Sunday, August 20, 2006
Earth's moon could become a planet
Is the moon a planet?
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Many people say the sentence (called a mnemonic) "My Very Educated Mother Just Showed Us Nine Planets" as a way to remember the order of the planets.
Starting from the sun the planets are: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto.
If 2003 UB313, Ceres and Charon are dubbed planets, what new sentence will we use to remember them?
Source: NASA
(SPACE.com) -- If astronomers approve a newly proposed planet definition next week, things could get really strange. Sure, asteroid Ceres will become a planet. Pluto's moon Charon will become a planet.
But we're talking really strange.
Eventually, if Earth and its moon survive long enough, the moon will have to be reclassified as a planet, said Gregory Laughlin, an extrasolar planet researcher at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
http://edition.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/08/18/moon.planet/
Friday, August 04, 2006
TheStar.com - Evergeek - Yahoo and MSN merge Messengers
TheStar.com - Evergeek - Yahoo and MSN merge Messengers
In what amounts to a meeting of the messaging services, Yahoo Inc. and Microsoft Corp. recently revealed that Canadian users of their respective instant messaging (IM) software packages will soon be able to correspond across both platforms.An interoperability feature between the latest iteration of MSN Messenger – dubbed Windows Live Messenger – and Yahoo Messenger with Voice is now in beta testing in Canada, in both official languages.
In what amounts to a meeting of the messaging services, Yahoo Inc. and Microsoft Corp. recently revealed that Canadian users of their respective instant messaging (IM) software packages will soon be able to correspond across both platforms.An interoperability feature between the latest iteration of MSN Messenger – dubbed Windows Live Messenger – and Yahoo Messenger with Voice is now in beta testing in Canada, in both official languages.
Tuesday, August 01, 2006
Bloomberg.com: Worldwide
Bloomberg.com: Worldwide
July 31 (Bloomberg) -- The United Nations Security Council voted 14-1 to give Iran until Aug. 31 to accept a multinational incentives package aimed at suspending its nuclear program, or face the threat of economic sanctions.
Qatar, the only Muslim nation on the council, voted against the resolution, which expressed ``serious concern'' about Iran's failure to halt the enrichment of uranium in the face of International Atomic Energy Agency demands.
July 31 (Bloomberg) -- The United Nations Security Council voted 14-1 to give Iran until Aug. 31 to accept a multinational incentives package aimed at suspending its nuclear program, or face the threat of economic sanctions.
Qatar, the only Muslim nation on the council, voted against the resolution, which expressed ``serious concern'' about Iran's failure to halt the enrichment of uranium in the face of International Atomic Energy Agency demands.
