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Tuesday, August 29, 2006
@ 3:58 AM
Hmm... lots to say..
But now, dun know wat to start off with ...
ok.. i'll start of with the planet..
lolx..
take a look at thIs..
Pluto gets the bootPluto no longer a planet, say astronomersThursday, August 24, 2006; Posted: 5:24 p.m. EDT (21:24 GMT) PRAGUE, Czech Republic (AP) -- Leading astronomers declared Thursday that Pluto is no longer a planet under historic new guidelines that downsize the solar system from nine planets to eight.After a tumultuous week of clashing over the essence of the cosmos, the International Astronomical Union stripped Pluto of the planetary status it has held since its discovery in 1930. The new definition of what is -- and isn't -- a planet fills a centuries-old black hole for scientists who have labored since Copernicus without one.Although astronomers applauded after the vote, Jocelyn Bell Burnell -- a specialist in neutron stars from Northern Ireland who oversaw the proceedings -- urged those who might be "quite disappointed" to look on the bright side."It could be argued that we are creating an umbrella called 'planet' under which the dwarf planets exist," she said, drawing laughter by waving a stuffed Pluto of Walt Disney fame beneath a real umbrella.The decision by the prestigious international group spells out the basic tests that celestial objects will have to meet before they can be considered for admission to the elite cosmic club.For now, membership will be restricted to the eight "classical" planets in the solar system: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.Much-maligned Pluto doesn't make the grade under the new rules for a planet: "a celestial body that is in orbit around the sun, has sufficient mass for its self-gravity to overcome rigid body forces so that it assumes a ... nearly round shape, and has cleared the neighborhood around its orbit."Pluto is automatically disqualified because its oblong orbit overlaps with Neptune's.Instead, it will be reclassified in a new category of "dwarf planets," similar to what long have been termed "minor planets." The definition also lays out a third class of lesser objects that orbit the sun -- "small solar system bodies," a term that will apply to numerous asteroids, comets and other natural satellites.It was unclear how Pluto's demotion might affect the mission of NASA's New Horizons spacecraft, which earlier this year began a 91/2-year journey to the oddball object to unearth more of its secrets.The decision at a conference of 2,500 astronomers from 75 countries was a dramatic shift from just a week ago, when the group's leaders floated a proposal that would have reaffirmed Pluto's planetary status and made planets of its largest moon and two other objects. (Watch why some think planet size doesn't matter -- 3:39)That plan proved highly unpopular, splitting astronomers into factions and triggering days of sometimes combative debate that led to Pluto's undoing.Now, two of the objects that at one point were cruising toward possible full-fledged planethood will join Pluto as dwarfs: the asteroid Ceres, which was a planet in the 1800s before it got demoted, and 2003 UB313, an icy object slightly larger than Pluto whose discoverer, Michael Brown of the California Institute of Technology, has nicknamed "Xena."Charon, the largest of Pluto's three moons, is no longer under consideration for any special designation.Brown was pleased by the decision. He had argued that Pluto and similar bodies didn't deserve planet status, saying that would "take the magic out of the solar system.""UB313 is the largest dwarf planet. That's kind of cool," he said. haha~ Pluto is a dwarf planet. So Cute... lolx..
i still remember last time when i was in primary 5, there was a camp and the groups will named by the 9 planets..
and i were in the "Pluto" group. muahahah~
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YES!!!!!!! finally PIC CA2 OVER!!!!!
feel so relaxing la..
cux only left 2 major ones,
1. EBP Project and
2. POM Exam
hmm.. .. teachers' day coming.. muahahah
thinkin whether to go back to YISS or not
but no time leh.. tml and wednesday gt rehersal also..
if go back on the 31st, thurs then i think by the time i go back all gone liao cux Sec sch normally is half day nia ma..
see how la..
probably this yr wont be gg back...
But i wan go lehx..
i miss the teachers... !!! kekek~ specialy someone la.. wahhahah!~
crazy...
today gt the teacher's day rehersal..
Yani and i taught Jehan hw to sing..
keke~ wa.. teacher sia.. lolx.
Her singing nt bad, But always nv put in strenght..
Mux jia you k.. you can do it...
Khai singing with her..
wa.. his vocal nice sia..
i'll wait for the prefect performance during teachers' day..
and Yes Yes!!! i remember something..
sat, 260806
i went to watch Syafiqah's and Hussian performance together with Joe, Xavier, Gan Jun and Yani.. at MOE Changi Coast Advanture Camp. lolx.. the environment was wat syafiqah and i predicted,
lolx.. no air-con But natural air..
But it's really bery windy.. i like.. lolx.. and can see the stars also.. and the plane that flew over was huge.. lolx.. *Airport near by ma*
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haix...
Quan quitted sch..
Heard from Xueling that her mother lookin for me to talk to her..
But i knw she wont listen to me and plus i gt no time to call her
so i didnt call..
a bit regret nv call her..
But even if i call .... she'll still stick to her decision...
wat she wan she must..
wat to do..
stubborn...
even smokin i already asked her to quit and she say okokokok...
thn end up still smoke..
and infront of me.. i dun like it..
anyway, tat's her decision.. like wat Qin says..
"we cant always guide her to choose which path to go.."
hmmm.. ok i agree..
let her be ba..
sad.
Hope she dun regret her decision made in the future..
she's still be my Best sista la..
luv ya!