Article: space probe

Article: space probe
A Dictionary of Astronomy;      31 words ...space probe A spacecraft that is sent away from the Earth to examine another celestial body or the conditions in space. The first space probe was Luna 1, launched by the Soviet Union on 1959January2.

Article: Final frontier.(space probe to Pluto)(Brief Article)
Science World;  January 16, 2006 ;     107 words ......scientists plan to launch a revolutionary space probe. New Horizons is set to become the...by Pluto, the only planet in the solar system yet to be studied close-up. Because...formed--may hold clues as to how the solar system developed.

Article: Solar System
World of Earth Science;      700+ words ...Solar system Earth's solar system is comprised of the Sun , nine major planets, some 100,000 asteroids...distance of Earth to the Sun — the outermost boundary of the solar system stretches to 1 million AU, one-third the way to the nearest star...

Article: Space Probe
World of Earth Science;      700+ words ...Space probe A space probe is any unmanned instrumented...gravitational attraction, a space probe is rocketed into space with...reappear. In 1952, the term "space probe" was introduced by E. Burgess...Interplanetary Society. The space probe is used ...

Article: Space probes show solar system dented, not round
AP Online;  July 2, 2008 ;     268 words ......rest of the galaxy, the edge of our solar system appears slightly dented as if a giant...probes to hit the thick edge of the solar system _ called the heliosheath where the solar...to change their models for what the solar system looks like. In 1977, NASA launched two...

Article: New solar system show at planetarium is out of this world.(Science & Technology)
The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR);  April 30, 2006 ;     473 words ......What in the world - (make that our solar system) - is Sue Peterson talking about? The...but the eighth largest planet in the solar system. At least that's the way it appears...other planet and everything else in the solar system, every weekend through June. It's the...

Article: solar system abundances of the chemical elements
The Oxford Companion to the Earth;      444 words ...solar system abundances of the chemical elements...abundances of the chemical elements in the solar system span some 12 orders of magnitude (Fig...cent of the atoms and the mass of the solar system. At the opposite end of the abundance...

Article: Journey through the solar system.(Your Own Pages)
Highlights for Children;  November 1, 2007 ;     13 words ...[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Journey Through the Solar System Aaron Alex, Age 10 Massachusetts

Article: Solar System Products Manufacturer, Learning Resources, Welcomes Idea of Adding New Planets to Solar System.
Business Wire;  August 16, 2006 ;     383 words ......Even though it means revamping several Solar System products, Learning Resources, a manufacturer...the idea of adding new planets to the Solar System, which was proposed today by the International...proposed addition of new planets to the solar system will have children and their ...

Article: What else is out there?(Editorials)(Discovery expands our solar system)(Editorial)
The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR);  March 18, 2004 ;     390 words ......beyond the orbit of Pluto makes our solar system seem a bigger, more complicated place...astronomical units from the center of the solar system. Sedna's discovery comes at a time when...Sedna than the inner eight planets. The solar system, it turns out, can still yield many...

Article: There's no earthly need for plutonium in space.(Cassini space probe too risky)(Inside NCR)(Editorial)(Brief Article)
National Catholic Reporter;  October 10, 1997 ;     462 words ...NASA's so-called Cassini space probe to Saturn is scheduled to launch Oct. 6. On the one hand, it...opinion in an age of conformity like ours. Even if we know the space probe will lift off anyway, we must keep on shouting Stop! As Shakespeare...

Article: Solar System Geometry, Modern Understandings of
Mathematics;      700+ words ...Solar System Geometry, Modern Understandings of Aristarchus...first claim that the planets of the solar system orbit the Sun rather than Earth. However...applicable not only to planets of the solar system, but to the paths of asteroids and comets...

Article: solar system
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition;      700+ words ......by far the most massive part of the solar system, containing almost 99.9% of the system...eight major planets ; other parts of the solar system are discussed in separate articles...The unit for measuring distance in the solar system is the astronomical unit (AU), the average...

Article: Boy Were We Wrong About the Solar System!(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
Children's Bookwatch;  November 1, 2008 ;     99 words ......Shelf Boy Were We Wrong about the Solar System! Kathleen V. Kudlinski Dutton...Kudlinski's BOY, WERE WE WRONG ABOUT THE SOLAR SYSTEM! is a light-hearted examination of the mistaken theories about the solar system--and how science has changed over...