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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>
71: | [[1 E22 kg|1.25]][[scientific notation|×]]10<sup>22</sup> [[kilogram|kg]...
120: ...tails). Its symbol is a combination of the name's first two letters, "P-L", which are also [[Percival ...
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- Bee (11175 bytes)
29: ...ed brood. The apex of the female abdomens are modified into a stinger.
49: ...uality of the queens raised, good genetics and sufficient number of [[mating]]s also being factors. Du...
51: ...er, and have a vertical orientation. As the queen finishes her larval feeding, and pupates, she moves ...
54: In honeybees, the worker bees have a modified [[ovipositor]] called a [[sting (biology)|sting...
59: ...ave no stinger, since a stinger is actually a modified ovipositor. - Igneous rock (11419 bytes)
3: ...is derived from the [[Latin]] ''ignis'', meaning "fire".
10: Igneous rocks make up approximately ninety five percent of the upper part of the Earth's crust,...
16: ...eir features are usually characteristic of a specific tectonic environment, allowing tectonic reconsti...
19: ==Classification==
20: Igneous rocks are classified according to mode of occurrence, texture, chemi... - Earth (30908 bytes)
4: ...Guide reference in here. It's been done to death. Find a gem with which to improve the article and you...
7: ...he only planetary body that [[modern science]] confirms as harboring [[life]]. The planet [[Age of the...
17: ...ore gives rise to a weak [[magnetosphere|magnetic field]] due to the convection of its electrically co...
19: New material constantly finds its way to the surface through volcanoes and c...
68: ... lead and uranium, are either too rare to be significant or tend to bind to lighter elements and thus ... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
3: ...re is ambiguity, the date of the first practical, fielded version of the invention is used here.
8: * 1 MYA: Controlled [[fire]] in [[Cradle of Humankind|Africa]]
26: * [[Cloth]] woven from [[flax]] fiber
82: * [[673]]: [[Greek fire]]: [[Kallinikos]]
84: * [[852]]: [[Parachute]]: [[Armen Firman]] - Solar system (21174 bytes)
7: *The [[Sun]] (☉) is a [[Stellar_classification|spectral class]] G2 [[star]] that contains ...
17: **[[Pluto (planet)|Pluto]] (♇).
20: ... System, accompanied by their main satellites, profiled against the limb of the Sun]]
23: *Artificial [[satellite]]s orbiting the planets, mainly E...
25: **[[Space debris]] of artificial origin that can be found in orbit around Eart... - Comet (30542 bytes)
3: ... be many times more distant than [[Pluto (planet)|Pluto]]'s orbit. Often described as "dirty snowballs", ...
9: ...the solar wind than dust is, and follows magnetic field lines rather than an orbital trajectory. Whil...
21: Comets are classified according to their orbital periods. ''Short per...
33: Until [[1994]], comets were first given a provisional designation consisting of ...
35: ...}} So Halley's Comet, the first comet to be identified as periodic, has the systemic designation 1P/16... - Planet (8450 bytes)
1: ...cts in orbit around other stars, the problem of defining a planet has become rather more acute.
17: ...(♃) - [[Jupiter's natural satellites|63 confirmed natural satellites]]
18: ... (♄) - [[Saturn's natural satellites|46 confirmed satellites]]
21: ...47;) (many astronomers contend it should be classified as a [[Kuiper belt|Kuiper belt object]] and not...
24: ===Classification=== - Mercury (planet) (22924 bytes)
1: ...4 to 5.5 in [[apparent magnitude]]; Mercury is sufficiently "close" to the Sun that [[telescope]]s rar...
5: ... the planet as the ''Water Star'', based on the [[Five Elements]].
16: ...d earlier terrain. In addition, Mercury has "significant" [[tidal bulge]]s, raised by the [[Sun]] (the...
18: Mercury's terrain features are officially listed as the following:
28: ...2% of the planetary [[volume]] (Earth's core only fills 17%). Surrounding the core is a 600 km [[mantl... - Venus (planet) (31010 bytes)
9: ... the planet as the ''Metal Star'', based on the [[Five Elements]].
14: ...se atmosphere, the temperature does not vary significantly between the night and day sides of Venus de...
18: ...se clouds is approximately −45°C. The official mean surface temperature of Venus, as given b...
23: ... of the other major planets do. ([[Pluto (planet)|Pluto]] and [[Uranus (planet)|Uranus]] also have retrog...
27: ...nundate its surface with fresh lava. Other recent findings suggest that Venus is still volcanically ac... - Mars (27704 bytes)
4: ...ed, possibly being captured [[asteroid]]s. The prefix '''areo-''' refers to Mars.
8: Mars has always fascinated people. Its red, fiery appearance is caused by Iron Oxide (rust) on i...
11: ...re by Earth-based [[telescope]]s, and possibly confirmed in [[March 2004]] by the [[Mars Express Orbit...
18: ... to the surface, while the presence of a magnetic field would have helped to protect the planet from [...
22: Amongst the findings from the Opportunity rover is the presence ... - Jupiter (24639 bytes)
134: | [[Hydrogen sulfide]]
138: '''Jupiter''' is the fifth [[planet]] from the [[Sun]] and by far the [[S...
140: ...o the planet as the ''Wood Star'', based on the [[Five Elements]].
145: ...warf]], although the latter possesses rather specific spectral lines, but in any case it would need to...
149: ...o]] (now known as the [[Galilean moon]]s) was the first discovery of a celestial motion not apparently... - Saturn (planet) (23300 bytes)
48: | 49 confirmed<!--- S/2004 S 6 unconfirmed --->
140: ...anets less dense than water, with an average specific density of 0.69. This is only an average value, ...
142: ...tional compression), but this alone may not be sufficient to explain Saturn's heat production. An addi...
157: The rings were first observed by [[Galileo Galilei]] in [[1610]] wi...
179: ...[[2004]], the ''Cassini'' spacecraft revealed the first views of the backlit side in 25 years. - Uranus (15207 bytes)
142: | [[Carbon monoxide]]<br>[[Hydrogen sulfide]]
155: ...criptions of the planet but result in different definitions of which pole is the [[North Pole]] and wh...
162: ===Magnetic Field===
164: ...g corkscrew shape behind the planet. The magnetic field's source is unknown; the electrically conducti...
168: Uranus was the first planet to be discovered that was not known in ... - Neptune (planet) (18545 bytes)
136: ...st of the [[gas giants]]. Due to [[Pluto (planet)|Pluto]]'s [[Eccentricity_(orbit)|eccentric orbit]], Nep...
144: ... methane, ammonia, and water as it approaches and finally blends into the liquid interior. Comparing ...
146: ... planet's physical center. Comparing the magnetic fields of the two planets, scientists think the extr...
152: ...o the ''extremely'' slow motion of ''any'' random fixed star found in the [[night sky]].
154: ...o Sir [[George Airy]], who asked Adams for a clarification; Adams began to draft a reply but never sen... - 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>
71: | [[1 E22 kg|1.25]][[scientific notation|×]]10<sup>22</sup> [[kilogram|kg]...
120: ...tails). Its symbol is a combination of the name's first two letters, "P-L", which are also [[Percival ... - March 19 (9902 bytes)
8: ...[[City Bank of New York]] becomes the site of the first [[bank robbery]] in [[United States history]] ...
9: *[[1861]] - The [[First Taranaki War]] ends in [[New Zealand]].
12: ... [[Pluto (planet)|Pluto]] is photographed for the first time but was not recognized as a [[planet]].
13: ...anes take off in pursuit of [[Pancho Villa]], the first [[United States]] air-combat mission in histor...
15: ...the [[Treaty of Versailles]] for the second time (first time was on [[November 19]], [[1919]]). - Plutonium (24623 bytes)
5: ...pan="2" align="center" | [[neptunium]] – '''plutonium''' – [[americium]]
17: | Plutonium, Pu, 94
30: ...|125px|Gloved hands holding a "button" of refined plutonium]]
46: | [[Electron configuration]]
70: | 12.29 [[scientific notation|×]]10<sup>-6</sup> [[cubic metre ... - Scorpius (3888 bytes)
6: ...ula]] (λ Sco), [[Jabbah]] (ν Sco), [[Grafias]] (ξ Sco), [[Alniyat]] (σ Sco), [[Alni...
14: ...n's tail, and a vague body [http://borghetto.astrofili.org/costellazioni/scorpius.JPG]. According to [...
18: ...tellation [[Eridanus (constellation)|Eridanus]]). Finally, [[Jupiter (god)|Jupiter]] struck him down w...
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: ...ellation is easily viewable as two parallel stick figures considering faint stars visible to the nake...
17: ...tellation can vary (since they readily form stick figures whether leaning right or left), though the t...
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