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Look up: Pluto

  1. Pluto
    HMS Pluto was a British Algerine Class minesweeper of 950 tons displacement launched in 1944. HMS Pluto was powered by two 3-drum type boilers providing a top speed of 16.5 knots. She carried a peacetime complement of 85 and between 104 and 138 in war. For defence she was armed with one 4-inch dual-...
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  2. Pluto
    Pluto is a cultivated variety of potato.
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  3. Pluto
    Roman god of underworld and the dead; also known as as Orcus, Dis, or Dis Pater; identified with Hades.
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  4. Pluto
    Ninth planet from the sun, sometimes classified as a small terrestrial planet.
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  5. Pluto
    [n] - a cartoon character created by Walt Disney 2. [n] - (Greek mythology) the god of the underworld in ancient mythology 3. [n] - the second smallest planet and the farthest known from the sun
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  6. Pluto
    SOLAR SYSTEM - PLANETARY ORBITAL DATA
    Average dist.from Sun (AU) - 39.482
    Min. distance from Sun (AU) - 29.658
    Max. distance from Sun (AU) - 49.305
    Eccentricity of orbit - 0.249
    Inclination to ecliptic(°) - 17.14
    SOLAR SYSTEM - PLANETAR...
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  7. Pluto
    Planet Pluto usually has the furthest orbit from our star the Sun. It is the smallest planet, really just a large lump of rock. Its status as a planet has been challenged by some, due to its similarity to other similar sized objects. Currently the IAF still list Pluto has a planet. Due to its highly...
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  8. Pluto
    The outermost planet in our solar system and it's double Charon. Pluto is much smaller than the Moon. Its highly eccentric orbit, with an average radius of 39.4 AU sometimes takes it within the orbit of Neptune. Pluto has a very thin atmosphere consisting mainly of methane and nitrogen. The average ...
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  9. Pluto
    In Greek mythology, lord of Hades, the underworld and also his original name. His Roman counterpart was Dis (also Orcus). He was the son of the Titans noun [ Latin , from Greek ....] (Class. Myth.) The son of Saturn and Rhea, brother of Jupiter and Neptune; the dark and gloomy god of the Lower World. Pluto monkey (Zoology) , a long- tailed African monkey ( Cercopithe...
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  10. pluto
    The son of Saturn and Rhea, brother of Jupiter and Neptune; the dark and gloomy god of the Lower World. ... <zoology> Pluto monkey, a long-tailed African monkey (Cercopithecus pluto), having side whiskers. The general colour is black, more or less grizzled; the frontal band is white. ... Origi...
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  11. Pluto
    Hades noun (Greek mythology) the god of the underworld in ancient mythology; brother of Zeus and husband of Persephone
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  12. Pluto
    noun a small planet and the farthest known planet from the sun; has the most elliptical orbit of all the planets; `Pluto was discovered by Clyde Tombaugh in 1930`
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  13. Pluto
    • (n.) The son of Saturn and Rhea, brother of Jupiter and Neptune; the dark and gloomy god of the Lower World.
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  14. Pluto
    large, distant member of the solar system that formerly was regarded as the outermost and smallest planet. It also was considered the most recently ... [16 related articles]
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  15. pluto
    • a cartoon character created by Walt Disney
    • (Greek mythology) the god of the underworld in ancient mythology; brother of Zeus and husband of Persephone
    • the second smallest planet and the farthest known from the sun; has the most elliptical orbit of all the planets

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  16. Pluto
    Pluto, in Greek religion and mythology, god of the underworld, son of Kronos and Rhea; also called Hades. After the fall of the Titans, Pluto and his brothers Zeus and Poseidon divided the universe, and Pluto was awarded everything underground. There, with Persephone as his queen, he ruled over Hade...
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  17. Pluto
    Pluto, in astronomy, a dwarf planet and the first Kuiper belt, or transneptunian, object (see comet) to be discovered (1930) by astronomers. Pluto has an elliptical orbit usually lying beyond that of Neptune. Although Pluto was long regarded as a planet, since the discovery (beginning in 1992) of ot...
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  18. Pluto
    Pluto was the Roman name for the Greek god Hades.
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  19. Pluto
    (astronomy) Dwarf planet. Until its reclassification in 2006 it was considered to be the smallest and, usually, outermost planet of the Solar System. The existence of Pluto was predicted by calculation by US astronomer Percival Lowell and located by US astronomer Clyde Tombaugh in 1930. Its hi...
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  20. Pluto
    (mythology) In Greek mythology, lord of Hades, the underworld and also his original name. His Roman counterpart was Dis (also Orcus). He was the son of the Titans Kronos and Rhea; and brother of Zeus, Poseidon, Hera, Hestia, and Demeter. He abducted and married Persephone, daughter of the ...
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  21. Pluto
    (set Observer Location to @sun to place the observer at the center of the sun)--> -->--><ref name=inclination group=note>Based on the orientation of Charon`s orbit, which is assumed the same as Pluto`s spin axis due to the mutual tidal locking.--> |author=Seidelmann, P. Kenneth, et al. |ye...
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  22. Pluto
    (Disney) `Pluto` (formerly known as `Pluto the Pup`) is an animated cartoon character made famous in a series of Disney short cartoons. He has most frequently appeared as Mickey Mouse`s pet url=http://disney.go.com/vault/archives/characterstandard/pluto/pluto.html-->--> Pluto is unusual for a...
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  23. Pluto
    (mythology) ``, with a Cupid attending his abduction of Proserpina in a four-horse chariot (Roman cinerary altar, Antonine Era, 2nd century) :For the dwarf planet, see Pluto. For other uses, see Pluto (disambiguation). In ancient Greek religion and myth, `Pluto` (Πλούτ...
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12 February 2012

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/calendar/ On February 12, 1809, Charles Robert Darwin was born at The Mount in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. Darwin was one of the last of the eclectic scientists who preceded the age of professional specialization. His genius lay in his ability to select, from the facts which he so diligently collected, every relevant point and fit it into his bold and far-reaching theories. He was not the first to advance a theory of evolution; but his massive weight of evidence carried conviction where earlier theorists had failed. He was shy and modest and shrank from controversy, an unfortunate trait in the author of the most controversial book of the century. read more

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