Pluto, we hardly knew ye! Having been discovered on February 18, 1930 by Clyde W. Tombaugh, Pluto was named and invited to join the Planet Club, the newest, smallest and furthest member from the sun. It was a joyful day for all things Plutonian, NATIONAL PLUTO IS TOO A PLANET, DAMMIT DAY! And then, in 2006, …
TODAY’S NATIONAL DAY, 2/18/23 – PLUTO IS TOO A PLANET, DAMMIT DAY! Read More »
Did you notice that? The earth has slowed down its incessant spinning, and in the past century our day is 1.7 milliseconds longer than it used to be, requiring us to add a full second to June 30th a few years ago, one of those arcane facts we celebrate on NATIONAL EARTH’S ROTATION DAY! Maybe you …
TODAY’S NATIONAL DAY, 1/8/23 – EARTH’S ROTATION DAY! Read More »
One day there you are circling the sun as usual, minding your own and keeping your appointed heavenly rounds, proudly bearing the honor of being the outermost planet in the Solar System, and the next day you’re a nobody, a glorified asteroid, a planetoid! Dwarf Planet at best. Ouch. Let’s rally ’round our old friend Pluto on NATIONAL …
TODAY’S NATIONAL DAY, 8/24/22 – PLUTO DEMOTED DAY! Read More »
Shooting stars, falling stars, fireballs, asteroids, comets and Thunder Stones are also common names for the cosmic debris smashing into our planet constantly, making today NATIONAL METEOR DAY! What meteors are, technically, are meteorites, which are small asteroids, bodies of material ranging from the size of a grain of sand to incandescent stone arrows a …
