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Thu Oct-06-05 03:57 PM
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Okay, who can name all planets in our Solar Sytem without Googling? |
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Thu Oct-06-05 03:59 PM
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1. Can't remember the name of the new one. |
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The commonly known ones are easy peasy lemon squeasy.
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus, Pluto.
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Thu Oct-06-05 04:01 PM
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All I can add is that the correct order goes:
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto
although at the moment I think it's:
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Pluto, Neptune
because Pluto has an eccentric orbit that periodically takes it closer to the sun than Neptune.
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Thu Oct-06-05 04:05 PM
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I can remember the order for the inner planet, but once we get out to the giants Physics A level becomes a long way away (hurrah). Aren't all of the orbits in (basically) a flat plain - apart from Pluto.
That's also the one missing from the Holst F.W.I.W.
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Thu Oct-06-05 04:08 PM
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11. Yes, it's called the Ecliptic Plane |
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and as you rightly pointed out, Pluto's orbit does not lie in it. Which suggests to me that it did not form out of the spinning disc of dust that formed the other planets. But don't put any faith in that, I just pulled it out of my arse.
Pluto was not known about when Holst wrote The Planets, so we'll let him off for that one. The thing that sticks in my mind most is that part of the Jupiter movement was used in an advert for Banks' Bitter. x(
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Thu Oct-06-05 04:00 PM
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2. Mercury, Venus, Oith, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Youranus, Neptune, |
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Pluto - though that's under debate - and possibly Planet X; Xena.
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I had forgotten the name, and now I'm kicking myself because I really did know it.
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Thu Oct-06-05 04:09 PM
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12. I don't think Xena is an official name |
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IIRC, there is some sort of commission on aproving names. Two very large Kuiper Belt objects are also I think in naming limbo, Quauor and Sedna. A satelite orbitting Xena has recently been discovered and nicknamed Gabrielle.
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Thu Oct-06-05 04:04 PM
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Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, and the sort-of planets Quauor (sp?), Sedna, and "Xena."
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Thu Oct-06-05 04:52 PM
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The nine accepted ones are (in order from closest to sun to farthest)-
Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune* Pluto*
Ranked in size from smallest to largest -
Pluto Mercury Mars Venus Earth Neptune Uranus Saturn Jupiter
Howzat?
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Thu Oct-06-05 04:57 PM
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15. I could do that at age 4. |
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In fact, that exact question got me into 1st grade a year earlier than the other kids. I'm pretty sure that Mom just wanted me out of the house.
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Thu Oct-06-05 06:16 PM
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16. Cool! If I ever get to (re-)develop an N.O. subdivision, |
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the streets will be named Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, (Asteroid Pl.), Jupiter, Saturn, (Rings Pl.), Neptune and Pluto, with the others available for future expansion.
Hey, I know! We could put a really cool corner bar on Saturn St. and call it the... wait, never mind. :beer:
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Thu Oct-06-05 06:21 PM
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17. Earth, Mars, Earth II...um...Tatooine...ah...the Amazon Planet... |
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Edited on Thu Oct-06-05 06:21 PM by democracyindanger
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