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- 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: ...lm Olbers|Olbers]] discovered the second one, [[2 Pallas]], in [[March 28|late March]] of the same year, t...
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...
16: ...of 900-1000 km. Two other large asteroids are [[2 Pallas]] and [[4 Vesta]]; both have diameters of ~500 km... - Caste (32815 bytes)
1: The word '''''Caste''''' is derived from the [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] word ''c...
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27: The [[Brahmin]]s (the word comes from [[Sanskrit]] for 'knowledge', root word Vid 'to...
29: ...e views possible) to achieve [[moksha]] - release from [[samsara]], the cycle of [[reincarnation]], an... - Pluto (planet) (26470 bytes)
120: '''Pluto''' is the ninth [[planet]] from the [[Sun]] in our [[solar system]]. Because Pl...
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: ...o speeds up due to the gravitational acceleration from the Sun, stays ahead of Neptune, and pulls ahea...
146: ...the case of Pluto, the star dimmed out gradually. From the rate of dimming, the atmosphere was determi... - Aardvark (6420 bytes)
12: ... Orycteropus afer | author = [[Peter Simon Pallas|Pallas]] | date = [[1766]]}}
14: ...rikaans]] for "earth pig," because early settlers from [[Europe]] thought it resembled a [[pig]] (alth...
18: ... ''Orycteropus'', the surviving Aardvark. A genus from Madagascar may be related to them, called Plesi...
20: ...orn with conventional incisors and canines at the front of the jaw, but these fall out and are not rep...
22: ...rched back; the limbs are of moderate length. The front feet have lost the pollex (or 'thumb')—r... - Dik-dik (3106 bytes)
2: ...6_dik_dik.jpg|250px]] | caption = Dik Dik, Kenya Africa. <br> Image provded by [http://classroomclipar...
13: ...ial_name = Dik-dik| author = [[Peter Simon Pallas|Pallas]] | date = [[1766]]}}
16: ... that live in the bush of southern and eastern [[Africa]]. Dik-diks stands 30–40 cm at the sho...
28: ...erbivore]]s, consuming [[foliage]], [[shoots]], [[fruit]] and [[berry | berries]]. They prefer to be s...
40: * [http://www.awf.org/wildlives/67 The African Wildlife Foundation] - Warthog (4196 bytes)
9: {{Taxobox species entry | taxon = '''''P. africanus'''''}}
11: ...choerus africanus | author = [[Peter Simon Pallas|Pallas]] | date = 1766}}
13: ... into two species. On that classification, ''P. africanus'' is the Common Warthog and ''P. aethiopicu...
15: ...ons against predators. Warthogs derive their name from their short, almost wart-like, horns. They eat ...
17: They range in size from 0.9 to 1.5 metres (2.9-4.9 feet) in length and ... - Atlantis (41399 bytes)
2: ...r been confirmed. The first mentions we have are from the [[classical Greek]] philosopher [[Plato]], ...
7: ...dfather of [[Critias]]. And Critias learned of it from his grandfather also named Critias, son of Drop...
17: ...us]], to where proud and warlike men used to come from the continent beyond the islands, in order to o...
20: ...s]] recorded that the Atlanteans did not know the fruits of [[Ceres (mythology)|Ceres]]. In fact, Old...
21: ...scribes it as having a climate that is very mild; fruits and vegetables grow ripe throughout the year.... - Chromium (13677 bytes)
134: ...t pigment developed rapidly. A bright yellow made from crocoite became a very fashionable color.
138: ...the remainder used in the chemical industry and refractory and foundry industries.
140: ...or]], because of the many colorful compounds made from it.
146: ...chromite ore in the world is produced in [[South Africa]]. [[Kazakhstan]], [[India]] and [[Turkey]] a...
147: ...phically concentrated in Kazakhstan and southern Africa. - Palladium (9737 bytes)
151: ...esembles [[platinum]] chemically and is extracted from some [[copper]] and [[nickel]] ores. It is prim...
170: ...y Wollaston in 1804 after the asteroid [[2 Pallas|Pallas]], which was discovered two years earlier.
172: Wollaston found element 46 in crude platinum ore from [[South America]]. He did this by dissolving th...
178: ...mounts of the metal, fearing interrupted supplies from [[Russia]]. As prices fell in early [[2001]], F...
181: ... [[nickel]]-[[copper]] deposits found in [[South Africa]] and [[Ontario]] (the huge volume of ore proc... - Dhole (1697 bytes)
12: ...name = Cuon alpinus | author=[[Peter Simon Pallas|Pallas]] | date=[[1811]]}} - Animal P (610 bytes)
1: *[[Pallas Cat]]
17: *[[Poison Dart Frogs]] - Aardvarks (6124 bytes)
2: ... language for "earth pig," because early settlers from Europe thought it resembled a pig.
4: ...rched back; the limbs are of moderate length. The front feet have lost the pollex (or 'thumb')—r...
9: ...ound, the Aardvark digs into it with its powerful front legs, keeping its long ears upright to listen ...
21: ... Orycteropus afer | author = [[Peter Simon Pallas|Pallas]] | date = [[1766]]}}
24: ...ge the layout of their home burrow regularly, and from time to time move on and make a new one. Only m... - Beluga Whales (10188 bytes)
12: ...hinapterus leucas | author = [[Peter Simon Pallas|Pallas]] | date = 1776}}
15: ... to simply as the '''Beluga''' - the word derives from the [[Russian language|Russian]] ''beloye'' mea...
18: The Beluga was first described by [[Peter Simon Pallas]] in 1776. It is a member of the ''Monodontidae''...
20: ...is the now-extinct ''[[Denebola brachycephala]]'' from the late [[Miocene]] period. A single fossil ha...
36: ...r shallow inlets. These summer sites are detached from one another and a mother will usually return to... - Greater Kudus (1658 bytes)
13: ...phus strepsiceros | author = [[Peter Simon Pallas|Pallas]] | date = [[1766]]}}
16: ...d throughout [[East Africa|East]] and [[Southern Africa]]. - Hartebeest (1431 bytes)
12: ...laphus buselaphus | author = [[Peter Simon Pallas|Pallas]] | date = [[1766]]}}
15: ... [[West Africa]], [[East Africa]] and [[Southern Africa]].
17: ... 1.5 m (5 ft) at the shoulder and weighs anywhere from 120-200 kg (265-440 lb). Male Hartebeest are a ... - Steller's Sea Eagle (1501 bytes)
12: ...iaeetus pelagicus | author = [[Peter Simon Pallas|Pallas]] | date = 1811}} - Bluebuck (1913 bytes)
12: ...ragus leucophaeus | author = [[Peter Simon Pallas|Pallas]] | date = [[1766]]}}
15: ...ed in the southwestern coastal region of [[South Africa]], but was more widespread during the last [[I...
17: ...cimens show a blue colour, which may have derived from a mixture of black and yellow hairs. - Bontebok (2050 bytes)
12: ...maliscus pygargus | author = [[Peter Simon Pallas|Pallas]] | date = [[1767]]}}
15: ... is a [[highveld]] [[antelope]] found in [[South Africa]] and [[Lesotho]]. The Bontebok has two [[subs...
17: ...colour, with a white underside and a white stripe from the forehead to the tip of the nose, although t... - Common Eland (1960 bytes)
2: ...Image:Eland.jpg|250px]] | caption = Eland, Kenya Africa. <br> Image provded by [http://classroomclipar...
13: ... Taurotragus oryx | author = [[Peter Simon Pallas|Pallas]] | date = [[1766]]}}
17: ...e]] found in [[East Africa|East]] and [[Southern Africa]].
19: The Common Eland stands from two to almost three and a half metres at the sh...
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