#QuizOfTheDay: In August 2006, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) downgraded the status of Pluto to _____________? #PlutoDay
A. Moon
B. Dwarf Planet
C. Comet
D. Asteroid
https://knowledgezone.co.in/resources/quiz?qId=6001ab9c7d9ce0dce38296f2
Seo mi, ma tha sibh gam aithnicheadh, neo fiù’s mura h-eil,
a’ coimhead oirrbh bho oir an rìan-grèine,
mar gum b’e aonaran a bh’unnam
a’ fuireach a-muigh ràthad na mòintich
le prosbaig aig gach uinneag…
—Pàdraig MacAoidh, “Pluto”
Today, 18 February, is Pluto Day!
https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/pluto/
#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #Gaidhlig #Gaelic #Pluto #PlutoDay #planet #minorplanet #solarsystem #astronomy
#OnThisDay Birth Anniversary of Italian #Physicist Alessandro Volta (1745) - credited as the inventor of the electric #Battery.
Birth Anniversary of Persian polymath Nasir al-Din al-Tusi (1201) - considered the creator of #Trigonometry as a mathematical discipline.
Today is #PlutoDay to commemorate the anniversary of the discovery of Pluto in 1930.