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    In the article Mission to the Lost Planet by Tim Folger, Folger tells us about how the belt between mars and Neptune has two gigantic asteroids named Ceres and Vesta, two asteroids that almost were formed into planets. Ceres is now considered a dwarf planet and Vesta has similar geological features that resemble Earth’s surface. Folger Begins to tell us about Marc Rayman who is a chief engineer for a NASA mission that launched a spacecraft known as Dawn into space to head towards both Ceres and…

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    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 categorized as dwarf planets because they are smaller compared to the other planets and with their size, are…

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    The Search For Life on Other Planets/Moons For years and years scientists have had mars in their crosshairs when discussing life on other planets within our solar system. Now say we discover that mars is completely lifeless in every way possible. Is there any other possibility of life in our solar system? The answer to that question is in the moons of Jupiter. More specifically the moon europa. There is no absolute proof because scientists have not had the opportunity to land anything…

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    still a very long way into fully understand the universe. Pluto originally discovered in 1930, and later given official planet status by the IAU has been an ongoing debate for decades (Freedman). There are those who believe Pluto absolutely has the qualities of a planet, and those who believe it’s just like any other comet or asteroid. Those who believe it should be considered a planet argued that indeed if it was small, it shouldn’t be visible at all so far…

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    Planet Z vs. Planet Io Liquid water, an energy source, and organic compounds are the three main things that are needed to support life. Planet X and Jupiter’s moon, Io are very interesting celestial bodies that could have life living on it. Although I think one planet is more likely to support life than the other, I think that life would be more likely on Planet Z than Io. Also, Planet Z has more of the requirements for life than Io. Another reason is that Planet Z has more Earth-like qualities…

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    In the TEDTalk video, Let’s Not Use Mars as a Backup Planet by Lucianne Walkowicz, she makes use of several rhetorical devices such as: parallelism, imagery, simile, and metaphor in order to further her claim that is, people should take responsibility of the Earth rather than spending valuable time on making Mars a possible planet for people to move in, which will take hundred of years. Walkowicz makes use of parallelism to highlight the comparison between Earth and Mars. For instance, “though…

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    Astronomy - Discovery of Planet Uranus Georgian Star is the name Sir William Herschel wanted for his astronomical finding, discovered on 13 March 1781. The name didn’t stick, granted that King George III loved it. William Herschel’s career was music. He wrote several symphonies, concertos, and sonatas. His sister became his signature soprano. They were famous in Bath England. Nevertheless, this musically talented man had many interests, astronomy was one of them. His musical career provided…

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    Forbidden planet can be seen as relating to many different types of workings but the one that stands out is The Tempest. The Tempest is a story of a man that is stranded on an island that uses his magical powers to gain control of his island. Even though The Tempest and Forbidden Planet portray the same lessons, plot, and even characters there are distinct differences. The main difference is that The Tempest uses magic and Forbidden Planet uses technology. However if you think about the…

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    the most daunting day in Mark Watney's journey on planet Mars. Watney shows an excellent use of the Design Process in twelve “quick” steps. The first step being the easiest, defining the problem. Watney has found a problem--he is stranded alone on a planet millions of miles away from home. In addition to this, his recurring issue is Watney needs to figure out a food source. Mark needs to figure out how to create an edible life source on a planet with no life! The second process Watney will go…

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    The source I chose to evaluate is an article called “Is Pluto a planet?” written by Graham Rax. This source was published by Kalmbach Publishing Company in 1999, and mainly talked about is the Pluto should be consider as a planet or not. For this paragraph, it mainly talks about what is planet, what the figure does the Pluto has, and it give a conclusion that we can’t define the Pluto as a planet or treat is as a member of Kuiper Belt. We can tell that the article was published by a formal…

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