Paris, June 12 : The International Astronomical Union (IAU) has decided on the term “plutoid” as a name for dwarf planets in the solar system like Pluto.
The name “plutoid” was proposed by the members of the IAU Committee on Small Body Nomenclature (CSBN), accepted by the Board of Division III, by the IAU Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN) and approved by the IAU Executive Committee at its recent meeting in Oslo, Norway.
Plutoids are celestial bodies in orbit around the Sun at a distance greater than that of Neptune that have sufficient mass for their self-gravity to overcome rigid body forces so that they assume a hydrostatic equilibrium (near-spherical) shape, and that have not cleared the neighbourhood around their orbit.
London, June 12 : A researcher associated with the Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) in Brussels has accidentally captured the images showing the production of an egg inside a woman’s body, some
Washington, June 11 : Researchers at Bastyr University, Kenmore, Washington, have found that kids and teens with attention- deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) who were treated with the herb St.
Washington, June 11 : A new research has suggested that extended driving impairs an individual’s driving performance at night, and should, therefore, be limited.
