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  • Astronomers have discovered a planet-like object on the outskirts of the solar system, which means that there could be one planet fewer than was thought.

    Solar flares herald rare glimpses of northern lights over UK 2011

  • The Hubble Space Telescope has captured images of planet-like disks around young stars.

    Original Star | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles 2009

  • “Nearly a century after Danish physicist Niels Bohr offered his planet-like model of the hydrogen atom, a Rice University-led team of physicists has created giant, millimeter-sized atoms that resemble it more closely than any other experimental realization yet achieved.”

    Millimeter-Sized Atoms | Disinformation 2008

  • And finally, Marcos Huerta, who holds a Ph. D in astrophysics, will defend the planet Pluto, discuss how scientists locate planet-like objects orbiting stars in faraway galaxies, and then go into a scientific discussion of astrology.

    Nightlife Agenda 2010

  • The second graphic is a list of all planets and planet-like objects in the solar system.

    Archive 2008-12-01 2008

  • The second graphic is a list of all planets and planet-like objects in the solar system.

    Space 2008

  • Then I used a black background, took a shot from a distance, to capture space, and joined it with another solar system pic, gave it a rocky and edgy effect to make it look "planet-like", changed the color of the white egg and my bangles to give it the fiery-look, and here's what the end product looked like.

    Fun Decoration Ideas with Eggs For Easter 2007

  • Then I used a black background, took a shot from a distance, to capture space, and joined it with another solar system pic, gave it a rocky and edgy effect to make it look "planet-like", changed the color of the white egg and my bangles to give it the fiery-look, and here's what the end product looked like.

    Archive 2007-10-01 2007

  • And so the dance whizzed on with cumulative fury, the performers moving in their planet-like courses, direct and retrograde, from apogee to perigee, till the hand of the well-kicked clock at the bottom of the room had travelled over the circumference of an hour.

    Wessex Tales 2006

  • Another interesting thing about this proposal is it seems to want to classify whether planet-like objects are planets or moons precisely as I did in the comment thread last night: By locating the center of gravity.

    Pluton? « Whatever 2006

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