Ginny's Bloggity-Blog (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
How do you feel about Pluto's recent demotion? Should it still be a planet? View other answers Pluto is a Kuiper Belt object and no different than the other plutoids - Eris and Makemake. It's always bugged me - being so small and in an irregular orbit. Science is a continual advancement and as we find new and better ways to classify things we should.
ElsaElsa.com (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
My eye on the sky Many (most) have had a very bumpy ride these last few days. The Moon in Pisces has cleared Uranus but now heads into a square with Pluto. Pluto! Those of us with planets at the late degrees of the mutable signs have just about had it but here comes some more. The good news is tomorrow this breaks and also it might help knowing you’re not alone. Personal as it is, it’s a collective...
I.Z. Reloaded: Online Refreshments (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
I've been following Mike Brown's Planets , an astronomy blog started by Mike Brown who is an astronomer at Caltech. For those of you who don't know him, he is the dude whose discovery of Eris led to the demotion of Pluto from a real planet to a dwarf planet. Yup, Pluto fans, go ahead and send him your hate mails. In one of his entries, he talks about how astronomers give their new discoveries a name....
Science - The Post Chronicle (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Makemake, a dwarf planet orbiting the sun beyond Neptune, is the fourth entity in the solar system's new class of plutoids,...
Truemors (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Astronomers have finally given a name to our solar system’s forth dwarf planet, dubbing the reddish-colored celestial body Makemake after the Polynesian creator of humanity and the god of fertility. The International Astronomical Union, the group that received plenty of flack for demoting Pluto from planet status, had unofficially referred to the dwarf planet as [...]
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
According to the International Astronomical Union, a dwarf planet beyond Neptune has been given the name Makemake, and has been designated the third plutoid in the solar system.The red, methane-covered Makemake, formerly known as “Easterbunny” or 2005 FY9, is named after the Polynesian god of fertility and creator of humanity.Last month the International Astronomical Union, which names heavenly bodies,...
Star Stryder (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Astronomy is filled with ideas that share too many different names. For instance, an Quasar is also a QSO is also an Active Galactic Nuclei. In our solar system, where we once had a bunch of specific objects, we now have terrestrial planets, gaseous planets, asteroids, and icy bodies (and 1 star too). As science [...]
Space.com (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
A dwarf planet beyond Neptune has been renamed Makemake.
Sky News (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
Calm has been restored to the outer-solar system following a row over what to call a dwarf planet and exactly how it should be characterised.
Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
Makemake, near Pluto, has been designated third plutoid in the solar system
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A dwarf planet orbiting beyond Neptune has been designated the third plutoid in the solar system and given the name Makemake, the International Astronomical Union said on Saturday.
Reuters (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A dwarf planet orbiting beyond Neptune has been designated the third plutoid in the solar system and given the name Makemake, the International Astronomical Union said on Saturday.
The Coalition of the Swilling (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
Hot Air has the details on some credibility returning to the scientists. As Ed says The paper points out that the warming seen on Earth during the period under question matched the warming seen on other planets in the solar...
Entropical Paradise (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
I sit here in my darkened room. My room for just a few more hours. I am finishing my stint as a fourth grade teacher today after five years. The good news is that I won't be going far. I will be heading upstairs to become the Computer Teacher. This won't be a huge stretch, since I have already done that job before. The computer lab has moved across the hall, but it's pretty much how I remember it....
io9 (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
Not only does the "Kuiper Belt object" Makemake have a terrific name, but it is also one of the first chunks of rock to earn the International Astronomical Union's new designation of planetoid or... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
