Astronomy Fact of the Day!
(random)
1.People noticed that some of the objects in the heavens appeared to move. The Greeks called these objects planets, which means wanderer. They noticed that while the background stars appeared to occupy the same positions, these planets appeared to change their position with respect to everything else in the sky.
2. There are nine identified planets in our solar system. They are in the order as they appear moving towards from the sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto. You may have heard recently the debate over whether Pluto should be called a planet due to its small size and that it is apparently a captured object in the solar system rather than one that formed as part of the solar system. For now, Pluto remains on our list.
2. There are nine identified planets in our solar system. They are in the order as they appear moving towards from the sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto. You may have heard recently the debate over whether Pluto should be called a planet due to its small size and that it is apparently a captured object in the solar system rather than one that formed as part of the solar system. For now, Pluto remains on our list.
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