Submitted by R. Neal on February 11, 2013 - 5:29pm.
Well there you go. Learn something every day!
(Maybe there should be a crusade to have Pluto re-designated as a planet. For old times sake? :)
Also, this from your link was interesting:
The Earth–Moon system is unique in that the ratio of the mass of the Moon to the mass of the Earth is much greater than that of any other natural satellite:planet ratio in the Solar System, and the Moon's orbit with respect to the Sun is always concave.
This would be a cool thing to get your class involved in.
Or even better, do we still study Greek Mythology on school?
If it isn't a planet how can it have moons?*
So I propose "Not A Moon" and "Me Either."
(*Or maybe I skipped school the day they taught us that in science class.)
And Pluto was still a planet back when we were in school, and the existence of Charon was an hypothesis.
But they are still moons and sometimes moonlets...
Link...
Well there you go. Learn something every day!
(Maybe there should be a crusade to have Pluto re-designated as a planet. For old times sake? :)
Also, this from your link was interesting:
The Earth–Moon system is unique in that the ratio of the mass of the Moon to the mass of the Earth is much greater than that of any other natural satellite:planet ratio in the Solar System, and the Moon's orbit with respect to the Sun is always concave.
Who knew?
Link...