- Classical Gravity, Part 1: The Problems
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... needed to predict to within one degree where the planet Neptune was located due to a perturbation in the orbit of Uranus. He tried to ... 5557. Off by 43 arcseconds. Because he had succeeded with Neptune, Le Verrier predicted there was another planet, the planet he called ...
Blog Post - Doug Sweetser - Feb 25 2015 - 12:26pm - 0 attachments
- On the Edge of The Unknown
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... the last was Voyager-2’s August 1989 fly-by of Neptune and Triton. With New Horizons’ July 2015 fly-by, Pluto, ... system beyond the planets, extending from the orbit of Neptune to approximately 50 AU from the Sun. Like the asteroid belt, it ...
Blog Post - Tomasz Nowakowski - Feb 2 2015 - 12:18am - 0 attachments
- EPIC: Nearby M Star Has 3 Earths, One In The Goldilocks Zone
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... like Earth or puffy, low-density planets like Uranus and Neptune. Because the star EPIC-201 is nearby, these mass measurements are ...
Article - News Staff - Jan 16 2015 - 2:06pm - 0 attachments
- Extreme Storms Of Uranus
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... or Saturn is now routine, but seeing details on Uranus and Neptune are the new frontiers for us amateurs and I did not want to miss that," ...
Article - News Staff - Nov 13 2014 - 8:00am - 0 attachments
- From The Mouths Of Baby Fireballs
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... it had expanded nearly 20-fold to nearly the size of Neptune's orbit. But it was the thermonuclear explosion back on the white ...
Article - News Staff - Oct 27 2014 - 4:16pm - 0 attachments
- Witnessing The Exploding Fireball Stage Of A Nova
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... more than 600 kilometers per second, to nearly the size of Neptune's orbit, the outermost planet in our solar system. Images of the ...
Article - News Staff - Oct 26 2014 - 9:00pm - 0 attachments
- Uranus Elsewhere: Ice Giant Planet Discovered 25,000 Light Years Away
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... our solar system — part gas, part ice, like Uranus and Neptune — called an "ice giant" and researchers have spotted one outside ... yet; it's 25,000 light years away. While Uranus and Neptune are mostly composed of hydrogen and helium, they both contain ...
Article - News Staff - Oct 15 2014 - 12:42pm - 0 attachments
- The Origin Of Neptune And Uranus
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... a solution to the problematic chemical composition of Neptune and Uranus, perhaps providing clues for understanding their formation. Uranus and Neptune, which post-Pluto are considered the outermost planets in the Solar ...
Article - News Staff - Sep 29 2014 - 1:00pm - 0 attachments
- HAT-P-11b: Smallest Exoplanet With Water Vapor Found
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... outside our solar system. HAT-P-11b is about the size of Neptune, making it the smallest exoplanet ever on which water vapor has been detected. HAT-P-11b is a so-called exo-Neptune, a Neptune-sized planet that orbits another star. It is located 120 ...
Article - News Staff - Sep 24 2014 - 12:14pm - 0 attachments
- Has Voyager 1 Really Left The Solar System?
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... and beyond. Voyager 2, which also flew by Uranus and Neptune, is on its way to interstellar space. Gloeckler and co-author, Len ...
Article - News Staff - Jul 23 2014 - 11:09am - 0 attachments
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