Pluto Real Images

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Nasa's New Horizons spacecraft has sent back detailed images of Pluto and its moon Charon. The pictures have been captured from a mere 8m kilometres.

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Eris, Makemake and Haumea / Eris, Makemake y Haumea

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Eris, Makemake and Haumea are dwarf planets located behind Pluto, in areas of the solar system known as scattered disk and Kuiper Belt. They are known as dwarf planets likewise Ceres and Pluto, but unlike these two have not been seen in sufficient detail to show that completely fit the definition of planets. Eris has a mass larger than Pluto and Makemake and Haumea are still under investigation. Besides these three bodies fall into a new category called "plutinos" or "trans-" by many. Although the IAU does not specify a specific name, are often referred to by the abbreviation TNO (Trans neptunian object). This category of objects similar to Pluto only applies to dwarf planets if they are trans-Neptunian objects and their periods, inclinations and eccentricity are similar to those of Pluto and therefore are on the scattered Disk, the Kuiper Belt or the Oort Cloud. In addition, there are a few bodies who are candidates for recognition as "dwarf planets" ...
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The mythology of Pallas Athena / Mitología de Palas Atenea

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Picture by/Imagen de Christina Balit Athena or Pallas Athena, known as Minerva by the Romans, was the wisest of all the gods of the pantheon. Goddess of wisdom, military strategy and just warfare, Athena was one of the deities most revered by the Greeks and Romans, being worshiped with equal intensity both in Greek lands and in the Mediterranean colonies. Athena was also the goddess of mathematics, strength, strategy, artistic ability, courage, bravery, inspiration, law and justice. Due to the admiration that the Greeks and Romans had for this goddess, over the centuries they were adding responsibilities, for this reason this goddess presides over so many things. ___________________ Atenea o Palas Atena, conocida como Minerva por los romanos, era la más sabia de todos los dioses del panteón. Diosa de la sabiduría, la estrategia militar y la guerra justa, Atenea fue una de las deidades más veneradas por los griegos y los romanos, siendo venerada con igual intensidad tanto en las...
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The mythology of Saturn/ Mitología de Saturno

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Picture by/Imagen de Christina Balit Saturn was a god in ancient Roman religion. Saturn is a complex figure because of his multiple associations and long history. He was the first god of the Capitol, known since the most ancient times and was seen as a god of generation, dissolution, plenty, wealth, agriculture, periodical renewal and liberation. In later developments he came to be also a god of time. The Romans identified Saturn with the Greek Cronus, whose myths were adapted for Latin literature and Roman art. Saturn had two consorts who represented different aspects of the god. Ops, the equivalent of Greek Rhea that means "wealth, abundance, resources." and Lua that means "destruction, dissolution, loosening". Saturday is derived from Saturn as well as the adjective saturnine (gloomy) related to his role in mythology and astrology. ___________________ Saturno era un dios de la antigua religión romana. Es una figura compleja, debido a sus múltiples aso...
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