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Uranus was discovered by William Herschel from Britain in 1781.
Not being discovered until 1791 is a little surprising because it can be seen without a telescope.

In 1690, John Flamsteed thought it was a star in the constellation Taurus. Herschel wanted to name the planet after King George but settled on Uranus.
Most of what we know of Uranus came from Voyager 2 that flew within 50,000 miles of the tops of the clouds in January of 1986. It took a multitude of pictures of it and its moons. There are no plans to send another spacecraft to study it in the near future.

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/10-interesting-facts-about-pluto.html

Pluto, the tenth-largest body found to be revolving around the Sun, is the second-largest dwarf planet. Pluto, which was previously a planet, has recently been classified under the members of the Kuiper belt. Pluto is now the largest member of the Kuiper belt region.

There is an interesting story behind the discovery of Pluto. Researchers had been observing a disruption in the orbit of Uranus since a long time. They believed it to be caused by some celestial body other than Neptune. Percival Lowell and William Pickering started researching the subject. They had managed to obtain two images, but they could not predict the position of this planet they thought to exist. Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto in 1930. Interestingly, the name 'Pluto' is believed to have been suggested by Venetia Burney, an 11-year-old girl of Oxford, England.

Pluto is composed of rock and ice and has one-fifth the mass of the Earth's moon. Its eccentric nature takes it from 30 to 49 AU from the Sun, thus causing it to occasionally come so close to the Sun, that it surpasses Neptune in its proximity to the Sun.

The orbit of Pluto is highly inclined and strikingly different from the orbits of the other planets. For every three orbits of Neptune around the Sun, Pluto makes two. The two bodies return to their original positions and the cycle of orbiting repeats. Each cycle takes 500 years to complete.

Pluto is composed of rock and ice. It is brownish yellow in color. Its atmosphere is in the form of a thin envelope of nitrogen, methane and carbon monoxide. As Pluto moves farther from the Sun, its atmosphere freezes and as it moves closer, the ice sublimates to form gas.

Some studies say that if Pluto had been closer to the Sun, it would have been a comet. Being composed of rock and ice, it would not have last long in proximity of the Sun.

Pluto has three natural satellites of its own. Charon was discovered in 1978 while the other two satellites namely, Nix and Hydra were found in 2005. Pluto's moons are exceptionally close to it. Scientists say that the Plutonian system composed of Pluto and its satellites is very compact.

When one of the natural satellites of Pluto passes in front of the Sun, it blocks light to Pluto. This causes an eclipse-like phenomenon on Pluto. An eclipse can occur when the orbital nodes of one of Pluto's satellites aligns with the position of the Sun as seen from Pluto.

According to Western astrology, Pluto is the ruling planet of Scorpio. Pluto is considered to be spending around 21 years in each zodiac sign. Pluto is believed to represent that part of a person, which destroys in order to renew. Pluto is said to govern business, wealth and detective work and is associated with extreme power.

Many consider that Charon revolves around Pluto. However, in reality, Pluto and Charon together orbit a common point in space. The common point around which Pluto and Charon orbit exists above the surface of Pluto. This phenomenon made the astronomers think of classifying Pluto under a binary planet system.

A day on Pluto lasts for 6 days and 9 hours, meaning that it has very less speed of rotation. No spacecraft has yet landed on Pluto. However, in 2016, a spacecraft may land on it. We can hope for 2016 to witness the making of history!

The International Astronomical Union (IAU) declared that Pluto cannot be considered as a planet. Pluto was caught in a controversy. Some thought it wrong to disregard the planetary status of Pluto. Some believed that it did not meet all the criteria of being called a planet and that it should not be called so. The verdict said that Pluto be called a dwarf planet and that's what it is regarded as, today.
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A Denver Broncos fan was enjoying himself at the game in a packed Mile High Stadium, until he noticed an empty seat down in front. He went down and asked the guy next to it if he knew whose seat it was.

The guy said, "Yes, that's my wife's seat. We have never missed a game since the Craig Morton days, but now my wife is dead."

The fan offered his sympathy and said it was really too bad that he couldn't find some relative to give the ticket to and enjoy the game together.

"Oh no." the guy said. "They're all at the funeral."

http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Egyptian_gods_and_goddesses


Egyptian gods and goddesses

This is a list of Egyptian gods and goddesses from Egyptian mythology. The ancient Egyptians worshipped many gods at different times and in different places. Some gods changed in importance over time.

Ammut, or Ammit or Ahemait, is the crocodile goddess known as the "Devourer of the Dead". Also known as Ammit the Devourer. Ammut also assists Anubis with carrying out the Judgements

Anput is the wife of Anubis. Anput is the goddess of the seventeenth Nome of Upper Egypt. OKebechetdog head is god of judgement of life and death, the canine god.

Anuket is the goddess of river Nile.

Apophis is the god of chaos and war. He dwells in the Duat. Also known as Apep.

Aten is the god of the sun.

Babi is the god of baboons.

Bast or Bastet is the cat goddess.

Bes is the dwarf god.

Geb is the god of the earth.

Gengen-Wer is the goose god.

Hapi is the god of the Nile.

Hathor is the goddess of love.

Heket is the goddess of frogs.

Horus is the god of war, sky, and falcons. He is the son of Osiris.

Isis is the goddess of magic, marriage, healing, and motherhood. She is the wife and sister of Osiris and the mother of Horus. She is proud and deceives people, she arranged for Ra to be killed, so her son Horus would take the role of king of the gods.

Kebechet the goddess of purification, also is known as the wandering goddess, or the lost child.

Khepri is the god of scarab beetles. (Ra's aspect in the morning).

Khnum is the ram-headed god. (Ra's aspect in the evening).

Khonsu is the god of the Moon.

Ma'at is the goddess of justice and of order.

Mafdet is the god of justice.

Mekhit is the minor lion goddess; married to Onuris.

Nephthys is the river goddess.

Nekhbet is the vulture goddess.

Nut is the goddess of sky and stars.

Osiris is the god of the underworld and the afterlife. Husband and brother of Isis.

Ptah is the god of creation..

Ra is the god of the Sun and king of the gods until Osiris took over his throne. Also known as Amun-Ra and Akmun-Rah.

Sehkmet is the goddess of lions and fire also goddess of vengeance, alter form of Isis.

Serqet is the goddess of scorpions.

Seshat is the goddess of writing and measurement.

Set is the god of deserts, storms, evil, and chaos also later version ruler of the underworld.

Shu is the god of wind and air.
Sobek is the god of crocodiles and alligators.

Tawaret is the hippopotamus goddess, and the goddess of childbirth and fertility.
Thoth is the scribe god and the god of wisdom, also known as Djehuti.
Wadjet is a goddess of protection

Shu is the god of wind and air.

Sobek is the god of crocodiles and alligators.

Tawaret is the hippopotamus goddess, and the goddess of childbirth and fertility.

Thoth is the scribe god and the god of wisdom, also known as Djehuti.

Wadjet is a goddess of protection

http://listverse.com/2008/08/29/15-fascinating-facts-about-ancient-egypt/

1. A Pharaoh never let his hair be seen – he would always wear a crown or a headdress called a nemes (the striped cloth headdress made famous by Tutankhamen’s golden mask (pictured above).

2. In order to deter flies from landing on him, Pepi II of Egypt always kept several naked slaves nearby whose bodies were smeared with honey.

3. Both Egyptian men and women wore makeup – eyepaint was usually green (made from copper) or black (made from lead). The Egyptians believed that the makeup had healing power. Originally the makeup was used as a protection from the sun – rather than for adornment.


4. While the use of antibiotics did not begin in the 20th century, early folk medicine included the use of mouldy foods or soil for infections. In ancient Egypt, for example, infections were treated with mouldy bread.

5. Egyptian children wore no clothing at all until they were in their teens. The temperature in Egypt made it unnecessary. Adult men wore skirts while women wore dresses.

An old lady is very upset as her husband Albert had just passed away. She went to the undertakers to have one last look at her dearly departed husband. The instant she saw him she starts crying.

One of the undertakers strides up to provide comfort in this sombre moment. Through her tears she explains that she is upset because her dearest Albert was wearing a black suit, and it was his dying wish to be buried in a blue suit.

The undertaker apologises and explains that traditionally, they always put the bodies in a black suit but he'd see what he could arrange.

The next day she returned to the undertakers to have one last moment with Albert before his funeral. When the undertaker pulls back the curtain, she manages to smile through her tears as Albert is resplendent in a smart blue suit.

She says to the undertaker "Wonderful,wonderful, but where did you get that beautiful blue suit?".

"Well, yesterday afternoon after you left, a man about your husband's size was brought in & he was wearing a blue suit. His wife explained that she was very upset as he had always wanted to be buried in a black suit," the undertaker replied.

The wife smiled at the undertaker through her tears....

He continued, "After that, it was simply a matter of swapping the heads"

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http://www.angelfire.com/md2/meteo/15facts.html


When a meteor produces enough light to cast a shadow on the earth it is called a fireball.

A meteor ia a tiny particle from outerspace that produces light as it enters the earth's atmosphere.

When a fireball explodes in the atmosphere, it is called a bolide.

Meteors, in size, range from a grain of sand to a baseball.