What Defines a Planet? New Finds Put the Answer in Doubt.. Mark Sappenfield.
by Sappenfield, Mark; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2006Article 60Science. Publisher: Christian Science Monitor, 2005ISSN: 1522-3264;.Subject(s): Astronomers | International Astronomical Union | PlanetsDDC classification: 050 Summary: "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.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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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.
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