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Naming Pluto and Its Moons
Pluto - Facts for Kids
Mars Quiz
Moon Doodles
Five Non-events of 2020
Top Ten Astronomy Stories of 2020
Astro Advent 2020 - Days 13-24
Astro Advent 2020 - Days 1-12
Neptune's Moons - Facts for Kids
Neptune - Facts for Kids
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Naming Pluto and Its Moons
Dwarf planet and Kuiper Belt object Pluto has five moons. How did it and its moons get their names?
Pluto - Facts for Kids
Pluto is smaller than our Moon, but it's the biggest known dwarf planet. On the inner edge of the Kuiper Belt, the Sun is so far away it would look like a bright star from there. And Pluto can get so cold that its atmosphere freezes and falls to the ground.
Mars Quiz
This quiz is about Mars and its fascination. Some people even want to live there. How many questions can you answer?
Moon Doodles
Our nearest neighbor in space is on show for us most nights – and some days. There are several Google doodles celebrating our relationship with the Moon.
Five Non-events of 2020
In addition to the great astronomy stories of 2020, there are also stories that are overwrought, careless, crazy, mischievous or just plain wrong. Here are five of them.
Top Ten Astronomy Stories of 2020
2020 probably wasn't anybody's favorite year. But there was a lot to celebrate of astronomical interest. It was so hard to choose a top ten, some similar events were grouped together. Asteroids, the Moon, Mars and the Sun all feature, and there were two splendid skywatching events.
Astro Advent 2020 - Days 13-24
Meteors, colorful moons, an alien landscape and more – they're in the 2020 astro countdown to Christmas on the Bellaonline Astronomy Forum. Here are some notes about the final twelve days plus a Christmas bonus.
Astro Advent 2020 - Days 1-12
Christmas 2020 is past now, but you can still enjoy the astro advent calendar of daily images posted in the Bella Online Astronomy forum. Here we revisit the first twelve days which included a space probe, atmospheric phenomena, skyscapes and deep-space objects.
Neptune's Moons - Facts for Kids
Neptune is the last planet out from the Sun. It has fourteen known moons and they're a mixed bag. One of them – Triton – has over 99% of the total mass of Neptune's moons. Thirteen little moons share what's left. Only two of the moons were discovered before 1981.
Neptune - Facts for Kids
Far beyond Uranus is another blue planet, one named for the Roman sea god. It could well have been named for a god of winds as it's the windiest place in the Solar System. And it has a captured moon that was a Kuiper Belt object like Pluto.
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