Re: Questions on AstronomicalData
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- Subject: [mg80719] Re: Questions on AstronomicalData
- From: "Eric W. Weisstein" <eww at wolfram.com>
- Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 02:30:18 -0400 (EDT)
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On Aug 29, 3:13 am, DrMajorBob <drmajor... at bigfoot.com> wrote: > At my machine I get: > > AstronomicalData["AndromedaGalaxy", "DistanceLightYears"] > Missing["NotAvailable"] > > As for Pluto... who CARES if somebody decided it's not a planet? > > AstronomicalData["Pluto", "ObjectType"] > "DwarfPlanet" Attention to detail is one of the hallmarks of Mathematica ;) In[1]:= AstronomicalData["Pluto", "Planet", "Note"] Out[1]= "For convenience, Pluto is included as a planet even though it \ is a dwarf planet according to the International Astronomical Union." Cheers, -Eric