Iosef is is the Russian version of Joseph… or Joseph is the English version of Iosef… now you’ve gotten me confused.
As for the planets, I’m fairly certain they don’t all orbit on the same plane. For example, I believe it’s Neptune that has an orbit that is more of an oval shape than a true circle. Some of the time it’s the furthest planet, some of the time that distinction falls on Pluto. Now, assuming these planets have been orbiting for any significant amount of time, wouldn’t those two have collided and become space dust, had they been orbiting in and out and around each other on the same plane?
I suppose it’s fine to post all ten questions in one post, as opposed to 10+ posts. It saves the moderators headaches, and saves loading time on the server and home user.
I don’t have time to answer the rest of them, but I’m sure at least a few of these can be googled. Good luck to the rest of ya
**1) Why do all the planets orbit on the same plane? (Is it coincidence or some property of the sun’s gravity?) **
Like any good rule, there are exceptions. Mercury and Pluto’s orbit is inclined to the ecliptic. It is not a property of gravity, but does appear to be common among both solar systems and galaxies. Why? Don’t know. Cite.
2) Why can RADIO waves travel through solids and light can’t?
Not all radio waves can. Ever travel through a tunnel while listening to AM radio? Has to do with power, frequency, and the density and thickness of the solid.
3) How do you pronounce the video game title, “DEUS EX”? (Is it like deuce or day-uhs?)
day-uhs
4) Why can’t I use a Pheonix Down on Aeris?!?
I don’t even have a clue what you are asking, but I suspect you mean a Phoenix. And the answer seems to be “Don’t expect battle mechanics to carry over into the 'real world.” Don’t ask me to explain, as I cannot.
5) Why does my nose run in the cold?
Because you sweat when its hot? OK, sorry, I’ll leave this one for someone else.
6) Did I use the word “Milieu” in the title correctly- Meaning "A whole bunch of, a slew?"
No.
Main Entry: mi·lieu
Pronunciation: mEl-'y&®, -'yü; 'mEl-"yü, mE-ly[OE]
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural milieus or mi·lieux /-'y&®(z), -'yüz; -"yü(z), -lyOE/
Etymology: French, from Old French, midst, from mi middle (from Latin medius) + lieu place, from Latin locus – more at MID, STALL
Date: 1854
: the physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops : ENVIRONMENT
synonym see BACKGROUND
7) What does the blue mean in the American Flag?
Don’t know, but:
**8) What does a Maple Leaf have to do with Canada? **
9) Does Osama bin Laden have any REAL BIOLOGICAL brothers or sisters?
No. At least not FULL (same mother and father) brothers or sisters.
10) Was I right in posting all ten questions in a single post rather then 10 different posts at once?
No idea.
11) What is the English version of the Russian name Iosef and whats it mean?
In Russian, I suspect it is Iosif, a form of Joseph, from the Hebrew Yosef. Cite.
With the exception of Pluto (Which i dont think of it as a planet) all are on the same PLANE. Neptune has a slightly eliptical orbit , yea but its eliptical on the same PLANE, not same SHAPE. (Popular Science as source)
Anyway, Ill hafta remember the joeseph thing THanx
=PK
There is a theory that the Solar System evolved from a spinning cloud of gas and dust and whatnot. If such a swirly pre-Solar System cloud existed, it would follow that most of the mass that eventually formed into planets would have been concentrated in a plane perpendicular to the axis of rotation.
If you take a tennis ball, tie a string around it, dip it in a bucket of water and spin the ball around, your hand is not dissimilar from the sun, and the ball can represent a planet. The water, well, that’s like other “stuff” that got sent off at the birth of the solar system. Stuff is on the same plane because that’s how the sun spat stuff out, and things under its gravitational power continue in the same lines (generally). That is how I see it, simple as it may seem.
Blue in the US flag. The constellation is in reference to the states (colonies) as represented by the stars. The blue represents the virtue into which they shine their light, which doesn’t really make a whole lotta sense, but that’s what my Boy Scouts of America handbook said back in 1986.
Kudos to CzechHistory411: The answer is (believed to be) related to the formation of the Solar System. The sun did not “spit stuff out” (sorry, kuroashi), the whole thing formed from clouds of interstellar dust that began collapsing under its own gravity. As the collapse proceeds, whatever rotation there already is gets amplified, the way small motions in the water in the sink get amplified into a vortex as the water runs down the drain (and no, it doesn’t go the other way in the Southern Hemisphere). Stuff in the plane of rotation collapses more slowly than stuff on the axis, so you end up with a disk shape, within which the planets form. Pluto is about 17 degrees off of the plane, the other planets are within about 5 degrees of each other. Pluto may actually be more like a comet captured by the Sun than an actual planet.
Radio waves penetrate better because
a) They have longer wavelength, and so bend around obstacles more, and
b) Atoms tend to respond more to the short wavelengths of light than those of radio, and so light gets absorbed better. Of course, light travels through some solids just fine (glass, ice). It all depends on the detailed properties of the electrons in the solid in question.
According to American Heritage both uses are cosidered OK, with a myriad being the older version:
(sorry about the greek letters, I’m not rendering them in symbolic…) Merriam-Webster only offers * a myriad*.
(Personally I don’t think it would have been a good choice of word for the title, as there were less than a dozen questions. I reserve a myriad for larger amounts, like the number of visible stars etc.)
I personally don’t like using “myriad” as a noun; however, it is an accepted usage. As such, you’ll find myriad writers writing about “myriads of things.” Perhaps these are just unimaginative people who outgrew the even more shopworn “plethora.”