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planetary news

PostPosted: August 18th, 2006, 5:43 pm
by Stanley Anderson

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PostPosted: August 19th, 2006, 1:08 am
by wingedllama
Okay can someone tell me what our solar system's official planets now are? I heard there was an asteroid named Ceres, and that it has been given planet status too? I've heard several little things here and there recently. Can anyone enlighten me as to how many planets we now have and what their names are?

Yes I could look it up, but I'm sure there's an astronomy enthusiast somewhere on these forums who would be glad to post it. :smile:

re: planetary news

PostPosted: August 19th, 2006, 8:13 am
by tangent
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From the . Ceres is the smallest at 800 km in diameter compared to Charon's 1172 km and the moon's 3476 km.

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PostPosted: August 22nd, 2006, 12:17 pm
by Monica

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PostPosted: August 22nd, 2006, 1:37 pm
by Steve

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PostPosted: August 22nd, 2006, 2:15 pm
by Stanley Anderson

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PostPosted: August 22nd, 2006, 2:31 pm
by Stanley Anderson

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PostPosted: August 23rd, 2006, 12:57 pm
by Monica

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PostPosted: August 28th, 2006, 3:08 pm
by Korora
If they call the asteroids "the Dancers before the Threshold," would they call the Kuiper Belt the "Dancers before the Wall" and the Oort Cloud "the Wall?"

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