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    Comet 332p Research Paper

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    To a large extent, the comet is a very unfortunate existence. Comets formed by ice, dust, or space rocks, the comet will wander in the outer solar system for billions of years. Most of the original ice are located in Neptune's orbit outside the Kuiper belt, which is almost not affected by the sun's gravity. But because of gravity constantly push these Neptune chaos interference comet…

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    Pluto Thesis

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    the size of the dwarf planet itself. The dwarf planet Pluto that was once the minute planet out of them all is now the largest dwarf planet that scientists know of in the solar system. The tiny dwarf planet Pluto is a massive associate of the Kuiper Belt (a shadowy zone beyond the orbit of Neptune). Nevertheless, if Pluto is near the sun the ices on Pluto’s surface thaw and form a thin atmosphere, this atmosphere consists of nitrogen and little amounts of methane. Pluto’s atmosphere only will…

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    Pluto Planet

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    According to science a planet is a celestial body that is in the orbit of the sun, has a certain mass and has cleared the neighborhood around its orbit. A dwarf planet is also a celestial body that orbits the sun, has a certain mass, but has not cleared the neighborhood around its orbit and is not a satellite. This is what we use to classify planets but we don’t have an actual definition for the word planet. Pluto has been a part of our solar system for a long time now, but the question is Pluto…

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    Discovered in 1930, by the American astronomer Clyde Tombaugh, Pluto was thought to be the farthest, newest and smallest known planet in our solar system. Pluto, for 75 years would be thought of as the ninth planet in our solar system. It wasn’t until the discovery of Eris in 2005 that astronomers began to question what defines a planet. After the discovery of Eris and other celestial objects such as MakeMake, Pluto along these new discoveries have been defined as dwarf planets. They are…

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    A planet bigger than any in our solar system may be lurking in the darkness slowly getting close to our solar system again from a 15,000 year journey. Now what might this planet’s name is? Planet X or Planet Phattie which was discovered in 1906 by Percival Lowell in the Lowell observatory in Flagstaff Arizona. But some farther into the past, a mathematician Urban le Verrier in 1846 discovered Neptune since there were irregular patterns in Uranus’s orbit, and scientists think since new little…

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    the purpose of trying to win the ‘Space Race’. They later changed their mission to learning more about our universe. Currently, scientists are looking for the hypothetical “Planet X”, one that would explain the orbits of distant objects in the Kuiper Belt. SpaceX, founded in 2002, plans to start space travel as early as 2020. The differences between these two space agencies outweighs their similarities. While some may say that Nasa and SpaceX are the same, there is plenty of evidence to prove…

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    interactions of the atmosphere and geological activities on the surface are discussed, as well as how these geological features affect the colour and brightness of the overall appearance. Introduction Pluto is a tiny dwarf planet lying at the Kuiper belt that has the largest volume and second…

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    The History Of NASA

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    National Aeronautics and Space Administration, better known as NASA, has been around for fifty-eight years now! NASA is a United States government agency that is responsible for air and space travel. It has accomplished several different things pertaining to air and space travel. The biggest accomplishes are: human space flight, first human landing on the Moon, they also have humans living on the ISS (International Space Station), They have sent space probes to every single one of the planets in…

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    The universe What is the universe? How big is it? What is all part of the universe? These may be questions that you probably wonder when you read something about a planet or learn from a science book. The universe is so big that it is hard for people to understand just how big it is. The meaning of the universe is all existing matter and space considered as a whole. (Davies, Luke. "How Big Is the Universe?" How Big Is the Universe? N.p., 5 Oct. 2015. Web. 09 May 2016. Website) How gigantic is…

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    One day I was sitting in my room trying to do my homework when all of a sudden a bright object flew right by my window and loudly landed in the yard. The noise was really loud, and it scared the living daylight out of me.My parents were on vacation, so at this point, there were many thoughts going through my head like, this is the end of the world, or aliens are invading. I mustered up some strength and carefully walked outside to investigate the bright object. I grabbed my bat, and finally…

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