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  • Constellations: Lyra
    According to Greek mythology, the lyre was invented by Hermes as a child when he strung a tortoise shell...

  • Pluto Statistics
    Planetary Symbol: Name in Roman/Greek Mythology: Pluto / Hades Diameter: 2,390 km (1,485 miles) [0.187 x Earth's] Orbital Semimajor Axis: (average distance from Sun) 39.48 AU (Earth = 1 AU) Mass: 12.5 x 10 21 kilograms (0.0021 x Earth's) Orbital Eccentricity : 0.2488 Density: 1,750 kg/m 3 (0.317 x Earth's) Maximum Distance from Sun: 49.31 AU ( 7.376 billion km or 4.583 billion miles ) Surface Gravity: 0.58 m/s 2 (0.06 x Earth's) Minimum Distance from Sun: 29.66 AU ( 4.437 billion km or 2.757 billion miles ) Surface Temperature: 40 to 50 K ( -233° to -223° C or -387° to -369° F ) Minimum Distance from Earth: 28.6 AU ( 4.28 billion km or 2.66 billion miles ) Tilt of Axis: 123 o Orbital Inclination: (tilt of orbit plane) 17.16° Rotation Period about Axis: (length of Pluto's day) 6.387 days (retrograde) Revolution Period about the Sun: (length of Pluto's year) 248 years Satellites: // Call the moon count function defined in the document head print_moon_count('pluto'); known Pluto Image Archive Comparative Planetary Statistics -- in table form Comparative Orbital Statistics -- in table form Actual Distance to Earth ...

  • March 2009 Newsletter: Inquiring Minds
    And the science content is integrated with the Art and Mythology sections providing teachers, parents, and learners from around the world all they need...

  • 2008 Newsletter: Haumea - Fifth Dwarf Planet Announced
    Haumea is named after a goddess of childbirth and fertility from Hawaiian mythology ...

  • Virginie A. Colaiuta
    Virginie is responsible for the content development of the mythology section...

  • May 2007 Newsletter: Beginning of severe weather season!
    Fun fact: In Greek mythology, Zephyr is the god of the west wind ...

  • Myth and Science Related Art Works
    Detail of an eighteen-century embroidered emperor's robe, that portrays a white hare believed to live in the moon according to the Chinese mythology...

  • Enceladus, Saturn's Moon
    The name "Enceladus" is from Greek mythology ...

  • Haumea - Hawaiian Goddess
    Haumea was the goddess of childbirth in Hawaiian mythology...

  • Haumea, Icy Dwarf Planet in Kuiper Belt: Discovery and Composition
    In the mythology of Hawaii, Haumea is the goddess of fertility and childbirth...

  • Games and Interactives
    Pick a topic or type of game Earth Space Mythology and People Crosswords Jigsaw Puzzles Word Searches Concentration Hangman Coloring books Other games Interactives   Earth Games and Interactives Crosswords Weather Crossword Puzzle Climate Crossword Puzzle Word Search The Motions of the Ocean Word Search Atmosphere and Clouds Word Search Polar Word Search Jigsaw Puzzles General Jigsaw Puzzles Polar Jigsaw Puzzles Games The Carbon Cycle Game Interactives Clouds in Art Climate of the Southeast Pacific Compare Images of Arctic Sea Ice Extent Side-by-side Compare Images of Antarctic Sea Ice Extent Side-by-side Earth's Magnetic Field Earth's North Magnetic Pole Seafloor Spreading and Magnetic Field Reversals Space Games and Interactives Interactives Pulsating Stars...Solar System Coloring Book Mythology and People Games Mythology Hangman People Coloring Book Crossword Puzzles Climate Science from the Southeast Pacific Crossword Puzzle Climate Crossword Puzzle Weather Crossword Puzzle Jigsaw Puzzles Jigsaw Puzzles Polar Jigsaw Puzzles Word Searches The Motions of the Ocean Word Search Polar Wordsearch Puzzle Atmosphere and Clouds Word Search Ulysses Solar Word Search Concentration Games Solar Concentration Hangman Mythology Hangman Coloring books People Coloring Book Solar System Coloring Book Other games The Carbon Cycle Game "Eight Planets and a Dwarf" Sudoku Space Sense Order it Up: Solar System Edition Junk in Space Adlib Stories Make Your Own Alien...

  • Phoenix Mars Lander: Instruments and Mission Objectives
    In ancient Phoenician mythology , the phoenix was a bird that would burst into flames but then be reborn from its own ashes...

  • Amalthea, Jupiter's Moon
    Amalthea is named after the goat in Greek mythology that nursed the baby Jupiter when Jupiter was in hiding from his own father...

  • Asteroid (or Comet?) 3200 Phaethon
    In Greek mythology , Phaëton was the son of the Sun god Helios...

  • Moons of the Dwarf Planet Haumea: Hi'iaka and Namaka
    In Hawaiian mythology, Haumea is the goddess of fertility and childbirth...

  • Solar Eclipse Sites
    Solar Mythology Many myths are about the Sun...

  • Tlaloc, Aztec Rain God
    Tlaloc was an important deity of rain and fertility of the Aztec mythology...

  • Ix Chel, Mayan Moon Goddess
    Ix Chel, the "Lady Rainbow," was the old Moon goddess in Mayan mythology...

  • Callisto, Jupiter's Moon
    Callisto is named after one of Jupiter's many lovers from Greek mythology...

  • Pele, Hawaii Fire Goddess
    It is said that one day Kamapua'a, a pig god of Hawaii mythology, tried to woo the fire goddess...

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