Sentences with phrase «for planet status»

DeGrasse Tyson's argument has to do with the fact that he doesn't believe that Pluto's size is qualified for planet status, even though NASA has announced that the dwarf planet is slightly larger than they thought.

Not exact matches

If we do not attribute any special status to the human race, then the goal should be for it to diminish in size to the point where the planet can support it alongside other species without discrimination.

With a steady voice and stoic modesty, Pete Seeger challenged the status quo, fought for justice and reminded us all that we are stewards of this small planet.

The International Astronomical Union defines «planet» as a celestial body that, within the Solar System that is in orbit around the Sun; has sufficient mass for its self - gravity to overcome rigid body forces so that it assumes a hydrostatic equilibrium (nearly round) shape; and has cleared the neighbourhood around its orbit; or within another system, it is in orbit around a star or stellar remnants; has a mass below the limiting mass for thermonuclear fusion of deuterium; and is above the minimum mass / size requirement for planetary status in the Solar System.

Q7 Pluto's large moon, Charon, was briefly considered for planetary status in 2006, before Pluto itself was relegated to dwarf planet.

In an e-mail sent to Kepler scientists who work on the project, representatives from NASA's Exoplanet Science Institute (who manage the institute's «Exoplanet Archive» catalogue) wrote Kepler 452 b should keep its status as a planet for now: «This new paper has not definitively shown that the Kepler 452 b signal is instrumental in origin.

The shaky status of Kepler's finds, the confusing mixture of «candidates» and «confirmed» planets, comes from how it looks for worlds in the first place.

Now, in an echo of the recent wrangling over Pluto's status as a planet, a pair of astrophysicists from Australia and Germany want to start a debate on the issue — and they have even set up a Web site for people to cast their votes.

A fresh attempt to revive full planet status for Pluto is a non-starter.

Title: The Transit Light Source Effect: False Spectral Features and Incorrect Densities for M - Dwarf Transiting Planets Author: Benjamin V. Rackham, Dániel Apai, and Mark S. Giampapa First Author's Institution: The University of Arizona Status: Published in ApJ

If you grew up knowing that there were nine planets orbiting our sun and were a bit crushed when Pluto lost its status among those celestial bodies, there might be new hope for a nine - pack, as researchers are again putting forth the idea that a giant planet might be lurking somewhere out there on the fringes of our Solar System.

Haumea is unique because of its ellipsoid shape, only just meeting the hydrostatic equilibrium criteria for dwarf planet status.

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As fate would have it, Gravel recently landed on my plate for review, and I've since spent hours blazing exotic tracks across the planet in my journey of achieving Off - Road Master status.

But frankly, if the US EPA wants to pursue that, knowing that it would doom the bulk of the world population to permanent poor status (and those Aussies too); well that will make a lot of friends for the US greenies; who after all really want to see homo sapiens sapiens become just another archeological fossil find, by the intelligent termites of a future green planet.

These organizations, all appearing so very NOBLE in the work that they do, all so earnestly fighting in their respective spheres for a better future for planet Earth, ARE ALL ARGUABLY JUST PHONIES!!!!! Unless and until these entities finally GET IT, and realize that all they allegedly stood for was just more fund - raising bait, when what they should have been doing was raising holy motherf ** king hell about the spraying and the use of HAARP, the status quo will continue right on into their own demise.

So each individual must decide for himself whether to believe those whose livelihood, status, and in some cases fame, depends on promoting the man - made global warming scare — or or whether to believe what Planet Earth is telling us.

When Pluto lost its standing as a planet, some teachers had to wait years for print textbooks that accurately described its new status.