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- Pluto (planet) (26470 bytes)
2: |+ <big>'''Pluto'''</big>
4: ...lspan="2" align="center"| [[image:Pluto.jpg|250px|Pluto in True Color]]
5: .../><small><font color="white">'''Brightness map of Pluto'''</font></small>
120: ...e]]) there has been some debate regarding whether Pluto should be classified as a planet (see below for d...
124: ...1930]]. The planet was later found on photographs dating back to [[March 19]], [[1915]]. Tombaugh was ...
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- Bee (11175 bytes)
5: {{Taxobox_phylum_entry | taxon = [[Arthropoda]]}}
12: [[Andrenidae]]<br />
13: [[Anthophoridae]]<br />
14: [[Apidae]]<br />
15: [[Colletidae]]<br /> - Igneous rock (11419 bytes)
3: ...ation, either below the surface as [[intrusive]] (plutonic) rocks or on the surface as extrusive ([[volca...
10: ...er part of the Earth's crust, but their great abundance is hidden on the Earth's surface by a relative...
15: ...n be obtained from various forms of [[radiometric dating]] and thus can be compared to adjacent geolog...
23: ...rence, igneous rocks can be either [[intrusive]] (plutonic) or extrusive ([[volcanic]]).
27: ... called plutonic rocks, named after [[Pluto (god)|Pluto]], the Roman god of the underworld) are formed fr... - Earth (30908 bytes)
21: ...n by mass [http://earthref.org/cgi-bin/er.cgi?s=erda.cgi?n=547] is:
86: ...[aluminium]] silicate rocks. The crust-mantle boundary occurs as two physically different events. Firs...
120: ...utes and 4.091 seconds ([[sidereal day|1 sidereal day]]) to rotate around the axis connecting the [[no...
122: ...ith respect to the stars at a rate of ca. 1 °/day, i.e. a Sun or Moon diameter every 12 hours east...
126: ...e Sun and the stars at a rate of roughly 12 °/day, i.e. a Moon diameter every hour eastward. - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
3: ...o a practical form. Where there is ambiguity, the date of the first practical, fielded version of the ...
18: * 8700 BC: [[Metalworking]] ([[copper]] pendant in [[Iraq]])
133: * [[1714]]: [[Mercury thermometer]]: [[Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit]]
145: ...]: [[Submarine]] [[Turtle (submarine)|Turtle]]: [[David Bushnell]]
182: ...6]]: [[Davy lamp|Miner's safety lamp]]: [[Humphry Davy]] - Solar system (21174 bytes)
17: **[[Pluto (planet)|Pluto]] (♇).
31: ...t of the inner planets and an [[aphelion]] beyond Pluto. Short-period comets exist with apoapses closer t...
34: ... being a planet, and the Kuiper belt objects with Pluto-like orbits are called [[Plutino]]s. The remainin...
38: ...right|thumb|Mosaic of Solar System planets except Pluto, including Earth's Moon (not to scale).]]
45: ...e parent star, perhaps orbiting it in a matter of days. It has been hypothesised that while the giant... - Comet (30542 bytes)
3: ... be many times more distant than [[Pluto (planet)|Pluto]]'s orbit. Often described as "dirty snowballs", ...
9: ... tail, pointed in slightly different directions — dust being left behind in the comet's orbit (s...
15: ...like [[tar]] or crude [[Petroleum|oil]]. The very darkness of cometary surfaces allows them to absorb ...
29: ...0," the "Great September Comet of 1882," and the "Daylight Comet of 1910." After [[Edmund Halley]] de...
31: ...0 comets and is conducting a contest to guess the date of its 1000th comet discovery.{{hnote|SOHO (200... - Planet (8450 bytes)
21: # [[Pluto (planet)|Pluto]] (♇) (many astronomers contend it should ...
25: ...h would include the five objects mentioned above (Pluto, Sedna, Orcus, Quaoar, and Varuna).
28: ...or rocky: Planets that are similar to [[Earth]] — with bodies largely composed of [[Rock (geolog...
30: ... is added to include bodies like [[Pluto (planet)|Pluto]], whose composition is primarily [[ice]]; this c...
32: ...ans-Neptunian object]]s which are very similar to Pluto in orbit, size and composition, many people think... - Mercury (planet) (22924 bytes)
1: ...riner 10]] ([[1974]]–[[1975|75]]); only 40–45% of the planet has been mapped.
8: (This Data comes from [http://www.answers.com/topic/mercur...
10: ...ure]] of Mercury is 452 K, but it ranges from 90–700 K; by comparison, the temperature on Earth ...
12: Surprisingly, radar observations taken in 1992 indicated that there ...
16: ...rrain. In addition, Mercury has "significant" [[tidal bulge]]s, raised by the [[Sun]] (the Sun's tides... - Venus (planet) (31010 bytes)
3: ...the "[[Evening Star]]", and when it is visible in dark skies it is by far the brightest [[star]]-like ...
5: ...vilization (the Mayans developed a religious calendar based on Venus's motion) and must have been know...
14: ... the upper atmosphere circle the planet in only 4 days, helping to distribute the heat.
18: ...ture, listed in the table, refers to cloud tops — the surface temperature is never below 400°...
21: [[Image:Venus globe.jpg|thumb|left|[[Radar]] image of the surface of Venus, centered at 180... - Mars (27704 bytes)
8: ... land because Mars lacks [[ocean]]s). The [[solar day]] on Mars is almost the same length as it is on ...
27: ...Mare Sirenum]] and [[Aurorae Sinus]]. The largest dark feature seen from Earth is [[Syrtis Major]].
31: ...las impact basin at an altitude of 4 km below the datum). In comparison, the difference between Earth'...
39: ... [[mean gravity surface]] must be selected. The [[datum]] for Mars is defined by the fourth-degree and...
41: ...e line of Beer and M䤬er, was chosen by [[Merton Davies]] of the [[RAND Corporation]] to provide a mo... - Jupiter (24639 bytes)
175: ...ed by [[gas]]eous hydrogen. There is no clear boundary or surface between these different phases of hy...
201: The data showed that the magnetic field [[fluctuates]] r...
210: ...actly one year later. They provided important new data about Jupiter's magnetosphere, and took some lo...
225: ...through 150 km of the atmosphere, collecting data for 58 minutes, before being crushed by the ext...
237: ...izons]]'' probe, ''en route'' to [[Pluto (planet)|Pluto]]. - Saturn (planet) (23300 bytes)
147: ...'' has a period of 10 h 14 min 00 s (844.3°/[[day|d]]) and encompasses the Equatorial Zone, which ...
165: ...rmed out of. This theory is not widely accepted today, since Saturn's rings are thought to be unstable...
169: ===The dark side of the rings===
175: ...1]], [[1979]]; Backlit rings, showing the overall darkness of the rings from this angle. The thickest...
176: ...acklit rings in detail. The thick B ring appears darkest from this side.]] - Uranus (15207 bytes)
172: ...II's Neptune'' and ''Great-Britain's Neptune''. [[Daniel Bernoulli|Bernoulli]], from [[Berlin]], sugge...
179: ... be seen with the naked eye as a faint star under dark sky conditions. It can be easily found with bin...
205: ...as a faint [[planetary ring]] system, composed of dark particulate matter up to 10 metres in diameter....
212: ...he five main satellites are [[Miranda (moon)|Miranda]], [[Ariel (moon)|Ariel]], [[Umbriel (moon)|Umbri...
214: For a timeline of discovery dates, see [[Timeline of natural satellites]]. - Neptune (planet) (18545 bytes)
9: | [[Urbain Le Verrier]]<br> [[John Couch Adams]]<br> [[Johann Gottfried Galle|Johann Galle]]
136: ...st of the [[gas giants]]. Due to [[Pluto (planet)|Pluto]]'s [[Eccentricity_(orbit)|eccentric orbit]], Nep...
148: ...enomena. The [[Great Dark Spot]], an Earth-sized dark marking resembling the [[Great Red Spot]] of Ju...
152: ...cause it had ''just'' turned retrograde that very day; because it was stationary in the sky and only b...
154: ...rge Airy]], who asked Adams for a clarification; Adams began to draft a reply but never sent it. - Pluto (planet) (26470 bytes)
2: |+ <big>'''Pluto'''</big>
4: ...lspan="2" align="center"| [[image:Pluto.jpg|250px|Pluto in True Color]]
5: .../><small><font color="white">'''Brightness map of Pluto'''</font></small>
120: ...e]]) there has been some debate regarding whether Pluto should be classified as a planet (see below for d...
124: ...1930]]. The planet was later found on photographs dating back to [[March 19]], [[1915]]. Tombaugh was ... - March 19 (9902 bytes)
1: ...alendar]] (79th in [[leap year]]s). There are 287 days remaining.
3: {{MarchCalendar}}
10: ...entonville]] begins. By the end of the battle two days later the Confederate forces have retreated fro...
12: *[[1915]] - [[Pluto (planet)|Pluto]] is photographed for the first time but was not ...
14: ...gress]] establishes [[time zone]]s and approves [[daylight saving time]]. - Plutonium (24623 bytes)
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5: ...center" | [[neptunium]] – '''plutonium''' – [[americium]]
11: <div align="right"><small>[[Periodic table (standard)|Full table]]</small></div>
17: | Plutonium, Pu, 94
26: ...[[kilogram per cubic metre|kg/m<sup>3</sup>]], no data - Scorpius (3888 bytes)
6: ... Sco), [[Sargas]] (θ Sco), [[Shaula]] (λ Sco), [[Jabbah]] (ν Sco), [[Grafias]] (ξ S...
18: ...d the constellation [[Eridanus (constellation)|Eridanus]]). Finally, [[Jupiter (god)|Jupiter]] struck ...
25: ...net)|Mars]] (since its discovery [[Pluto_(planet)|Pluto]] has been considered Scorpio's ruling or co-ruli... - Gemini (3325 bytes)
8: The planet [[Pluto (planet)|Pluto]] was discovered in this constellation in [[1930]...
15: ... early views of the [[Milky Way]], as a herd of [[dairy]] [[cow]]s or cattle, by which they are situat...
17: ...new and extremely faint constellations [[Camelopardalis]] and [[Lynx (constellation)|Lynx]]), and the ...
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