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1) How many species of lemurs are there?
There are 49 species of lemur discovered, according to:
BBC News - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4135670.stm
New Scientist - http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn7818
Primates.com - http://www.primates.com/lemurs/new-species.html
(who got their information from New Scientist)
WildMadagascar.org - http://news.mongabay.com/2005/0809-wildmadagascar.html
Science Buzz - http://buzz.smm.org/buzz/blog/new_species_of_lemurs_found
Since all of these sites have the exact same number of species, they're probably
correct. They also talk about two new species of lemur that were discovered recently.
*However, just because there are only 49 species of lemur discovered, doesn't mean
there are not more out there.
2) What is the boiling point of radium?
Chemistry Data/Noble Mind: 1140 C
http://www.noblemind.com/search.exe?keyword=Radium+Boiling+Point&var=2
Jefferson Lab: 1140 C
http://education.jlab.org/itselemental/ele088.html
Environmental Chemistry: 1536 C
http://environmentalchemistry.com/yogi/periodic/Ra.html
Web Elements: 1737 C
http://www.webelements.com/webelements/elements/text/Ra/heat.html
Chemical Elements: 1737 C
http://www.chemicalelements.com/elements/ra.html
There is a very large range for the boiling point of radium!
Chemistry Data/Noble Mind and Jefferson Lab have the exact same boiling point. This
may be because they got it from the same source. Since Chemistry Data/Noble Mind is
one of the first sites to pop up on google, Jefferson Lab may have gotten their
information from them. A similar thing may have happened with Web Elements and
Chemical Elements. These sites are all too different for me to put my trust in any of
them. Still, I could assume that the boiling point of radium is at least somewhere
between 1000 C and 2000 C.
3) What is the mass of Pluto?
This questions also had a lot of answers. There were so many in fact, that I decided to
create a range.
Google: 1.3 × 1022 kilograms
http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=mass+of+pluto&ie=UTF-8&oe=
UTF-8
Science Park Etacude: 1.27 X 1022 kg
or 0.0021 Earths
http://sciencepark.etacude.com/astronomy/pluto.php
One of the reasons their are so many calculations could be because some sources may
include pluto's moon in the mass. This is mentioned at the site:
http://frank.harvard.edu/~howard/planets/pluto_mass.html,
where someone else is also on a quest for the mass of pluto.
He checked the following references and posted the following data:
Pluto's Mass (M_E) Source
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0.9
Astrophysical Quantities (Allen - 1955)
0.002
The Evolving Universe: An Introduction to Astronomy
(Goldsmith - 1982)
0.0023
The Physical Universe: An Introduction to Astronomy
(Shu - 1982)
0.02561
Astrophysical Data: Planets & Stars (Lang - 1992)
0.0018
Intro to Astronomy & Astrophysics (Zelik & Gregory 1998)
0.0025
Astronomy: From the Earth to the Universe (Pasachoff
- 1998)
0.002200
Allen's Astrophysical Quantities (Cox - 2000)
0.0022
Life in the Universe (Bennett, Shostak & Jakosky 2003)
With that information, and using data from the sites above, I would say the mass of
pluto is somewhere in the range of:
.0025 and .0015 times the earth's mass. From the chart, I am ignoring the first entry,
because it way off from the others, and is from 1955. The author of the site mentions
the fourth entry (which is also way off) may be a typo from the book.
4) How many moons does Uranus have?
Uranus has many moons, some of which have names of the characters in "A
Midsummer Night's Dream".
Kids Astronomy - 21 Moons
http://www.kidsastronomy.com/uranus/moons.htm
Solar Views - At least 22 Moons
http://www.solarviews.com/eng/uranus.htm
Windows to the Universe - 27 Moons
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/uranus/moons_and_rings.html
NASA - 27 Moons
http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Uranus&Display=Moons
NASA claims Uranus has at least 27 moons, which they discovered through the use of
the Hubble Telescope. I'm putting my money on NASA- the other sites may have
needed to be updated, or just had the wrong information.
5) What is the exact population of North Carolina as of October
1st, 2006?
Technically there is no practical way for me to figure out the exact population of North
Carolina.
However, NC People (http://www.classbrain.com/artstate/publish/article_1254.shtml)
has an estimate of 8,683,242 people in North Carolina for 2005.
6) On what date did Shodor receive approval from the State of
North
Carolina for it's Articles of Incorporation?
Shodor received approval from the state of NC for it's Articles of Incorporation on
May 24th, 1994.
This was on the website of North Carolina's Department of the Secretary of
State.