I have never seen an orange and blue lizard B. What a novelty that must be when you bring a date back to the apartment ;-)
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I have never seen an orange and blue lizard B. What a novelty that must be when you bring a date back to the apartment ;-)
Whats the OV designation anyway?
Talking of Pluto - anyone know why it is thought it is a rogue satelite and who or what is Vulcan in planetary terms?
Cheers,
P.
Orbiting Vehicle.....they don't get that designation until they are scheduled for a mission.
OV is Orbital Vehicle.
Pluto is thought to be a rouge satellite because of its irregular shape, small size, and wild orbit. Pluto is the only Planet that does not orbit on the solar plane. Pluto's orbit is so skew that there are times when Pluto is actually closer to the sun than Neptune.
Pluto is also the only major body in our solar system that we have not "visited".
Vulcan is German for volcano I think.
All correct, but the main reason that Pluto is thought to be a rogue is that the search for it was caused by irregularities in the orbit of Neptune - there must be a massive gravitational source out there somewhere and it is not Pluto - its too small - hence the search for Planet X (Ten or Unknown).
Vulcan is a hypothesised planet inside the orbit of Mercury that broke up under gravitational strain from the Sun. Strange eh?
Cheers,
P.