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- Uranus (15207 bytes)
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2: |+ <font size="+1">'''Uranus'''</font>
4: ...or="#000000"| [[Image:Uranus.jpg|250px|The planet Uranus]]<br>
64: !align="left"| [[geographical pole|Polar]] diameter
67: !align="left"| [[Oblateness]]
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- Earth (30908 bytes)
1: {{Planet Infobox/Earth}}
7: ...rn science]] confirms as harboring [[life]]. The planet [[Age of the Earth|formed]] around 4.57 [[bill...
14: ...10,911 m below sea level). Thus the Earth is an oblate spheroid within a [[tolerance (engineering)|tol...
17: ...r of Earth, like that of the other [[terrestrial planets]], is chemically divided into an outer [[sili...
55: ...th reaches temperatures of 5270 [[kelvin]]s. The planet's internal heat was originally generated durin... - Solar system (21174 bytes)
1: ...h]] is the third planet of the Solar System. ''[[Planetary system]]s'' are a more generic term for [[s...
3: ==Planets In the Solar System==
5: The wide variety of objects that exist in the Solar System fall into several categories. In recent y...
7: ...(☉) is a [[Stellar_classification|spectral class]] G2 [[star]] that contains 99.86% of the syste...
8: ... Solar System are those nine bodies traditionally labelled as such: - Asteroid (24334 bytes)
1: ...pse|elliptical]] orbits between those of [[Mars (planet)|Mars]] and [[Jupiter]]. [[image:433eros.jpg|t...
4: ...term to the small moons of the [[gas giant|giant planets]]. The first [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-b...
6: ...olar system, and some argue that not every minor planet should be called an "asteroid".
8: ...e through [[Earth's atmosphere]] and strike Earth largely intact while the smaller meteoroids generall...
10: ...signate man-made objects which have ended up in solar orbits, such as the [[Mariner IV]] probe. - Comet (30542 bytes)
1: [[Image:Hale-Bopp-large.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Comet Hale-Bopp]], showing a...
3: ...scribed as "dirty snowballs", comets are composed largely of frozen [[carbon dioxide]], [[methane]] an...
5: ...but very old comets which have lost all their [[volatile]] materials may come to resemble asteroids.
9: ... generally less than 50km across, the coma may be larger than the Sun, and the tails can extend over 1...
11: ...]], which records the [[Norman conquest]] of [[England]] in [[1066]].{{hnote|Reading Museum, scene 1}} - Planet (8450 bytes)
1: ...it around other stars, the problem of defining a planet has become rather more acute.
3: ...r disk before the star's core ignited and its [[solar wind]] blew remaining material away.
5: ==Within the solar system==
6: :''Main article: [[Solar system]]''.
7: ...ts and their features is known as planetary nomenclature. - Mercury (planet) (22924 bytes)
1: ...4]]–[[1975|75]]); only 40–45% of the planet has been mapped.
3: ...[[caduceus]]. Before the [[5th century BC]], the planet Mercury actually had two names, as it was not ...
5: The Chinese and Japanese cultures refer to the planet as the ''Water Star'', based on the [[Five Ele...
8: .../www.answers.com/topic/mercury-in-roman-religion-planet-nearest-to-the-sun answers.com])
10: ...ries by only about 11 K (with respect only to [[solar radiation]]; not [[climate]] or [[season]]). The... - Cirrus cloud (3505 bytes)
5: [[Image:Clouds-cirrus-filaments.jpg|thumb|250px|Cirrus clouds]]
7: '''Cirrus''' ([[Latin|Lat.]] 'wisp of hair') is a type of [[cloud]].
9: ...ed of [[ice]] crystals and shaped like hairlike filaments. They are formed at an altitudes above 16,50...
11: ...The term cirrus is also used for certain interstellar clouds composed of sub-micrometer-sized dust gra...
20: ...rstorm from rising any higher, thus creating the flat top.[17] In the tropics, these thunderstorms occ... - Venus (planet) (31010 bytes)
1: ...]], Venus's orbit is the closest to [[circle|circular]], with an [[eccentricity (orbit)|eccentricity]]...
7: ...ally incorrect. The true adjective coming from [[Latin]], ''[[Wiktionary:Venereal|Venereal]]'', is av...
9: ...Korean]], and [[Japan]]ese cultures refer to the planet as the ''Metal Star'', based on the [[Five Ele...
14: ... km/h). Winds in the upper atmosphere circle the planet in only 4 days, helping to distribute the heat...
16: ...ite is actually true. The cloud cover keeps the planet much cooler than it would be otherwise. The i... - Mars (27704 bytes)
1: [[Image:Mars.jpg|thumb|right|Mars, with polar ice caps visible.]]
2: ...rs NPArea-PIA00161 modest.jpg|thumb|right|North Polar region with icecap. (Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech.)...
4: ...This feature also earned it the name of "the Red Planet." Mars has two [[Natural satellite|moon]]s ([[...
8: ... dry land because Mars lacks [[ocean]]s). The [[solar day]] on Mars is almost the same length as it is...
13: ... become uniformly distributed in the atmosphere. Plans are now being made to look for other 'companion... - Jupiter (24639 bytes)
1: ... 1em; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;" align="right" width=280px
53: ...4 km]] [http://www.onasch.de/astro/showobject.php?lang=en&obj=p05]<br>(11.209 Earths)
55: ! align="left" | [[geographical pole|Polar]] [[diameter]]
58: ! align="left" | [[Oblateness]]
138: ...alled Jove). The [[astronomical symbol]] for the planet is a stylized representation of the god's ligh... - Saturn (planet) (23300 bytes)
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4: ...0" | [[Image:Saturn (planet) large.jpg|250px|The planet Saturn]]<br> <small><font color="white">Click ...
53: ...6 km]] [http://www.onasch.de/astro/showobject.php?lang=en&head=f&anim=129&obj=p06]<br>(9.449 Earths)
55: ! align="left" | [[geographical pole|Polar]] diameter
58: ! align="left" | [[Oblateness]] - Uranus (15207 bytes)
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2: |+ <font size="+1">'''Uranus'''</font>
4: ...or="#000000"| [[Image:Uranus.jpg|250px|The planet Uranus]]<br>
64: !align="left"| [[geographical pole|Polar]] diameter
67: !align="left"| [[Oblateness]] - Neptune (planet) (18545 bytes)
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4: | align="center" colspan="2" bgcolor="black" | [[image:neptune.jpg|250px|Neptune from Voyag...
61: ...8]] km [http://www.onasch.de/astro/showobject.php?lang=en&head=f&anim=129&obj=p08]<br>(3.883 Earths)
63: ! align="left" | [[geographical pole|Polar]] diameter
66: ! align="left" | [[Oblateness]] - Pluto (planet) (26470 bytes)
1: ...em 0; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;" style="float: right;" width=...
120: ...egarding whether Pluto should be classified as a planet (see below for details). Its symbol is a combi...
124: ... orbit of [[Neptune (planet)|Neptune]]. It is [[#Planet X?|now known]] these discrepancies were an art...
126: ...emis]]'', ''[[Athene]]'', ''[[Atlas (mythology)|Atlas]]'', ''[[Cosmos]]'', ''[[Hera]]'', ''[[Hercules]...
128: ...ry]], was reading about the discovery of the new planet in the [[Times]] newspaper. He asked his grand... - Age of Enlightenment (36312 bytes)
2: ...ton-WilliamBlake.jpg|thumb|right|225px|[[William Blake]]'s ''Newton'' as a divine geometer (1795)]]
4: ...que]] and classical eras in music, and the [[neo-classical]] period in the arts, and receives contempo...
6: ...t in 18th century philosophy, which was closely related to it, was characterized by a focus on belief ...
10: According to scholarly opinion, the [[Age of Reason]] preceded the En...
14: ... notions of mysticism and faith in individual revelation as the primary source of knowledge and wisdom... - Ocean (6829 bytes)
4: ...|Okeanos]], a Greek god of sea and water; [[Greek language|Greek]] ''ωκεαν	...
6: ...ng defined only by a line of [[latitude]] with no landmass boundaries.
8: ... Ocean (or ''the Arctic Sea'') as a part of the Atlantic Ocean.
12: ...y, making the Mediterranean a fourth ocean. (The Black Sea is connected to the Mediterranean through t...
22: ...ge:Ocean gravity map.gif|right|thumb|350px|Map of large underwater features. (1995, [[NOAA]])]] - Zeus (17267 bytes)
1: ..., Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipart]]]
6: ...ic]] and [[Norse mythology]]. Tyr was however supplanted by [[Odin]] as the supreme god among the [[Ge...
8: ...n addition to his Indo-European inheritance, the classical Zeus also derives certain iconographic trai...
13: Zeus played a huge role in the [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] Ol...
17: * A related title was '''Panhellenios''', ('Zeus of all th... - Johann Gottfried Galle (1693 bytes)
1: ...p from [[Urbain Le Verrier]], sighted [[Neptune (planet)|Neptune]] on [[September 23]], [[1846]].
4: in [[1851]] he moved to Breslau (now [[Wrocław]]) to become professor of as...
8: ...s]], and a [[planetary ring|ring]] of [[Neptune (planet)|Neptune]], were named in his honor.
11: ... planet, which would explain the perturbations of Uranus.
12: ...ption was found, and it was confirmed as being a planet over the next two evenings. - Aphrodite (14648 bytes)
1: ...e.Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]] '''Aphrodite''' (Αφ&#...
4: ... [[Cyprus]] and [[Cythera]], respectively. The island of Cythera was a center of her cult. She was a...
6: ..., which was celebrated all over Greece but particularly in [[Athens, Greece|Athens]] and [[Corinth, Gr...
16: ...ne (mythology)|Dione]], who was the original oracular goddess ("Dione" being simply "the goddess," ety...
18: ... Aphrodite's original cult from the Levant to mainland Greece. - Uranium (27752 bytes)
67: | [[Molar volume]]
82: ...n="2" align="center" bgcolor="#ff99cc" | '''Miscellaneous'''
158: ...[[Rock (geology)|rock]]s, [[soil]], [[water]], [[plant]]s, and [[animal]]s (including [[human]]s).
159: ...Clipart provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
175: ...d, usually over 90% (again, the exact values are classified information) to a level known as "weapons ...
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