Sappenfield, Mark,
What Defines a Planet? New Finds Put the Answer in Doubt.. Mark Sappenfield. - Christian Science Monitor, 2005. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2006. Article 60, Science, 1522-3264; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2006. Originally Published: What Defines a Planet? New Finds Put the Answer in Doubt., Oct. 4, 2005; pp. n.p..
"The discovery of a tiny moon circling the most distant object seen in the solar system is further proof that the view of a tidy solar system with nine planets--enshrined in science-fair dioramas and school textbooks--is headed toward almost certain revision." (CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR) The article questions whether or not the International Astronomical Union should reexamine "What a planet is" when making their decision on Xena, the possible 10th planet in our solar system.
1522-3264;
International Astronomical Union
Astronomers
Planets
AC1.S5
050
What Defines a Planet? New Finds Put the Answer in Doubt.. Mark Sappenfield. - Christian Science Monitor, 2005. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2006. Article 60, Science, 1522-3264; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2006. Originally Published: What Defines a Planet? New Finds Put the Answer in Doubt., Oct. 4, 2005; pp. n.p..
"The discovery of a tiny moon circling the most distant object seen in the solar system is further proof that the view of a tidy solar system with nine planets--enshrined in science-fair dioramas and school textbooks--is headed toward almost certain revision." (CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR) The article questions whether or not the International Astronomical Union should reexamine "What a planet is" when making their decision on Xena, the possible 10th planet in our solar system.
1522-3264;
International Astronomical Union
Astronomers
Planets
AC1.S5
050