Were did Orcus the Dwarf Planet get its name from?
Under the guidelines of the IAU's naming conventions, objects with a similar size to that of Pluto are named after underworld deities. Accordingly, the discoverers suggested naming the object after Orcus, a god of the dead in Roman mythology.
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Which of Jupiter's moons is closest to the planet?
Metis is the closest moon to Jupiter. Metis is 25 miles in di...
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Why is the weight of an object different from planet to planet?
Something that weighs 100 pounds on Earth would weigh the fol...
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Which inner planet once had water besides Earth?
It is unknown at the moment if any other planets, such as Mar...
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What planet has a runaway greenhouse effect?
The planet with the "runaway greenhouse effect" is Venus. Tha...
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Why does Mercury have a greater range of temperatures than any other planet?
Mercury has almost no atmosphere allowing rapid cooling on it...
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What are characteristics of the outer planet?
Some characteristics of the outer planets are: made up mainly...
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Can you describe one feature of each inner planet?
The four innermost planets in the Solar System Mercury, Venus...
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What does the planet Jupiter name mean?
The largest and largest of the planets was named Zeus by the ...
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What size is the planet Mercury?
Mecury: Diameter 4878 km Avg Distance from Sun 57.8 million k...
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Does the planet Mercury have mercury on it?
Mercury is the second smallest planet in the solar system, an...
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What planet has a runaway greenhouse effect?
The planet with the "runaway greenhouse effect" is Venus. Tha...
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Who created little big planet and why?
LittleBigPlanet, is a puzzle platformer video game, centered ...
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What characteristics allow a planet to support life?
As with other criteria, stability is the critical considerati...
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Can people live in Kepler-22b, the new planet discovered?
According to scientists, the new planet that has been named K...
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Which planet is closer to the sun, Mars or Earth?
Mars is further away from the Sun than Earth is - its average...
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What is the planet's in order?
The eight planets that orbit the sun are (in order from the s...
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Which outer planet is not gas?
Mercury, Venus, Earth, & Mars are terrestrial planets & there...
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At its closest, Jupiter 370 million miles (591 million km) fr...
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What is the largest planet in our solar system?
Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest plan...
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Is saturn the 5th largest planet?
Earth is third planet from the Sun and the fifth largest plan...
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What is the planet's in order?
The eight planets that orbit the sun are (in order from the s...
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What is the biggest planet? What is the biggest planet?
The biggest planet in the Solar System is Jupiter. It's 2.5 t...
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Is pluto a planet? If not why?
Dwarf planet: Pluto and any other round object that "has not ...
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What is the biggest flying animal on the planet?
Andean condors are massive birds, among the largest in the wo...
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Jupiter is the planet that has the most known moons in our so...
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What is the smallest planet in our solar system?
Mercury is the smallest planet in our solar system. Officiall...
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Which planet is in retrograde motion?
Nearly every planet is seen to turn retrograde at one time or...
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At its closest, Jupiter 370 million miles (591 million km) fr...
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Scientists have come to the conclusion that all objects in th...
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How old is the planet Jupiter?
Scientist theorize that Jupiter is between 4.5 billion and 5 ...
About Planet
A planet is a celestial body, apparently bigger than poor little Pluto, orbiting a star. They typically have semi-solid metalic core, and the rest of the planet can be either gaseous like Jupiter and Saturn, or more dense and solid like Earth and Mars.
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