PDF-(DOWNLOAD)-The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America’s Favorite Planet

When the Rose Center for Earth and Space at the American Museum of Natural History reclassified Pluto as an icy comet the New York Times proclaimed on page one Pluto Not a Planet Only in New York Immediately the public professionals and press were choosing sides over Plutos planethood Pluto is entrenched in our cultural and emotional view of the cosmos and Neil deGrasse Tyson awardwinning author and director of the Rose Center is on a quest to discover why He stood at the heart of the controversy over Plutos demotion and consequently Plutophiles have freely shared their opinions with him including endless hate mail from thirdgraders With his inimitable wit Tyson delivers a minihistory of planets describes the oversized characters of the people who study them and recounts how Americas favorite planet was ousted from the cosmic hub. By the way, what Arleen Gallegos . How did Pluto get its name ?. Pluto got the name after the Roman God. , Hades. God . of the Underworld and the Darkness. Pluto is kind of dark . depending on . the backside that isn't facing the sun.. The . Pluto. Files. By Neil Degrasse Tyson. February 18, 1930. Pluto was discovered by Clyde W. Tombaugh, an amateur astronomer from Illinois at Arizona’s Lowell Observatory.. He considered naming the planet Percival, after Percival Lowell.. Written By: Katie Lucken. “Though the Queen Alina is no longer with us, she has chosen our next ruler well! . Long . live Queen Jilliette Lutunia!” The royal announcer . boomed.. Jilliette walked up the . B. y. T. a. y. l. a . &. J. e. s. s. a. m. y. Who Discovered Pluto?. Percivul. . Lowel. Pluto has one moon called Charon.. Pluto has no volcanoes, it has a surface of rock and ice.. Pluto is named after a Greek God (or Roman).. “Voyage to the Planets” & . “A Planet No More”. “voyage to the planets”. Passage 1. 1. How did the author organize this article?. b. y explaining causes and effects. b. y telling events in sequential order. By SamO. Introduction. In the slide you will learn that Pluto is made ice. you will also learn about how tall pluto is, how far it is from the Sun and Earth, the discoverer and many many more. . Surface and Atmosphere. Pluto’s Discover. Pluto was discovered after . the other 8 . planets and was originally considered a planet itself until 2006. In the early 1900s, Planet "X" was the temporary name given to the then-unknown planet beyond Neptune that disturbed the orbits of Uranus and Neptune. Percival Lowell calculated the rough location of Planet "X's" orbit, but died in 1916 before it was found. This planet was eventually found by the American astronomer Clyde W. Tombaugh in 1930 and named Pluto. . 4. – Newton and Einstein. ASTR 101. Prof. Dave Hanes. Newton . Succeeds!. The orbit of (newly-discovered) Uranus. Halley. ’. s comet (and others, later). The prediction of Neptune. The prediction of Pluto . By AJ, Aidan, Cheryl, and Emma. The Dwarf Planets. A dwarf planet is a smaller planet that shares an orbit around the sun such as an asteroid comets.. Scientists believe there may be as many as a few 100 other dwarf planets in the . Mercury – terrestrial planet. It has almost no atmosphere, so meteors hit its surface. It is as pockmarked as our moon. .. Venus – terrestrial planet. hottest of all the planets. Its atmosphere is toxic. Prior to 2006. When Pluto was discovered in 1930, it was automatically called a planet. It was thought to be larger than Mercury.. However, when Pluto’s moon . Charon. was discovered, it was used to determine Pluto’s mass, which ended up being 1/20. Chapter 12: "Rings, Moons & Pluto". Europa. Callisto. is the outermost of Galilean moons at a distance of 1.2 million miles.. It is in synchronous revolution around Jupiter every 17 days.. . The moon has a heavily cratered surface that has seen little change over the last 4.4 billion years. .  . Before:. Question of The Day. During;. PPT notes on Uranus. After:. 3-2-1. Week 4 Day 1. Week 4 Day 1. Question of The Day. Answer: . a gas giant. 7. th. from the sun. 3 billion Km. from Sun. orbit is an ellipse –stretched circle.