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Pluto Update Suzanne Metlay PhD Western Governors University suzannemetlaywguedu Estes Park Memorial Observatory 22 August 2015 Pluto is Beautiful Enhanced Color Image. GIS for Geosciences The Encom Discover Suite is the Geographical Information System GIS designed especially for the geosciences It provides a seamless suite of tools for compiling visualising analysing and mapping 2D and 3D spatial geoscience data o 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). 5-1013 MSun Diameter: 1-200 kpc Luminosity: 106-1012 little or no rotation, so we can . . Victoria Meadows, Eddie . Schwieterman. , . Giada. . Arney. , Drake Deming. ,. . Amit. . Misra. , Benjamin . Charnay. , Ty Robinson, . Antigona. Segura, Shawn. . Vidojevica. Vince Oliver, Astronomical observatory of Belgrade. Outline. *. Will . talk about the Serbian side . of the . DWARF . project. . The DWARF: “Definition”. DWARF is an international project aimed . Emma Longstaff. Working with Sarah . Casewell. ,. . Graham . Wynn, Christiane . Helling. , Pierre . Maxted. . Planetary systems beyond the main sequence II. Brown dwarfs. Helling. & . Casewell. 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 . - A reappraisal and update.. Joe Gale. Institute of Life Sciences. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. . ILASOL 2013. Why was Oxygen so essential for the Evolution of Complex Life on Earth? . 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. Know a little astronomy fan who loves Pluto and the dwarf planets? Ever wished kids’ space books devoted more than a measly page or two to the little guys that populate our solar system? My First Book of Dwarf Planets has you covered with a fun, easy-to-follow focus on our solar system’s amazing small planets, made especially for kids 6-8!Get even the youngest space fan excited about our solar system’s smallest planets, from the lone dwarf planet in the inner solar system to the diverse mini worlds of the Kuiper belt and beyond! This book uses incredible space photos and easy-to-understand entries packed with fun facts to help kids explore the fascinating lineup of dwarf planets: rocky Ceres Pluto, the planet with a heart red Makemake weird-and-wonderful Haumea and icy, far-flung Eris. 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 . stellar core remnant. composed mostly of . electron-degenerate matter. . A white dwarf is very . dense. : its mass is comparable to the . Sun. 's, while its volume is comparable to the . Earth. 's. A white dwarf's faint . Jennifer Yee. &. Etienne . Bachelet. Big Picture. Using simulated WFIRST light curves, explore the kinds of . microlensing. planets WFIRST will find.. Goals. Identify planetary perturbations in light curves. Lisa Boush, Bob Chadduck, Mark Suskin. EarthCube. Solicitation Update. Content. EarthCube Supports the Geosciences. Aeronomy. Solar . Terrestial. Petrology Geochemistry. Tectonics. EarthScope. IES. Biological Ocean.