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List of Solar System probes - Wikipedia  This is a list of space probes that have left Earth orbit organized by their planned destination. ... For a list of landers only, see Landings on other planets. ... 12 Uranus probes; 13 Neptune probes; 14 Pluto probes; 15 Comet probes ... Flyby: The probe flies by an astronomical body, but does not orbit it; Orbiter: Part of a probe...
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Space Today Online -- Exploring the Solar System Planet Pluto  It's one of the most mysterious objects in our Solar System because it's the farthest ... In 1999, it crossed Neptune's path to again become the Solar System's most ... the spacecraft then will fly on to pass by one or more of the icy asteroid-sized ... The 2006 New Horizons blastoff from Earth is the last launch opportunity for...
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Will Pluto Ever Hit Neptune? - Live Science  Feb 27, 2013 ... Since Pluto's orbit intersects Neptune's orbit, will Pluto ever crash into Neptune or become one of Neptune's ... From 1979 to 1999, Pluto was the eighth planet from the sun. ... Our Solar System: Facts, Formation and Discovery.
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Is Pluto or Neptune farthest from the Sun? - StarChild - NASA  Pluto last crossed inside Neptune's orbit on February 7, 1979, and temporarily became the 8th planet from the Sun. Pluto will cross back over Neptune's orbit again on February 11, 1999 to resume its place as the 9th planet from the Sun for the next 228 years. Diagram of Pluto's and Neptune's orbit, on a distance scale in...
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Pluto to become most distant planet - JPL - NASA  What's the significance of February 11, 1999 for Pluto? On February 11, Pluto will move farther from the Sun than Neptune, regaining its status as ... Unlike the other planets in our solar system, Pluto has a highly elliptical orbit, completing its...
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Voyager Neptune Science Summary - Views of the Solar System  Passing about 4950 km above Neptune's north pole, Voyager 2 made its closest approach to any planet. It passed about 40000 km from Neptune's largest moon Triton. ... In the summer of 1989, NASA's Voyager 2 became the first spacecraft to .... and Voyager 2 images show active geyser-like eruptions spewing invisible...
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Is Pluto or Neptune farthest from the Sun? - StarChild - NASA  However, its orbit "crosses" inside of Neptune's orbit for 20 years out of every 248 years. Pluto last crossed ... Pluto will cross back over Neptune's orbit again on February 11, 1999 to resume its place as the 9th planet from the Sun for the next 228 years. Diagram of ... So will Pluto and Neptune ever collide? No! You can see...
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Twenty years since Voyager's last view | The Planetary Society  Feb 12, 2010 ... This image of Earth is one of 60 frames taken by the Voyager 1 spacecraft on February 14, 1990 from a distance of more than 6 billion kilometers (4 billion ... Through its robotic eyes we have learned to see the solar system as our home. ... These family portraits of the Sun and planets were Voyager's final...
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Size of the Planets - Universe Today  Dec 24, 2015 ... Mercury is the smallest planet in our Solar System since Pluto was demoted to a dwarf planet. ... Its volume of 1.08 x 1012 km3 gives the planet the largest volume of ... which is more than 11 times the size of Earth's diameter.
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meet Our Solar System - NASA  Hey Sun, I think it's my turn now, said mercury. The Sun ... all the planets go in a circle around the Sun, ... In the time it takes you to say the word 'elephant,' ... a cruising comet, one of many in our solar system. .... It takes Mercury 88 days to orbit ... *Scientists have determined that the solar system is 4.6 billion years old.
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The Solar System - Pass My Exams: Easy exam revision notes for ...  The Solar System is the name given to the Sun and its family of planets. ... Its orbit lies between the sun and the orbit of Venus and it has no known moons. ... The rings are made up of countless ice chunks and dust particles. ... It takes Pluto 248 years to complete a trip around the sun, which is the length of a year on Pluto.
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The Planets in Our Solar System in Order of Size - Universe Today  Largest to smallest are pictured left to right, top to bottom: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Earth, Venus, Mars, Mercury.
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"End of the World!": The Day the Earth Passed Through Halleys ...  Sep 24, 2010 ... Halleys comet's 1910 pass of Earth was especially close and, ... it through the end of the comet's 24-million-mile-long tail for six hours on May...
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Discovery of Neptune - Wikipedia  The planet Neptune was mathematically predicted before it was directly observed. With a prediction by Urbain Le Verrier, telescopic observations confirming the existence of a major planet were made on the night of September 2324, 1846, at the Berlin Observatory, by astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle ... These pre-discovery observations were important in accurately determining...
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TIL that between the time it was discovered and the time it was ...  Feb 27, 2013 ... Neptune was discovered in 1846 and completed a full revolution in 2011! ... It takes 84 Earth years to make its trip around the Sun. ... the planets in our solar system have made complete revolutions around the Sun since their discoveries. Of course, this wouldn't be true if Pluto was still considered a planet :).
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Discovery of Neptune - Wikipedia  The planet Neptune was mathematically predicted before it was directly observed. With a ... By 1847 the planet Uranus had completed nearly one full orbit since its ... The discovery of Neptune led to the discovery of its moon Triton by William ... and its apparent size too small, to clearly appear to be a planet in Galileo's small...
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EDIT 557 Project  Uranus and Neptune are called sister planets because they are so much alike. ... Although both planets are about the same size, and giants compared with the Earth, our ... the orbit of Neptune, making Neptune the farthest planet in the solar system. From 1979 until 1999 Pluto is the eighth planet from the Sun and Neptune...
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Voyager FAQ - The Interstellar Mission - NASA  After Voyager 1 took its last image (the "Solar System Family Portrait" in 1990), the ... Mission managers removed the software from both spacecraft that controls the camera. ... So Pluto was the only outer planet the Voyagers didn't visit. .... Question: If there was intelligent life in our infinite universe and they were not a peace...
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Five Places in the Solar System We Should Explore Next - Slate  Nov 20, 2014 ... The solar system is our home, but we've barely looked into most of its rooms. ... Courtesy of NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute ... Pluto, Eris, Quaoar, and the other small not quite planets beyond Neptune are so far ... While some of the missions they mentioned would require a lot of money (though they...
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Kuiper Belt - The Nine Planets  Mar 18, 2007 ... Occasionally the orbit of a Kuiper Belt object will be disturbed by the ... those of the other giant planets or even into the inner solar system. ... Their future fate is not known. ... The objects are very small and faint perhaps only 20 km or so ... Some astronomers believe that Triton, Pluto and its moon Charon are...
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Our Solar System - Astronomy Know How  Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune. There are may mnemonics for remembering the order of the planets in our solar system - one of the...