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East Berlin, Soviets Split On NATO; Premier de Maiziere Defends Membership For United Germany
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The East German leadership said here today that despite Moscow's
objections, it was willing to become part of a "changed" NATO
security alliance after the formation of a unified Germany.
After meetings with Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, East
German Prime Minister Lothar de Maiziere told reporters that the two
long-time allies had disagreed on the sensitive issue of security
alliances, with Moscow pushing for a unified Germany to be nonaligned
and for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and Warsaw Pact
alliances to be replaced by an "all-European" security system.
"Gorbachev said ...
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Dwarf planet named after the Greek goddess Eris.
Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)
; ...Dysnomia was known as a daughter of Eris; the name literally means misrule...disagree on how to pronounce Eris. A press release from the astronomical...preferable. If last month's astronomy meeting had embraced a more...definition that kept Pluto and Eris as planets. "I think that...
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"Xena" gets the ax!(Science Scoops)(dwarf planet Xena changes name to Eris)(Brief article)
Magazine article from: Odyssey
; ...According to Popular Science, "Astronomy fans and bloggers seemed to love the...official name of Xena? Say hello to Eris--the Greek goddess of discord and...which has been renamed "Dysnomia," Eris's daughter. (Sigh.)
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Cambridge Illustrated Dictionary of Astronomy.(Brief article)(Book review)
Newspaper article from: Internet Bookwatch
; ...figures in the history of astronomy, explanations of acronyms...the discovery in 2003 of Eris, a Kuiper Belt object larger than Pluto. Eris and Pluto, being located...resource highly recommended for astronomy teachers and enthusiasts...
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Noted Astronomy Professor and Researcher to Speak
News Wire article from: Targeted News Service
; ...helped organize its Historical Astronomy Division. In 2000, he won...contributions to the history of astronomy. The AAS awarded him their...has written more popularly on astronomy in several encyclopedias and...recent discoveries such as Eris. In 1984, Gingerich won the...
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UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS, ASTRONOMY PRESENT WYOMING SKIES FOR OCTOBER
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News
; ...professor in the University of Wyoming Department of Physics and Astronomy. The summer triangle is still prominent in the western skies...similar size, shape, and composition, and the discovery of Eris (2006), the trans-Neptunian dwarf planet, modern astronomers...
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Astronomy group gives Pluto partial due: distant dwarf planets like it to be called 'plutoids'
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream
; ...of only two plutoids, the other being Eris. Both are objects that circle the sun...Neptune. It was the 2003 discovery of Eris _ a body bigger and farther from the sun...of Technology astronomer who discovered Eris. Maybe it'll make it. It was not enough...
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SOUNDINGS
Newspaper article from: Solares Hill
; ...s 10th planet. Unhappily, Eris is named after the Greek goddess...Armstrong, for a comment: "Eris was the energy that perpetuated...all the others to be wrong. Eris is said to have the density of cork. Astronomy has never come across such a...
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Dwarf planet gets name amid discord.
Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)
; ...Dysnomia was known as a daughter of Eris; the name literally means misrule...disagree on how to pronounce Eris. A press release from the astronomical...preferable. If last month's astronomy meeting had embraced a more...definition that kept Pluto and Eris as planets. "I think that...
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Dwarf planet named; Pluto gets a new number
Newspaper article from: Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
; ...Pluto, has a new number. Eris is the new permanent name for...Brown, a professor of planetary astronomy at the California Institute...2003 UB313, chose the name Eris, after the goddess of discord...planetary status. In mythology, Eris ignited discord that led to...
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SCIENCE; Notebook
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; ...precise calculations to show that Eris is 1.27 times the size of Pluto. If Eris is not a planet, the International...most spirited debates about astronomy in a long time -- countless...also-ran status. Pluto and Eris, which was formerly known as...
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