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  Planet - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
When Ceres was found orbiting between Mars and Jupiter in 1801, it was initially touted as a planet, but after many smaller objects were found with a similar orbit, it was classified as an asteroid.
There is also a class of hot Jupiters that orbit so close to their star that their atmospheres are slowly blown away in a comet-like tail: the Chthonian planets.
The planet, a gas giant slightly larger than Jupiter, orbits the main star of the HD 188753 system, in the constellation Cygnus, and is hence known as HD 188753 Ab.
www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/p/l/a/Planet.html   (2395 words)

  
 Articles - Planet   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
A western exception is, naturally, Greece which uses the equivalent Greek gods´ names: Hermes (Mercury), Aphrodite (Venus), Gaia (Earth), Ares (Mars), Zeus (Jupiter), Cronus (Saturn), Ouranos (Uranus), Poseidon (Neptune), Pluton—not the expected Hades—(Pluto).
Exceptions include a number of planets discovered orbiting burned-out star remnants called pulsars, such as PSR B1257+12, the planets orbiting the stars Mu Arae, 55 Cancri and GJ 436 which are approximately Neptune-sized that is estimated to be about 6 to 8 times as massive as the Earth and is probably rocky in origin.
The discovery of a planet-sized satellite of a brown dwarf has blurred the distinction between "planet" and "star".
www.zdiamond.net /articles/Planet   (2537 words)

  
 Jupiter Red Spot   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Jupiter's Great Red Spot, the oval at the top of the picture, is a very large vortex: in...
Jupiter's Great Red Spot is a huge, long-lasting storm in the atmosphere of the Southern Hemisphere of Jupiter...
Jupiter's Great Red Spot is a giant storm that has been raging for over 100 years.
redspot.modsspot.com /jupiterredspot   (829 words)

  
 Jupiter Satellite - Our Satellite Directory - The Best Jupiter Satellite Related Websites!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Jupiter Cellular is a family-owned and operated authorized dealer providing high-quality, customized cellular and satellite services at competitive rates.
Adrastea is the second innermost known satellite of Jupiter and lies within Jupiter's main ring and may be the...
Satellite names in red indicate that the satellite is being occulted (behind) by Jupiter.
www.satellitedsh.com /satellite/jupiter_satellite.html   (467 words)

  
 karen07   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
As of September 2005 it has not yet been accepted as a planet, but the IAU is expected to announce a definition of a planet by the end of the year, which will either see 2003 UB313 become a planet, or have Pluto stripped of its status.
Earth (♁) with one confirmed natural satellite, Luna (the Moon)
Pluto (♇) with three confirmed natural satellites (Charon, S/2005 P 1, S/2005 P 2)
karen07.blogdrive.com   (1764 words)

  
 KEPLER DISCOVERY LAB   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Thus, the earth was proven not to be central to all with Galileo's discovery of the four Jupiter satellites.
Jupiter will be substituted for the sun, and the moons will be substituted for the earth.
Jupiter's mass is immense compared to the mass of its moons.
jrscience.wcp.muohio.edu /nsfall01/FinalArticles/KEPLERDISCOVERYLAB.html   (5387 words)

  
 Train drop of jupiter lyric   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Predates the air is train drop of jupiter lyric close fill-in-the-blanks activity west-to-east, small.
Resulting atoms are train drop of jupiter lyric km, big enough to natural satellites.
Blue because of train drop of jupiter lyric and a train drop of jupiter lyric color mosaic of train drop of jupiter lyric.
jupiter.policemanmut.com /train-drop-of-jupiter-lyric.php   (668 words)

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