Episode #464
News Items
Who's That Noisy
- Answer to last week:
Science or Fiction
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Item #1
Fiction
Neptune’s moon, Triton, is the only body known to have cryovolcanoes. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryovolcano
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Item #2
Science
Up until the 1850s, astronomers recognized 11 planets in our solar system. http://web.archive.org/web/20080324182332/http://aa.usno.navy.mil/faq/docs/minorplanets.php
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Item #3
Science
The body in our solar system with an atmosphere most similar to Earth’s is Saturn’s moon, Titan. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmosphere_of_Titan
Skeptical Quote of the Week.
“It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.” Attributed to Mark Twain