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. PLUTO PLUTO - Phase Only Spatial Light ModulatorsThe PLUTO phase modulator models are based on reflective m pixel pitch. The PLUTO phase modulator series covers different versions optimized for diffe By the way, what Walter S. Kiefer . Lunar and Planetary Institute. Mars through Time Workshop, July 2015. Vesta. Eucrites. : Asteroid Basalts. Juvinas. Diogenites: An asteroid mantle. Johnstown Diogenite. A thin-section view. 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.. To Be A Planet, Or Not To Be?. Physical Characteristics . 5 - Recognized Dwarf Planets. Ceres, Pluto, . Haumea. , . Makemake. , Eris. Classification Criteria. Directly orbits the Sun (not a satellite). th. 2015. https. ://www.nasa.gov/feature/new-pluto-images-from-nasa-s-new-horizons-it-s-complicated. The heart-shaped icy region of Pluto. Close up of the ‘heart-shaped’ icy region of Pluto. New close-up images of a region near Pluto’s equator reveal a giant surprise: a range of youthful mountains rising as high as 11,000 feet (3,500 meters) above the surface of the icy body.. 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 . Size, Color, Surface Features, Rotation, Revolution, and Density. 2,302 km in diameter . 20% of Earth’s size. Darker color with white splotches. i. ce caps, sediment, nitrogen, methane, carbon monoxide . Pluto’s Largest Satellite. Discovery. James Christy. June 22, 1978. US Naval Observatory, Flagstaff, AZ. Discovered as a “bulge” on Pluto. Eclipse from 1985 to 1990. Surface Characteristics. Radius: Roughly one-tenth of Earth’s. My Favorite Teacher. Here are some questions you can answer in your writing. Who is your favorite teacher?. What grade did they teach you?. What did they teach you?. What did they look like?. Why are they your favorite teacher?. 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. 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. . Our solar system is ancient. . Early . astronomers believed that Earth was the center of the universe and all other heavenly bodies orbited around Earth.. Our Solar System. We now know that our sun is the center of our solar . GSUSA marks and content used with permission of the Girl Scouts of the USA. Montage of planets. . Image credit: NASA/JPL. Planets in our. Solar System. Meet the Neighbors. Background information. Planets.