Pluto could be simply made of as well) waiting to be discovered..Some are not in a hurry to call each a planet tho.....MEL
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I fell in the same class as Cho, Lady Revel, and Creator. (Missed same questions)
Lurch is right about Pluto's orbit. I believe that it is now closer to the Sun than Neptune is.
The debate about Pluto & Sedna is what started the "planetoid" idea. (Pluto is about the size of our moon, from what I was told. And Sedna is smaller still and kind of oblong in shape.)
Lurch is right about Pluto's orbit. I believe that it is now closer to the Sun than Neptune is.
The debate about Pluto & Sedna is what started the "planetoid" idea. (Pluto is about the size of our moon, from what I was told. And Sedna is smaller still and kind of oblong in shape.)
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8/9, missed the sun's lifespan
"We probably could have saved ourselves, but we were too damned lazy to try very hard... and too damn cheap." - Kurt Vonnegut
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"Now if you remember all great paintings have an element of tragedy to them. Uh, for instance if you remember from last week, the unicorn was stuck on the aircraft carrier and couldn't get off. That was very sad. " - Kids in the Hall