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What evidence makes astronomers believe that Pluto is strongly influenced by Neptune?
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pluto's orbital period is 247.7 years, very close to one and one -half times Neptune's .thus pluto makes two orbit's around the sun for every three made by Neptune.This match of orbital period may have created a cumulative gravitational attraction on Pluto that "tugged" it into it's orbit.
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What skills did the astronomers use when they discover neptune?
A telescope.
Why do astronomers believe Triton may have been a planet that was captured by Neptune?
It orbits Neptune in the opposite direction of Neptune's rotation.
What planet did astronomers predict its existence by observing the effects of gravity?
Neptune was predicted by astronomers be observing the effects of its gravity. Neptune was discovered in 1846 by Johann Gottfried Galle.
Astronomers predicted the existence and orbit of Neptune based on?
neptune's gravitational effect on the orbit of uranus
Astronomers predicted its existence by observing the effects of its gravity.?
Neptune
What evidence did early astronomers have that the planets are closer than the stars?
jupiter,saturn, uranusan neptune are called
How did astronomers know Neptune existed before they could see it?
Astronomers knew that Neptune existed before they could see it because they observed that the other planets orbited the sun in a way that could only be explained if they were being influenced by the gravity of another object of such mass. So the astronomers contemplated that there must be another planet somewhere that was changing the orbits of other planets. That planet is today called Neptune.
What skills did the astronomers use when they discover neptune?
A telescope.
Why do astronomers believe Triton may have been a planet that was captured by Neptune?
It orbits Neptune in the opposite direction of Neptune's rotation.
What planet did astronomers predict its existence by observing the effects of gravity?
Neptune was predicted by astronomers be observing the effects of its gravity. Neptune was discovered in 1846 by Johann Gottfried Galle.
Astronomers predicted the existence and orbit of Neptune based on?
neptune's gravitational effect on the orbit of uranus
What was found by astronomers who noticed a strange pattern in orbit of uranus?
The 8th planet : Neptune.
What do astronomers now believe about Pluto affecting uranus's and neptune's orbits?
Astronomers now realize that Pluto does not have nearly enough mass to noticeably affect the orbits of Uranus or Neptune.
Astronomers predicted its existence by observing the effects of its gravity.?
Neptune
Who did astronomers named the eight planet neptune?
The god of oceans and seas.
Was found by astronomers who noticed a strange pattern in the orbit of Uranus.?
Neptune
What observation caused astronomers to search for Neptune?
Irregularities in Uranus's orbit.
