Wonders & Wanderings
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9/18/2006
APoD
...Far OUT, maaaan!
...Far OUT, maaaan!
9/08/2006
Free Wi-fi in the South Sound
... "We've created an interactive map that highlights more than 70 businesses and library locations in the South Sound
that offer free wireless Internet."
... "We've created an interactive map that highlights more than 70 businesses and library locations in the South Sound
that offer free wireless Internet."
9/06/2006
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
...here, you can search for "Anything" ...LOL
...here, you can search for "Anything" ...LOL
Cassini-Huygens Home: "Cassini to Fly by Titan --tomorrow, 9/7/06"
The Nine Planets Glossary
definition: "planet
The recently adopted IAU resolution states that 'planets' and other bodies in our Solar System be defined into three distinct categories in the following way:
A 'planet' is a celestial body that (a) is in orbit around the Sun, (b) has sufficient mass for its self-gravity to overcome rigid body forces so that it assumes a hydrostatic equilibrium (nearly round) shape, and (c) has cleared the neighbourhood around its orbit.
A 'dwarf planet' is a celestial body that (a) is in orbit around the Sun, (b) has sufficient mass for its self-gravity to overcome rigid body forces so that it assumes a hydrostatic equilibrium (nearly round) shape2 , (c) has not cleared the neighbourhood around its orbit, and (d) is not a satellite.
All other objects3 except satellites orbiting the Sun shall be referred to collectively as 'Small Solar-System Bodies'.
So by this official definition there are exactly eight planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Pluto, Ceres and 2003UB313 are 'dwarf planets' with a potentiall large number of additional object falling into this category in the near future. "
...hope this clears things up! {LMAO}
definition: "planet
The recently adopted IAU resolution states that 'planets' and other bodies in our Solar System be defined into three distinct categories in the following way:
A 'planet' is a celestial body that (a) is in orbit around the Sun, (b) has sufficient mass for its self-gravity to overcome rigid body forces so that it assumes a hydrostatic equilibrium (nearly round) shape, and (c) has cleared the neighbourhood around its orbit.
A 'dwarf planet' is a celestial body that (a) is in orbit around the Sun, (b) has sufficient mass for its self-gravity to overcome rigid body forces so that it assumes a hydrostatic equilibrium (nearly round) shape2 , (c) has not cleared the neighbourhood around its orbit, and (d) is not a satellite.
All other objects3 except satellites orbiting the Sun shall be referred to collectively as 'Small Solar-System Bodies'.
So by this official definition there are exactly eight planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Pluto, Ceres and 2003UB313 are 'dwarf planets' with a potentiall large number of additional object falling into this category in the near future. "
...hope this clears things up! {LMAO}
9/04/2006
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