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- Neptune (planet) (18545 bytes)
2: |+<big>'''Neptune'''</big>
4: ...color="black" | [[image:neptune.jpg|250px|Neptune from Voyager 2]]<br><small><font color="white">Click...
9: ...rrier]]<br> [[John Couch Adams]]<br> [[Johann Gottfried Galle|Johann Galle]]
136: ...et from the [[Sun]]. Neptune is named after the [[Neptune (god)|Roman god of the sea]]. Its symbol is a sty...
138: Neptune has been visited by only one spacecraft, ''[[Voya...
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- Earth (30908 bytes)
7: ...th''' or '''Terra''', is the third planet outward from the [[Sun]]. It is the largest of the [[solar s...
14: ...f approximately 12,742 km. The maximum deviations from this are the highest point on Earth (the summit...
55: ... is only 1/20,000 as great as the energy received from the Sun.
74: ...utaway-english.png|thumb|350px|left|Earth cutaway from core to exosphere. Partially to scale.]]
86: ...Peridotite|harzburgite]]s which has been observed from deep parts of the oceanic crust that have been ... - Volcano (27295 bytes)
4: The name "volcano" has its origin from the name of [[Vulcan (god)|Vulcan]], a god of f...
18: ...'[[Volcanic cones]]''' or [[cinder cone]]s result from eruptions that throw out mostly small pieces of...
41: ...tive" volcano. The lifespan of a volcano can vary from months to several million years, making such a ...
43: ...to note that the span of recorded history differs from region to region; in the [[Mediterranean]], rec...
47: ...tone as extinct. In fact, because the caldera has frequent earthquakes, a very active geothermal syste... - Ancient Rome (25155 bytes)
1: ...vilization]] that existed in [[Europe]], [[North Africa]], and the [[Middle East]] between [[753 BC]] ...
9: [[Image:Lupaegemelli.jpg|framed|right|The female wolf, feeding the baby twins...
11: ...Palatine Hill]], approximately eighteen [[mile]]s from the [[Tyrrhenian Sea]] on the river [[Tiber]]. ...
25: ... each other for power. Caesar emerged victorious from the resulting Civil War, and was made dictator ...
27: ...ements ([[27 BC]] and [[23 BC]]) transformed Rome from a Republic to an Empire. His designated success... - Solar system (21174 bytes)
16: **[[Neptune (planet)|Neptune]] (♆)
26: **[[Planetesimal]]s, from which the planets were originally formed, are s...
30: **[[Meteoroid]]s are asteroids that range in size from roughly boulder sized to particles as small as ...
32: ...hat they remain in the region between Jupiter and Neptune.
33: ...ose [[semimajor axis|semi-major axes]] lie beyond Neptune's. These are further subdivided: - Asteroid (24334 bytes)
1: ...is picture of [[433 Eros]] shows the view looking from one end of the asteroid across the gouge on its...
4: The term "asteroid", meaning ''star-like'' (from the [[Greek language|Greek]] ''asteroeides'', '...
8: ...larger than 50 m in diameter, distinguishing them from [[meteoroid]]s, which are typically [[boulder]]...
14: ...Earth's solar system. As of [[May 23]], [[2005]], from a total of 277,090 minor planets with calculate...
24: ...s, whereas families are much "tighter" and result from the catastrophic break-up of a large parent ast... - Planet (8450 bytes)
3: ...g [[nebula]] that a star formed from, aggregating from gas and dust that orbited the [[protostar]] in ...
7: ...om classical mythology or (in the case of Uranus) from the plays of [[Shakespeare]]. Asteroids can be ...
10: [[Image:Solare_Planeten99.jpg|framed|Planets in approx. scale of size, but not dis...
12: ...anets in our solar system (in increasing distance from the [[Sun]]):
20: # [[Neptune (planet)|Neptune]] (♆) - [[Neptune's natural satellites|13 moons]] - History of science (41710 bytes)
6: ...r [[empirical]] [[truth]]. [[Philosophy]] differs from science in that, while both the [[Natural scien...
11: ...fic data is self-evident, value-free, and context-free.
21: ...ccount of the development of (natural) philosophy from ancient times until recent times can be found i...
27: ...rehistoric times, advice and knowledge was passed from generation to generation in an [[oral tradition...
52: ...oration by bringing together people and new ideas from all over the Islamic world. - Mercury (planet) (22924 bytes)
1: ...st planet in the [[Solar System]]. Mercury ranges from −0.4 to 5.5 in [[apparent magnitude]]; Me...
8: (This Data comes from [http://www.answers.com/topic/mercury-in-roman-...
10: ...[temperature]] of Mercury is 452 K, but it ranges from 90–700 K; by comparison, the temperature ...
12: ...posited by [[comet]] impacts and/or gases arising from the planetary interior.
182: The orbit of Mercury is eccentric, ranging from 46 million–70 million kilometres in radiu... - Galileo Galilei (33761 bytes)
2: ... early example of the conflict of authority and [[freedom of thought]], particularly with [[science]],...
10: ...tters of science and to the separation of science from [[philosophy]] or religion. These are the prima...
12: ...eo's experiments, in particular the distinguished French [[History of science and technology|historian...
14: ...esearch into Galileo's unpublished working papers from as early as [[1604]] clearly showed the reality...
24: ... on the opposite side of the Sun and to face away from the Earth when it was on the Earth-side of the ... - Cirrus cloud (3505 bytes)
9: ...proaching. Cirrus clouds can also be the remnants from a [[thunderstorm]].
11: ...uding Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and possibly Neptune. They have even been seen on Titan, one of Saturn...
15: ...es they are like blown out ice-crystals spreading from the top of a dying cumulonimbus.
20: ...ms occasionally produce copious amounts of cirrus from their anvils.[18] High-altitude winds commonly ...
25: ...ostratus clouds When cirrus clouds precede a cold front, squall line or multicellular thunderstorm, it... - Venus (planet) (31010 bytes)
1: '''Venus''', the second [[planet]] from the [[Sun]], is named after the [[Roman mytholo...
3: ..., it always appears in roughly the same direction from Earth as the Sun (the greatest [[elongation]] i...
7: ...me astronomers use ''[[Cytherean]]'', which comes from [[Cythera]]. Other less common adjectives incl...
14: ...]'s, even though Venus is nearly twice as distant from the Sun and only receives 25% of the solar irra...
16: ...k into space. This prevents most of the sunlight from ever heating the surface. Venus's [[Bolometer|... - Mars (27704 bytes)
4: '''Mars''' is the fourth [[planet]] from the [[Sun]] in the [[solar system]]. It is name...
6: ...#x2642; (a circle with a small arrow pointing out from behind it), is a stylized representation of the...
15: ...en summer and winter, giving rise to Earth-like [[frost]] and large [[cirrus cloud]]s [http://marsrove...
18: ...tic field would have helped to protect the planet from [[cosmic radiation]]. Other explanations have a...
22: Amongst the findings from the Opportunity rover is the presence of [[hema... - Jupiter (24639 bytes)
138: ...[Uranus (planet)|Uranus]], and [[Neptune (planet)|Neptune]] are sometimes referred to as "[[Jovian planet]]...
142: ...ter was able to be seen, just below the [[Moon]], from parts of the [[Southern Hemisphere]].
145: ...uishes a large and massive planet such as Jupiter from a [[brown dwarf]], although the latter possesse...
175: ...phases of hydrogen; the conditions blend smoothly from gas to liquid as one descends.
178: [[Image:Jupiter from Voyager 1.jpg|thumb|left|Detail of Jupiter's at... - Saturn (planet) (23300 bytes)
137: '''Saturn''' is the sixth [[planet]] from the [[Sun]]. It is a [[gas giant]], the second-...
142: ...nterior, the droplets of helium releasing heat by friction as they fall down through the lighter hydro...
144: ...smaller storm was observed. Astronomers using [[infrared]] imaging have shown that Saturn has a warm p...
147: ...I'', based on [[radio astronomy|radio]] emissions from the planet, has a period of 10 h 39 min 22.4 s ...
165: ...e never part of a moon, but are instead left over from the original [[nebula]]r material that Saturn f... - Uranus (15207 bytes)
145: ..., or "YOOR-ə-nus") is the seventh [[planet]] from the [[Sun]]. It is a [[gas giant]], the third l...
149: ...mostly hydrogen). Uranus (like [[Neptune (planet)|Neptune]]) is in many ways similar to the cores of [[Jupi...
157: ... regions of Uranus receive a greater energy input from the Sun than its equatorial regions. Uranus is ...
164: ...otion at relatively shallow depths within Uranus. Neptune has a similarly displaced magnetic field, suggest...
172: ...rgium Sidus'' or "the Georgian" were still used infrequently (by the British alone) thereafter. The fi... - Neptune (planet) (18545 bytes)
2: |+<big>'''Neptune'''</big>
4: ...color="black" | [[image:neptune.jpg|250px|Neptune from Voyager 2]]<br><small><font color="white">Click...
9: ...rrier]]<br> [[John Couch Adams]]<br> [[Johann Gottfried Galle|Johann Galle]]
136: ...et from the [[Sun]]. Neptune is named after the [[Neptune (god)|Roman god of the sea]]. Its symbol is a sty...
138: Neptune has been visited by only one spacecraft, ''[[Voya... - Pluto (planet) (26470 bytes)
120: ...some prefer a different symbol resembling that of Neptune but with a circle in the top center for the middl...
124: ...ightly incorrect value then known for the mass of Neptune.
126: ...eone else did". Soon suggestions began to pour in from all over the world. Constance Lowell, [[Perciva...
128: ...tia Burney]], at the time an eleven-year-old girl from [[Oxford, England|Oxford]], [[England]]. Over t...
140: ...ational acceleration from the Sun, stays ahead of Neptune, and pulls ahead until they meet again on the oth... - Ocean (6829 bytes)
4: '''Ocean''' (from [[Oceanus|Okeanos]], a Greek god of sea and wat...
6: ... [[archipelago]]s into the following five bodies, from the largest to the smallest: the [[Pacific Ocea...
12: ... last few million years movement of the [[Africa|African Continent]] has closed the straight off entir...
51: ...[[Uranus (planet)|Uranus]] and [[Neptune (planet)|Neptune]] may also possess large oceans of liquid water u...
55: ...y be better known after the full analysis of data from the [[Huygens probe]] of the [[Cassini-Huygens]... - Crossword (24761 bytes)
12: ...ered either radially or in concentric circles. ''Free form'' crosswords have simple designs and are n...
18: [[French language]] crosswords are smaller and not nec...
20: ...apitalizable letter in the intersecting clue. In French-language puzzles, [[diacritic]]s are omitted ...
27: ...o in a foreign language. For example, '''ETE''' (French for "summer") might be clued as '''"Summer, i...
86: ...words'']created by David Andersen, uses headlines from newspapers as a part of the clue. This enables ... - Florence (11538 bytes)
9: ...ght|thumb|300px|The bridges of Florence at sunset from Piazzale Michelangelo]]
17: ...[[Byzantine]], [[Ostrogothic]], [[Lombard]] and [[Frankish rule]], during which the population may hav...
19: Reviving from the 10th century and governed from [[1115]] by an autonomous commune, the city was...
23: ...the city from behind the scenes, his power coming from a vast [[patronage]] network and his alliance t...
28: ...later a [[Duchy of Lucca|Duchy]]) was independent from Florence in all Tuscany.
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