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23
Jun
2009
Kuiper Belt Observations Test Planetary Formation Models  

16 days ago by Dr. Geller

In a paper to be published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Academy of Sciences, available online now here, an international team of astronomers apply the latest models of the formation of planetary systems and their dusty disks to observations of our own dusty disk known as the Kuiper Belt. Such ...

Astrocast.TV - astrocast.tv/blog · Rank: 37,050 · 5 references

21
Jun
2009
Scientific Research Paper topic?  

19 days ago by paranominal

I'm thinking about one of these but I don't know which one. ANY other suggestions would be greatly appreciated as well. Maybe ya'll can think of one that wouldn't come to my mind. 1) The Kuiper Belt 2) The "Wow!" Signal 3) Crop Circles 4) The Philadelphia Experiment 5) Parapsychology (is this a "deb ...

Paranominal - paranominal.com · 14 references

12
Jun
2009
Recommended book: The Hunt for Planet X  

28 days ago by RevAaron

I don't like writing reviews of things so much as recommending them to people :). So I'm not going to review this book per se, but I would like to tell you why I enjoyed it so much and why I would recommend it those interested. I would also like to apologize for taking so long to post this, as I did ...

Caffeinated Astronomy - caffeinatedastronomy.com · 3 references

28
May
2009
Astronomy final exam question: Pluto not a planet?  

43 days ago by P-dog

Astronomy 210 Final Exam, Spring Semester 2009 Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA [20 points.] Discuss why Pluto is now a dwarf planet under the International Astronomical Union classification scheme. Solution and grading rubric: p = 20/20: Correct. Discuss how Pluto orbits the Sun (and thus is not ...

P-dog's blog - waiferx.blogspot.com · 6 references

18
May
2009
Kuiper Belt  

52 days ago by Raffaele Battaglia

La Fascia di Kuiper (o Fascia di Edgeworth-Kuiper) e’ una regione del Sistema Solare che si estende dall’orbita di Nettuno (alla distanza di 30 UA) fino a 50 UA dal Sole. Si tratta di una fascia di asteroidi esterna rispetto all’orbita dei pianeti maggiori.

KosmoFysis - kosmofysis.com · 1 reference

08
May
2009
Pluto, Little Pluto  

62 days ago by scheirmad

Video the Barenaked Ladies song, 789

“ Once upon a time in our solar system, couldn’t make do without 9. But Pluto’s not a planet now, so 8′ll do fine.” -from the Barenaked Ladies song, 789 I’ll admit that I was with America in its indignant reaction to Pluto’s demotion to dwarf planet back in 2006. The decision, made official by a vot ...

Scheir Madness - scheirmad.wordpress.com · 1 reference

01
May
2009
The Solar System  

69 days ago by The Galactic Fool

The solar system is also home to large number of asteroids, meteoroids, comets and interplanetary dust. Please note that none of the graphics shown are not to scale. One Astronomical Unit (AU) is equal to the distance between the Earth and the Sun and is approx 149,597,871 km or 93 million miles. Th ...

The Galactic Fool - galacticfool.com

14
Apr
2009
Keeping Up With the Outer Solar System  

86 days ago by Scott Kardel

In late March I mentioned that Caltech's Mike Brown was looking for a name for the satellite of Pluto. He's picked one so be sure to visit Mike Brown's Planets to find out what name was chosen and why. Speaking of Mike Brown, he has been looking for more objects like Sedna but none have been found y ...

Palomar Skies - palomarskies.blogspot.com · Rank: 136,473 · 2 references

01
Apr
2009
Astronomers Discover Universe’s Hottest Planetary Body  

99 days ago by LOTGK

ARIZONA OBSERVATORY: Astronomers Dr. Justin Time and Seymour Butts, Esquire, while surveying the outer asteroid belt and the Kuiper Belt, discovered what is now being deemed the universe’s hottest planetary body. During routine scans of the four major asteroids that comprise most of the Kuiper belts ...

Grassy Knoll Institute - lotgk.wordpress.com · Rank: 97,267 · 59 references

27
Mar
2009
Kuiper Belt Objects  

104 days ago by ujang kurnia

Apakah pluto benar-benar sebuah planet? Ini bukanlah pertanyaan yang mengada-ada. Memang sejak berpuluh-puluh tahun, baik para astronom maupun masyarakat awam beranggapan bahwa Pluto adalah planet ke-9 dalam tata surya kita. Namun demikian, pandangan tersebut perlahan-lahan mulai diragukan ketika pa ...

Saalakadar tulisan kuring - ujangkurnia.wordpress.com

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