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As you enter the astronomy classroom you'll notice that the room has been re arranged to make room in front of the windows for telescope gazing. The class is held at midnight. The desks are grouped two and two just like in the previous years. On each desk there is a piece of parchment.
Up at the front of the classroom Professor Roslund is sitting in his chair, and is lazily flipping through/ reading the latest issue of the daily prophet. Behind him on the blackboard a message is written.
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Please write your name, year and house on the parchment. Each parchment is charmed to turn into a name plate when you are finished.
OCC: Class has STARTED! Don't RP arriving late! Don't edit your posts.
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Originally Posted by Nordic Witch
Shaking his head Professor Roslund said "As the majority has said Astronomy is the study of celestial objects such as planets, stars, star clusters, nebulas and galaxys and phenomena that has its origins outside Earth’s atmosphere."
"Astronomy is one of the oldest sciences and people have been studying the night sky for several thousands of years it began with the Babylonians, Greeks and Mayans or really any of the early civilizations.”
Sneaking a peek at his lesson plan Edvard continued after a moment. "Most of you have talked about planets. Can anyone name the planets in the solar system?"
Marie wasn't going to even bother with answering this question. Really, what was the point when everyone was blurting out basically the same answer? Not wanting to loose points for not participating though she raised her hand and tried to answer just a tiny bit differently than everyone else had, if that was even possible with this question. "Sir, the solar system consists of the sun, which is circled by eight planets which are: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune. That is the order in which they orbit, or circle around the sun. There use to be a ninth planet called Pluto but a long time ago someone decided it was too small to be considered a planet... or something like that."
Putting her hand down she sat there listening to what everyone else had to say. She knew there were other things out there like moons, many dwarf planets (or plutoids), an asteroid belt, comets, meteors, and other... stuff. She just didn't bother with mentioning any of that as it was only the planets that were asked about.
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"The planets are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, and sometimes Pluto, though it's really more of a dwarfy thingie." Even Tori had learned the planets under her tutor's tutelage. "You can remember the planets with the mnemonic device, 'My Very Excellent Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas.' Though of course you would take off the P for Pizzas if you aren't counting Pluto."
She beamed up at the professor. He'd liked her 'space junk' answer; maybe he'd like this one too?
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Victoria smiled. She know all of the planets already. Name them all is like a piece of cake! "Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune." answered Victoria. "They used to think Pluto is a planet but then discovered that it is actually a dwarf planet." added Victoria after a few seconds of thoughtful thinking.
Edvard couldn’t help but smile as little Indiana was the first one who shot up her hand to answer. Listening he nodded “Astronomy is indeed about stuff in outer space like planets and stars.” The stuff was is you were picky planets, stars, meteors and so on.
The next person in line to answer was a Gryffindor boy. “Yes in astronomy we study celestial bodies in the universe like planets, nebulas and galaxies to name a few things.” It was a part of the definition of astronomy so the lion boy would get credit for his answer.
Eddie turned his attention to a student whom he initially had taken for a girl. Now that snake house member spoke up it was clear that it was boy and nothing else. Good way to stuff up, Professor he chided himself before responding to the answer. “You are right! In Astronomy we study stars and planets but there are much more to the field you might think. It’s not just about stars and planets it’s so much more than that.” Eddie wanted to elaborate there and then but stopped himself.
The next student to put her answer into the cauldron was a claw girl who was the first one to mention comets. “Good, you seem to have gotten the gist of it and it’s nice that you mention comets. Comets are usually mixed up with meteors.”
Here was one who was really trying to think and not just read the textbook definition.“ You are on the right track dear! The history of something always plays a big part in how we view something today or how much we know about it like for example the moon.” Edvard said encouragingly. He wasn’t going to go deeper about the moon since that was a topic for a totally different lesson.
Science? Edvard blinked for a second and then smiled at the snake girl “Yes your right in astronomy we do study stars, planets and galaxies but I wouldn’t call it a science since that is a muggle term which I feel is just a big fancy word.”
It was nice to see that so many made the effort to be active despite the late hour. “Very good answer dear!” Someone must have been studying before class to be extra prepared. Edvard liked that trait in his students even if it was so far only snakes that showed it.
Turning in the direction of the boy that spoke next Edvard gave a small nod of approval as the boy gave a short answer but fully good answer to his question. The boy seemed to be yearning for something more advanced.
Another student that had done some studying before class, “Good answer!” Edvard said as he directed the word to the next student.
“Constellations?” Edvard supplied the young boy helpfully. It had sounded like the word the little snake had been searching for but not finding. “Very good and yes astronomy is exactly the study of stars, planets, galaxies and more.”
The next claw in line to answer also mentioned science as he explained what astronomy studied. It was becoming clearer and clearer that the students were very influenced by the muggle world. “Good answer!” Edvard replied.
Another claw followed that gave a short answer without much detail but in most he was correct. “Yes astronomy is the study of things beyond Earth but I’d like us to be precise about what things are.” Eddie said.
A badger girl brought up a question which needed an answer “Satellites are made by men and they are a tool we use to study the earth and other things in space. Satellites help us explore so yes you are right. Satellites don’t count.” He made a mental note of the rest of the badgers answer to award points later.
“I see. You are on the right track dear.” Astronomy was though a pretty broad subject even if you could hardly see it by the definition of what the subject was set to study.
Zodiac studies and divination! Holding up his hand to quiet the students Edvard said “If you want to learn about divination and how you divine meaning out of space you will have to talk to the resident divination professor, Thereos. Also zodiac studies lands under Astrology and that is not my field to teach, but otherwise a good definition.”
“Black holes and strings are interesting occurrences but topics for other lessons, good definition though dear.” Edvard said before scribbling a not on a piece of parchment.
When the next claw boy started talking Edvard wondered how he would answer. He was surprised. The boy gave a very plausible definition. “Very good,” Professor Roslund mused the answers seemed to be getting better and more detailed with more time to think.
Edvard saw the enthusiasm and eagerness in the boy’s eyes as he gave his answer. He had really thought it through. “Good, good, we are going to talk more about history and how the movement of celestial bodies affects our daily lives, but that will be in another lesson.” He was so happy that the students were making efforts to make the lesson good.
???
Professor Roslund at first didn’t understand the badgers answer but when he did he smiled at her “Good job. We will talk a little about Earth in our lesson today.”
“That is true. Good job.” Had the snake been studying or had she remembered something which his predecessor had taught them in a previous lesson? No matter it was good that the greek background was explained.
When the snake girl trailed off Edvard feared that she had lost track of what she had wanted to say but she hadn’t. Instead she provided him with a decent definition. “Nice definition.”
The next one to speak was the lion prefect and she gave a very detailed explanation “Excellent answer, prefect Hollingberry!”
Laughing warmly as the next Slytherin gave her contribution Edvard said “We will definitely be learning all about space junk. Good definition by the way.” Space junk, he was definitely going to use that word in the future.
SPOILER!!: All good answers, points noted
A school subject!
Blink! Turning towards the Ravenclaw Quidditch Captain Professor Roslund said "Yes it is a school subject." he was totally thrown off guard by the claws answer.
Shaking his head Professor Roslund said "As the majority has said Astronomy is the study of celestial objects such as planets, stars, star clusters, nebulas and galaxys and phenomena that has its origins outside Earth’s atmosphere."
"Astronomy is one of the oldest sciences and people have been studying the night sky for several thousands of years it began with the Babylonians, Greeks and Mayans or really any of the early civilizations.”
Sneaking a peek at his lesson plan Edvard continued after a moment. "Most of you have talked about planets. Can anyone name the planets in the solar system?"
OCC: I have not given a reply to everyone since I’m sick with a cough and cold. Everyone has though gotten points for their answers. Nice work! The second question has been posted above. A little reminder, don’t edit your posts.
William raised his hand. " The planets are Neptune, Saturn, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Uranus. Jupiter And Mars" Wiliam told the professor." Also Pluto was a planet, but the sceintists downgraded it to a dwarf planet" William said to the professor.
Edvard couldn’t help but smile as little Indiana was the first one who shot up her hand to answer. Listening he nodded “Astronomy is indeed about stuff in outer space like planets and stars.” The stuff was is you were picky planets, stars, meteors and so on.
The next person in line to answer was a Gryffindor boy. “Yes in astronomy we study celestial bodies in the universe like planets, nebulas and galaxies to name a few things.” It was a part of the definition of astronomy so the lion boy would get credit for his answer.
Eddie turned his attention to a student whom he initially had taken for a girl. Now that snake house member spoke up it was clear that it was boy and nothing else. Good way to stuff up, Professor he chided himself before responding to the answer. “You are right! In Astronomy we study stars and planets but there are much more to the field you might think. It’s not just about stars and planets it’s so much more than that.” Eddie wanted to elaborate there and then but stopped himself.
The next student to put her answer into the cauldron was a claw girl who was the first one to mention comets. “Good, you seem to have gotten the gist of it and it’s nice that you mention comets. Comets are usually mixed up with meteors.”
Here was one who was really trying to think and not just read the textbook definition.“ You are on the right track dear! The history of something always plays a big part in how we view something today or how much we know about it like for example the moon.” Edvard said encouragingly. He wasn’t going to go deeper about the moon since that was a topic for a totally different lesson.
Science? Edvard blinked for a second and then smiled at the snake girl “Yes your right in astronomy we do study stars, planets and galaxies but I wouldn’t call it a science since that is a muggle term which I feel is just a big fancy word.”
It was nice to see that so many made the effort to be active despite the late hour. “Very good answer dear!” Someone must have been studying before class to be extra prepared. Edvard liked that trait in his students even if it was so far only snakes that showed it.
Turning in the direction of the boy that spoke next Edvard gave a small nod of approval as the boy gave a short answer but fully good answer to his question. The boy seemed to be yearning for something more advanced.
Another student that had done some studying before class, “Good answer!” Edvard said as he directed the word to the next student.
“Constellations?” Edvard supplied the young boy helpfully. It had sounded like the word the little snake had been searching for but not finding. “Very good and yes astronomy is exactly the study of stars, planets, galaxies and more.”
The next claw in line to answer also mentioned science as he explained what astronomy studied. It was becoming clearer and clearer that the students were very influenced by the muggle world. “Good answer!” Edvard replied.
Another claw followed that gave a short answer without much detail but in most he was correct. “Yes astronomy is the study of things beyond Earth but I’d like us to be precise about what things are.” Eddie said.
A badger girl brought up a question which needed an answer “Satellites are made by men and they are a tool we use to study the earth and other things in space. Satellites help us explore so yes you are right. Satellites don’t count.” He made a mental note of the rest of the badgers answer to award points later.
“I see. You are on the right track dear.” Astronomy was though a pretty broad subject even if you could hardly see it by the definition of what the subject was set to study.
Zodiac studies and divination! Holding up his hand to quiet the students Edvard said “If you want to learn about divination and how you divine meaning out of space you will have to talk to the resident divination professor, Thereos. Also zodiac studies lands under Astrology and that is not my field to teach, but otherwise a good definition.”
“Black holes and strings are interesting occurrences but topics for other lessons, good definition though dear.” Edvard said before scribbling a not on a piece of parchment.
When the next claw boy started talking Edvard wondered how he would answer. He was surprised. The boy gave a very plausible definition. “Very good,” Professor Roslund mused the answers seemed to be getting better and more detailed with more time to think.
Edvard saw the enthusiasm and eagerness in the boy’s eyes as he gave his answer. He had really thought it through. “Good, good, we are going to talk more about history and how the movement of celestial bodies affects our daily lives, but that will be in another lesson.” He was so happy that the students were making efforts to make the lesson good.
???
Professor Roslund at first didn’t understand the badgers answer but when he did he smiled at her “Good job. We will talk a little about Earth in our lesson today.”
“That is true. Good job.” Had the snake been studying or had she remembered something which his predecessor had taught them in a previous lesson? No matter it was good that the greek background was explained.
When the snake girl trailed off Edvard feared that she had lost track of what she had wanted to say but she hadn’t. Instead she provided him with a decent definition. “Nice definition.”
The next one to speak was the lion prefect and she gave a very detailed explanation “Excellent answer, prefect Hollingberry!”
Laughing warmly as the next Slytherin gave her contribution Edvard said “We will definitely be learning all about space junk. Good definition by the way.” Space junk, he was definitely going to use that word in the future.
SPOILER!!: All good answers, points noted
A school subject!
Blink! Turning towards the Ravenclaw Quidditch Captain Professor Roslund said "Yes it is a school subject." he was totally thrown off guard by the claws answer.
Shaking his head Professor Roslund said "As the majority has said Astronomy is the study of celestial objects such as planets, stars, star clusters, nebulas and galaxys and phenomena that has its origins outside Earth’s atmosphere."
"Astronomy is one of the oldest sciences and people have been studying the night sky for several thousands of years it began with the Babylonians, Greeks and Mayans or really any of the early civilizations.”
Sneaking a peek at his lesson plan Edvard continued after a moment. "Most of you have talked about planets. Can anyone name the planets in the solar system?"
OCC: I have not given a reply to everyone since I’m sick with a cough and cold. Everyone has though gotten points for their answers. Nice work! The second question has been posted above. A little reminder, don’t edit your posts.
Cael smirked when he heard the next question, sure that they were about to be inundated with laments about Pluto from their fellow classmates.
"The planets currently include Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and used to include Pluto. However, astronomers now classify it and others as dwarf planets and thus, not part of the big eight. You can use the mnemonic My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Noodles, to remember the order."
Sneaking a peek at his lesson plan Edvard continued after a moment. "Most of you have talked about planets. Can anyone name the planets in the solar system?"
"Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune," Violet rattled off, in what suddenly sounded to her like a rather swotty voice--was she really that obnoxious? She would have to watch that. "And Pluto, too, only it got demoted and isn't a planet anymore," she continued, remembering how worked up her Muggle uncle had been over that, "but I think it should be." She had always rather liked the lonely planet with its erratic orbit, way out there at the edge of the galaxy. Now it wasn't considered good enough to be a real planet--just like her pure-blood relatives didn't think she was good enough to be a real witch.
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SPOILER!!:
Quote:
Originally Posted by Nordic Witch
SPOILER!!: answers with replies, points noted
Edvard couldn’t help but smile as little Indiana was the first one who shot up her hand to answer. Listening he nodded “Astronomy is indeed about stuff in outer space like planets and stars.” The stuff was is you were picky planets, stars, meteors and so on.
The next person in line to answer was a Gryffindor boy. “Yes in astronomy we study celestial bodies in the universe like planets, nebulas and galaxies to name a few things.” It was a part of the definition of astronomy so the lion boy would get credit for his answer.
Eddie turned his attention to a student whom he initially had taken for a girl. Now that snake house member spoke up it was clear that it was boy and nothing else. Good way to stuff up, Professor he chided himself before responding to the answer. “You are right! In Astronomy we study stars and planets but there are much more to the field you might think. It’s not just about stars and planets it’s so much more than that.” Eddie wanted to elaborate there and then but stopped himself.
The next student to put her answer into the cauldron was a claw girl who was the first one to mention comets. “Good, you seem to have gotten the gist of it and it’s nice that you mention comets. Comets are usually mixed up with meteors.”
Here was one who was really trying to think and not just read the textbook definition.“ You are on the right track dear! The history of something always plays a big part in how we view something today or how much we know about it like for example the moon.” Edvard said encouragingly. He wasn’t going to go deeper about the moon since that was a topic for a totally different lesson.
Science? Edvard blinked for a second and then smiled at the snake girl “Yes your right in astronomy we do study stars, planets and galaxies but I wouldn’t call it a science since that is a muggle term which I feel is just a big fancy word.”
It was nice to see that so many made the effort to be active despite the late hour. “Very good answer dear!” Someone must have been studying before class to be extra prepared. Edvard liked that trait in his students even if it was so far only snakes that showed it.
Turning in the direction of the boy that spoke next Edvard gave a small nod of approval as the boy gave a short answer but fully good answer to his question. The boy seemed to be yearning for something more advanced.
Another student that had done some studying before class, “Good answer!” Edvard said as he directed the word to the next student.
“Constellations?” Edvard supplied the young boy helpfully. It had sounded like the word the little snake had been searching for but not finding. “Very good and yes astronomy is exactly the study of stars, planets, galaxies and more.”
The next claw in line to answer also mentioned science as he explained what astronomy studied. It was becoming clearer and clearer that the students were very influenced by the muggle world. “Good answer!” Edvard replied.
Another claw followed that gave a short answer without much detail but in most he was correct. “Yes astronomy is the study of things beyond Earth but I’d like us to be precise about what things are.” Eddie said.
A badger girl brought up a question which needed an answer “Satellites are made by men and they are a tool we use to study the earth and other things in space. Satellites help us explore so yes you are right. Satellites don’t count.” He made a mental note of the rest of the badgers answer to award points later.
“I see. You are on the right track dear.” Astronomy was though a pretty broad subject even if you could hardly see it by the definition of what the subject was set to study.
Zodiac studies and divination! Holding up his hand to quiet the students Edvard said “If you want to learn about divination and how you divine meaning out of space you will have to talk to the resident divination professor, Thereos. Also zodiac studies lands under Astrology and that is not my field to teach, but otherwise a good definition.”
“Black holes and strings are interesting occurrences but topics for other lessons, good definition though dear.” Edvard said before scribbling a not on a piece of parchment.
When the next claw boy started talking Edvard wondered how he would answer. He was surprised. The boy gave a very plausible definition. “Very good,” Professor Roslund mused the answers seemed to be getting better and more detailed with more time to think.
Edvard saw the enthusiasm and eagerness in the boy’s eyes as he gave his answer. He had really thought it through. “Good, good, we are going to talk more about history and how the movement of celestial bodies affects our daily lives, but that will be in another lesson.” He was so happy that the students were making efforts to make the lesson good.
???
Professor Roslund at first didn’t understand the badgers answer but when he did he smiled at her “Good job. We will talk a little about Earth in our lesson today.”
“That is true. Good job.” Had the snake been studying or had she remembered something which his predecessor had taught them in a previous lesson? No matter it was good that the greek background was explained.
When the snake girl trailed off Edvard feared that she had lost track of what she had wanted to say but she hadn’t. Instead she provided him with a decent definition. “Nice definition.”
The next one to speak was the lion prefect and she gave a very detailed explanation “Excellent answer, prefect Hollingberry!”
Laughing warmly as the next Slytherin gave her contribution Edvard said “We will definitely be learning all about space junk. Good definition by the way.” Space junk, he was definitely going to use that word in the future.
SPOILER!!: All good answers, points noted
A school subject!
Blink! Turning towards the Ravenclaw Quidditch Captain Professor Roslund said "Yes it is a school subject." he was totally thrown off guard by the claws answer.
Shaking his head Professor Roslund said "As the majority has said Astronomy is the study of celestial objects such as planets, stars, star clusters, nebulas and galaxys and phenomena that has its origins outside Earth’s atmosphere."
"Astronomy is one of the oldest sciences people have been studying the night sky for several thousands of years it began with the Babylonians, Greeks and Mayans or really any of the early civilizations.”
Sneaking a peek at his lesson plan Edvard continued after a moment. "Most of you have talked about planets. Can anyone name the planets in the solar system?"
OCC: I have not given a reply to everyone since I’m sick with a cough and cold. Everyone has though gotten points for their answers. Nice work! The second question has been posted above. A little reminder, don’t edit your posts.
Minerva raised her hand "Professor there is Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mar, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. In school we learned that Pluto was a planet until 2006 when it was considered a Dwarf Planet." Minerva realized what she was saying and looked around. "Well I was meaning in muggle school of course." She forgets sometimes that not everyone had went to muggle school.
Last edited by Bazinga; 09-24-2011 at 08:49 PM.
Reason: Trying to fix my spoiler problem.
Edvard couldn’t help but smile as little Indiana was the first one who shot up her hand to answer. Listening he nodded “Astronomy is indeed about stuff in outer space like planets and stars.” The stuff was is you were picky planets, stars, meteors and so on.
The next person in line to answer was a Gryffindor boy. “Yes in astronomy we study celestial bodies in the universe like planets, nebulas and galaxies to name a few things.” It was a part of the definition of astronomy so the lion boy would get credit for his answer.
Eddie turned his attention to a student whom he initially had taken for a girl. Now that snake house member spoke up it was clear that it was boy and nothing else. Good way to stuff up, Professor he chided himself before responding to the answer. “You are right! In Astronomy we study stars and planets but there are much more to the field you might think. It’s not just about stars and planets it’s so much more than that.” Eddie wanted to elaborate there and then but stopped himself.
The next student to put her answer into the cauldron was a claw girl who was the first one to mention comets. “Good, you seem to have gotten the gist of it and it’s nice that you mention comets. Comets are usually mixed up with meteors.”
Here was one who was really trying to think and not just read the textbook definition.“ You are on the right track dear! The history of something always plays a big part in how we view something today or how much we know about it like for example the moon.” Edvard said encouragingly. He wasn’t going to go deeper about the moon since that was a topic for a totally different lesson.
Science? Edvard blinked for a second and then smiled at the snake girl “Yes your right in astronomy we do study stars, planets and galaxies but I wouldn’t call it a science since that is a muggle term which I feel is just a big fancy word.”
It was nice to see that so many made the effort to be active despite the late hour. “Very good answer dear!” Someone must have been studying before class to be extra prepared. Edvard liked that trait in his students even if it was so far only snakes that showed it.
Turning in the direction of the boy that spoke next Edvard gave a small nod of approval as the boy gave a short answer but fully good answer to his question. The boy seemed to be yearning for something more advanced.
Another student that had done some studying before class, “Good answer!” Edvard said as he directed the word to the next student.
“Constellations?” Edvard supplied the young boy helpfully. It had sounded like the word the little snake had been searching for but not finding. “Very good and yes astronomy is exactly the study of stars, planets, galaxies and more.”
The next claw in line to answer also mentioned science as he explained what astronomy studied. It was becoming clearer and clearer that the students were very influenced by the muggle world. “Good answer!” Edvard replied.
Another claw followed that gave a short answer without much detail but in most he was correct. “Yes astronomy is the study of things beyond Earth but I’d like us to be precise about what things are.” Eddie said.
A badger girl brought up a question which needed an answer “Satellites are made by men and they are a tool we use to study the earth and other things in space. Satellites help us explore so yes you are right. Satellites don’t count.” He made a mental note of the rest of the badgers answer to award points later.
“I see. You are on the right track dear.” Astronomy was though a pretty broad subject even if you could hardly see it by the definition of what the subject was set to study.
Zodiac studies and divination! Holding up his hand to quiet the students Edvard said “If you want to learn about divination and how you divine meaning out of space you will have to talk to the resident divination professor, Thereos. Also zodiac studies lands under Astrology and that is not my field to teach, but otherwise a good definition.”
“Black holes and strings are interesting occurrences but topics for other lessons, good definition though dear.” Edvard said before scribbling a not on a piece of parchment.
When the next claw boy started talking Edvard wondered how he would answer. He was surprised. The boy gave a very plausible definition. “Very good,” Professor Roslund mused the answers seemed to be getting better and more detailed with more time to think.
Edvard saw the enthusiasm and eagerness in the boy’s eyes as he gave his answer. He had really thought it through. “Good, good, we are going to talk more about history and how the movement of celestial bodies affects our daily lives, but that will be in another lesson.” He was so happy that the students were making efforts to make the lesson good.
???
Professor Roslund at first didn’t understand the badgers answer but when he did he smiled at her “Good job. We will talk a little about Earth in our lesson today.”
“That is true. Good job.” Had the snake been studying or had she remembered something which his predecessor had taught them in a previous lesson? No matter it was good that the greek background was explained.
When the snake girl trailed off Edvard feared that she had lost track of what she had wanted to say but she hadn’t. Instead she provided him with a decent definition. “Nice definition.”
The next one to speak was the lion prefect and she gave a very detailed explanation “Excellent answer, prefect Hollingberry!”
Laughing warmly as the next Slytherin gave her contribution Edvard said “We will definitely be learning all about space junk. Good definition by the way.” Space junk, he was definitely going to use that word in the future.
SPOILER!!: All good answers, points noted
A school subject!
Blink! Turning towards the Ravenclaw Quidditch Captain Professor Roslund said "Yes it is a school subject." he was totally thrown off guard by the claws answer.
Shaking his head Professor Roslund said "As the majority has said Astronomy is the study of celestial objects such as planets, stars, star clusters, nebulas and galaxys and phenomena that has its origins outside Earth’s atmosphere."
"Astronomy is one of the oldest sciences and people have been studying the night sky for several thousands of years it began with the Babylonians, Greeks and Mayans or really any of the early civilizations.”
Sneaking a peek at his lesson plan Edvard continued after a moment. "Most of you have talked about planets. Can anyone name the planets in the solar system?"
OCC: I have not given a reply to everyone since I’m sick with a cough and cold. Everyone has though gotten points for their answers. Nice work! The second question has been posted above. A little reminder, don’t edit your posts.
Jayden knew this one, she raised her hand and answered confidently "Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune... and Pluto which was a planet for a time... but then was changed to being a dwarf." She mused sadly.
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Originally Posted by Nordic Witch
Sneaking a peek at his lesson plan Edvard continued after a moment. "Most of you have talked about planets. Can anyone name the planets in the solar system?"
OCC: I have not given a reply to everyone since I’m sick with a cough and cold. Everyone has though gotten points for their answers. Nice work! The second question has been posted above. A little reminder, don’t edit your posts.
Alyssa was glad that her answer hadn't been a wrong one. Now on to the next question. She listened to those who had answered before her. Since there were the same planets in the solar system, her answer would be the same. But she was sure that even though he would be hearing the same answers over and over again, he would still appreciate student participation.
So she raised her hand and answered."The planets in the solar system are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Pluto used to be considered a planet when it was discovered back in 1930 but some Muggle Planetary organization back in 2006, recategorized poor Pluto as a dwarf planet because it was discovered that it was actually one of many bodies within the then newly identified Kuiper belt. Why they didn't discover that earlier, who knows. But when they removed Pluto, there was a huge outcry especially from the teaching Academy in the Muggle community because now they had to change all their teaching material!"
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Piece of cake. Who didn't know the planets? Except some didn't seem to know they'd demoted Pluto. Sky shook her head slightly. Poor Pluto. Sky recited, "Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune."
Sneaking a peek at his lesson plan Edvard continued after a moment. "Most of you have talked about planets. Can anyone name the planets in the solar system?"
Mmmhmmm. Planets. He knew those, pretty much everyone knew them, right? The Hufflepuff Prefect still raised his hand and spoke up their names, "There are eight planets in our Solar System...Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Pluto stepped into the 'dwarf planet' category with Ceres, Haumea, Makemake and Eris." Simply true. Yet he believed Pluto ought to be a planet still. Never mind the fact that its characteristics and size made it belong somewhere else.
Edvard couldn’t help but smile as little Indiana was the first one who shot up her hand to answer. Listening he nodded “Astronomy is indeed about stuff in outer space like planets and stars.” The stuff was is you were picky planets, stars, meteors and so on.
The next person in line to answer was a Gryffindor boy. “Yes in astronomy we study celestial bodies in the universe like planets, nebulas and galaxies to name a few things.” It was a part of the definition of astronomy so the lion boy would get credit for his answer.
Eddie turned his attention to a student whom he initially had taken for a girl. Now that snake house member spoke up it was clear that it was boy and nothing else. Good way to stuff up, Professor he chided himself before responding to the answer. “You are right! In Astronomy we study stars and planets but there are much more to the field you might think. It’s not just about stars and planets it’s so much more than that.” Eddie wanted to elaborate there and then but stopped himself.
The next student to put her answer into the cauldron was a claw girl who was the first one to mention comets. “Good, you seem to have gotten the gist of it and it’s nice that you mention comets. Comets are usually mixed up with meteors.”
Here was one who was really trying to think and not just read the textbook definition.“ You are on the right track dear! The history of something always plays a big part in how we view something today or how much we know about it like for example the moon.” Edvard said encouragingly. He wasn’t going to go deeper about the moon since that was a topic for a totally different lesson.
Science? Edvard blinked for a second and then smiled at the snake girl “Yes your right in astronomy we do study stars, planets and galaxies but I wouldn’t call it a science since that is a muggle term which I feel is just a big fancy word.”
It was nice to see that so many made the effort to be active despite the late hour. “Very good answer dear!” Someone must have been studying before class to be extra prepared. Edvard liked that trait in his students even if it was so far only snakes that showed it.
Turning in the direction of the boy that spoke next Edvard gave a small nod of approval as the boy gave a short answer but fully good answer to his question. The boy seemed to be yearning for something more advanced.
Another student that had done some studying before class, “Good answer!” Edvard said as he directed the word to the next student.
“Constellations?” Edvard supplied the young boy helpfully. It had sounded like the word the little snake had been searching for but not finding. “Very good and yes astronomy is exactly the study of stars, planets, galaxies and more.”
The next claw in line to answer also mentioned science as he explained what astronomy studied. It was becoming clearer and clearer that the students were very influenced by the muggle world. “Good answer!” Edvard replied.
Another claw followed that gave a short answer without much detail but in most he was correct. “Yes astronomy is the study of things beyond Earth but I’d like us to be precise about what things are.” Eddie said.
A badger girl brought up a question which needed an answer “Satellites are made by men and they are a tool we use to study the earth and other things in space. Satellites help us explore so yes you are right. Satellites don’t count.” He made a mental note of the rest of the badgers answer to award points later.
“I see. You are on the right track dear.” Astronomy was though a pretty broad subject even if you could hardly see it by the definition of what the subject was set to study.
Zodiac studies and divination! Holding up his hand to quiet the students Edvard said “If you want to learn about divination and how you divine meaning out of space you will have to talk to the resident divination professor, Thereos. Also zodiac studies lands under Astrology and that is not my field to teach, but otherwise a good definition.”
“Black holes and strings are interesting occurrences but topics for other lessons, good definition though dear.” Edvard said before scribbling a not on a piece of parchment.
When the next claw boy started talking Edvard wondered how he would answer. He was surprised. The boy gave a very plausible definition. “Very good,” Professor Roslund mused the answers seemed to be getting better and more detailed with more time to think.
Edvard saw the enthusiasm and eagerness in the boy’s eyes as he gave his answer. He had really thought it through. “Good, good, we are going to talk more about history and how the movement of celestial bodies affects our daily lives, but that will be in another lesson.” He was so happy that the students were making efforts to make the lesson good.
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Professor Roslund at first didn’t understand the badgers answer but when he did he smiled at her “Good job. We will talk a little about Earth in our lesson today.”
“That is true. Good job.” Had the snake been studying or had she remembered something which his predecessor had taught them in a previous lesson? No matter it was good that the greek background was explained.
When the snake girl trailed off Edvard feared that she had lost track of what she had wanted to say but she hadn’t. Instead she provided him with a decent definition. “Nice definition.”
The next one to speak was the lion prefect and she gave a very detailed explanation “Excellent answer, prefect Hollingberry!”
Laughing warmly as the next Slytherin gave her contribution Edvard said “We will definitely be learning all about space junk. Good definition by the way.” Space junk, he was definitely going to use that word in the future.
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A school subject!
Blink! Turning towards the Ravenclaw Quidditch Captain Professor Roslund said "Yes it is a school subject." he was totally thrown off guard by the claws answer.
Shaking his head Professor Roslund said "As the majority has said Astronomy is the study of celestial objects such as planets, stars, star clusters, nebulas and galaxys and phenomena that has its origins outside Earth’s atmosphere."
"Astronomy is one of the oldest sciences and people have been studying the night sky for several thousands of years it began with the Babylonians, Greeks and Mayans or really any of the early civilizations.”
Sneaking a peek at his lesson plan Edvard continued after a moment. "Most of you have talked about planets. Can anyone name the planets in the solar system?"
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Nate raised his hand again. "Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. They ousted Pluto back in 2006."
Blink! Turning towards the Ravenclaw Quidditch Captain Professor Roslund said "Yes it is a school subject." he was totally thrown off guard by the claws answer.
Shaking his head Professor Roslund said "As the majority has said Astronomy is the study of celestial objects such as planets, stars, star clusters, nebulas and galaxys and phenomena that has its origins outside Earth’s atmosphere."
"Astronomy is one of the oldest sciences and people have been studying the night sky for several thousands of years it began with the Babylonians, Greeks and Mayans or really any of the early civilizations.”
Sneaking a peek at his lesson plan Edvard continued after a moment. "Most of you have talked about planets. Can anyone name the planets in the solar system?"
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"There was 9 planets, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto, but astronomers decided that Pluto was a lot smaller than the other 8 planets, so demoted it, so to speak, to a dwarf planet, therefore changing the 'Big 9' to the 'Big 8'." said Willow, slightly satisfied with her answer. If only she remembered what year poor Pluto got demoted! She didn't think it was very fair, imagine how bad Pluto felt, if it did have feelings. She wouldn't like it if someone did that to her, because of her 153cm...
Sneaking a peek at his lesson plan Edvard continued after a moment. "Most of you have talked about planets. Can anyone name the planets in the solar system?"
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Rory's hand shot straight into the air. This was the easiest question and there's no way to get this one wrong. "Technically, there are eight planets known as Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars..." Rory paused. Which one came first, Jupiter or Saturn? Oh, never mind. "Uh, Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, and Neptune." he continued, counting each planet on his fingers to ensure he had gotten them, which he had. "However, years ago, there used to be nine planets. The ninth having the name of...Bluto? Suto? Something like that." Whatever. That planet seemed like a total drag in Rory's mind.
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Tiffany thought for a while. She had learned it before when she was studying at her muggle school. She put up her hand and answered,"The Solar System is about the Sun and its planetary system and it can be divided as the Inner part and the outer part."she smiled and continued."But actually there are eight planets in the solar system and they are Mercury, Mars, Venus, Earth which is in the inner part of the solar system, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune which is in the outer part of the solar system."She sat down and was quite satisfied with her answer.
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Kennedy's forehead creased in thought. Hmm, all the planets...well, there was that big one, then that one with rings, and the one with many moons, then the one that was close to the sun and this one, the one with life in it; Earth. He raised his hand, feeling confident about his answer, "Well, in this Solar System there is: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune." Yeah, and he didn't mention Pluto since that had been revoked years ago.
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Sneaking a peek at his lesson plan Edvard continued after a moment. "Most of you have talked about planets. Can anyone name the planets in the solar system?"
Hmm. Name the planets?
... That easy, huh? Sierra smirked to herself then raised her hand. "Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune," she recalled. It was something she'd known by memory since her homeschooling days. She mentally rolled her eyes and all the people mentioning Pluto. Had the professor asked for dwarf plants? Noooo. He'd asked for planets.
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Planets?Something as easy as listing the planets.The professor had to be kidding them right?That seemed a little but too basic.His hand shot up in the air like a bullet.Adam knew everyone had answered the same common ones but he added,"Well,didn't they take off Pluto from the list of planets?Wasn't it smaller than it's own moon,so the big guys didn't consider it one."Ever since he had heard about it,the declassification of the planet,although it didn't bother him it just confused Adam as to why they needed to do that. "Anyways there's Mars,Venus,Mercury,Uranus,Earth,Jupiter,Saturn an Neptune..In my book."
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Rory's hand shot straight into the air. This was the easiest question and there's no way to get this one wrong. "Technically, there are eight planets known as Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars..." Rory paused. Which one came first, Jupiter or Saturn? Oh, never mind. "Uh, Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, and Neptune." he continued, counting each planet on his fingers to ensure he had gotten them, which he had. "However, years ago, there used to be nine planets. The ninth having the name of...Bluto? Suto? Something like that." Whatever. That planet seemed like a total drag in Rory's mind.
She listened as a boy next to her had answered the question directed to the class. She couldn't help but giggle when he was speaking about the supposedly ninth planet.
"It's Pluto. Not Bluto or Suto." she told him when he sat down.
Edvard couldn’t help but smile as little Indiana was the first one who shot up her hand to answer. Listening he nodded “Astronomy is indeed about stuff in outer space like planets and stars.” The stuff was is you were picky planets, stars, meteors and so on.
The next person in line to answer was a Gryffindor boy. “Yes in astronomy we study celestial bodies in the universe like planets, nebulas and galaxies to name a few things.” It was a part of the definition of astronomy so the lion boy would get credit for his answer.
Eddie turned his attention to a student whom he initially had taken for a girl. Now that snake house member spoke up it was clear that it was boy and nothing else. Good way to stuff up, Professor he chided himself before responding to the answer. “You are right! In Astronomy we study stars and planets but there are much more to the field you might think. It’s not just about stars and planets it’s so much more than that.” Eddie wanted to elaborate there and then but stopped himself.
The next student to put her answer into the cauldron was a claw girl who was the first one to mention comets. “Good, you seem to have gotten the gist of it and it’s nice that you mention comets. Comets are usually mixed up with meteors.”
Here was one who was really trying to think and not just read the textbook definition.“ You are on the right track dear! The history of something always plays a big part in how we view something today or how much we know about it like for example the moon.” Edvard said encouragingly. He wasn’t going to go deeper about the moon since that was a topic for a totally different lesson.
Science? Edvard blinked for a second and then smiled at the snake girl “Yes your right in astronomy we do study stars, planets and galaxies but I wouldn’t call it a science since that is a muggle term which I feel is just a big fancy word.”
It was nice to see that so many made the effort to be active despite the late hour. “Very good answer dear!” Someone must have been studying before class to be extra prepared. Edvard liked that trait in his students even if it was so far only snakes that showed it.
Turning in the direction of the boy that spoke next Edvard gave a small nod of approval as the boy gave a short answer but fully good answer to his question. The boy seemed to be yearning for something more advanced.
Another student that had done some studying before class, “Good answer!” Edvard said as he directed the word to the next student.
“Constellations?” Edvard supplied the young boy helpfully. It had sounded like the word the little snake had been searching for but not finding. “Very good and yes astronomy is exactly the study of stars, planets, galaxies and more.”
The next claw in line to answer also mentioned science as he explained what astronomy studied. It was becoming clearer and clearer that the students were very influenced by the muggle world. “Good answer!” Edvard replied.
Another claw followed that gave a short answer without much detail but in most he was correct. “Yes astronomy is the study of things beyond Earth but I’d like us to be precise about what things are.” Eddie said.
A badger girl brought up a question which needed an answer “Satellites are made by men and they are a tool we use to study the earth and other things in space. Satellites help us explore so yes you are right. Satellites don’t count.” He made a mental note of the rest of the badgers answer to award points later.
“I see. You are on the right track dear.” Astronomy was though a pretty broad subject even if you could hardly see it by the definition of what the subject was set to study.
Zodiac studies and divination! Holding up his hand to quiet the students Edvard said “If you want to learn about divination and how you divine meaning out of space you will have to talk to the resident divination professor, Thereos. Also zodiac studies lands under Astrology and that is not my field to teach, but otherwise a good definition.”
“Black holes and strings are interesting occurrences but topics for other lessons, good definition though dear.” Edvard said before scribbling a not on a piece of parchment.
When the next claw boy started talking Edvard wondered how he would answer. He was surprised. The boy gave a very plausible definition. “Very good,” Professor Roslund mused the answers seemed to be getting better and more detailed with more time to think.
Edvard saw the enthusiasm and eagerness in the boy’s eyes as he gave his answer. He had really thought it through. “Good, good, we are going to talk more about history and how the movement of celestial bodies affects our daily lives, but that will be in another lesson.” He was so happy that the students were making efforts to make the lesson good.
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Professor Roslund at first didn’t understand the badgers answer but when he did he smiled at her “Good job. We will talk a little about Earth in our lesson today.”
“That is true. Good job.” Had the snake been studying or had she remembered something which his predecessor had taught them in a previous lesson? No matter it was good that the greek background was explained.
When the snake girl trailed off Edvard feared that she had lost track of what she had wanted to say but she hadn’t. Instead she provided him with a decent definition. “Nice definition.”
The next one to speak was the lion prefect and she gave a very detailed explanation “Excellent answer, prefect Hollingberry!”
Laughing warmly as the next Slytherin gave her contribution Edvard said “We will definitely be learning all about space junk. Good definition by the way.” Space junk, he was definitely going to use that word in the future.
SPOILER!!: All good answers, points noted
A school subject!
Blink! Turning towards the Ravenclaw Quidditch Captain Professor Roslund said "Yes it is a school subject." he was totally thrown off guard by the claws answer.
Shaking his head Professor Roslund said "As the majority has said Astronomy is the study of celestial objects such as planets, stars, star clusters, nebulas and galaxys and phenomena that has its origins outside Earth’s atmosphere."
"Astronomy is one of the oldest sciences and people have been studying the night sky for several thousands of years it began with the Babylonians, Greeks and Mayans or really any of the early civilizations.”
Sneaking a peek at his lesson plan Edvard continued after a moment. "Most of you have talked about planets. Can anyone name the planets in the solar system?"
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Luna's hand went straight up in the air ''We have eight planets in our solar syestem... Earth, Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, Neptune, Saturn, Uranus and Venus,''
''Unless you count Pluto which know was named a star not a planet,'' she finished
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Jez raised her hand again. "The planets in our solar system are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. Pluto is now classed as a dwarf planet." No, Jez didn't feel sorry for Pluto. It was a planet, a far-off ball of rock that didn't support life. No biggie. "Most of the planets are named after Roman gods, such as Venus, goddess of love, or Mars, god of warfare." Just some background info there.
Kurumi's hand shot up in the air. "There are eight planets in our solar system," she said with a slight giggle in her tone. How did she remember them all? Well, it had a little something to do with a television show she watched growing up along with her brother constantly rattling off facts. Well, mostly it had to do with the television show. "There four inner planets, Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars, along with four outer planets, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. Until 2006, Pluto had been considered a planet, but that title was revoked when a formal definition of a planet was established."
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Selina rose her hand in a heartbeat. She could name the planets in a heartbeat. When she was little her Aunt Jennette used to sing the song of all of the planets to her. It was quirky and weird, but spending time at Aunt Nettie's house was the best part of her childhood.
So she began to sing the song in her head. The Sun's a hot star, "Sir, it's the sun," Mercury's hot, too. "Mercury," Venus is the brightest, "Venus," Earth's home to me and you, "Earth," Mars is the red one, "Mars," and Jupiter's really wide, "Jupiter," Saturn's got those icy rings, "Saturn," And Uranus spins on its side, "Uranus," Neptune's really windy, "Neptune," and pluto's really small, " and Pluto, which is now known as a dwarf planet, not a real planet," Well we wanted to name the planets and now we've named them all, "That's all of them, sir."
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Jesifur had studied muggle astrology so she was familiar with the planets. She raised her hand, "Sir, The planets are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto."
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Oooh!! She always know this. Janice raised her hand and asnwered.
"There was Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto. But I think that Pluto isn't counted as a planet anymore because its orbit cuts Neptune's in half.
"The planets are named by Roman gods, like Jupiter is the biggest planet in the Solar System, hence is called Jupiter, the highest ranked Roman god; Venus, the god of love; and Neptune, the god of the sea, because ice covers most of Neptune's surface..."
Janice had most probably said too much stuff, but there's no turning back now.
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Ooo, I know this one! Both hands shot into the air again as Keefer eagerly awaited the Professor's attention. "You mean our solar system? Mercury, Venus, our own Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, and Uranus. Pluto used to be considered a planet, but it got demoted years ago to be a dwarf planet with Ceres, Eris, and others."
Keefer still thought of Pluto as a planet. The poor thing, getting disregarded like that!
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Uh-oh. Comets. She likee them. Though Beatrice isn't very fond of Astronomy, she was interested in comets and was hoping they would tackle that.
However, her expectations went down when the Professor had asked them all about planets. Oh well, she was a student and needs to follow instructions from the teacher. She shifted on her seat and raised her hand, "Professor, there are currently eight planets in the universe. Mars, Mercury, Earth, Venus, Jupiter, Neptune, Saturn, and Uranus." she answered. But that was definitely not on the correct order.
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"YES THAT!" Daichi exclaimed with a clap of his hands when the Professor brought up Constel...constell...wait what was it again..? He stared for a moment before shrugging his shoulders and leaned back in his chair.
He leaned back forward and rested his chin in both his hands and slipped one hand up at the next question. "There are eight planets in our solar system" he said as he tried to remember what he had read over the summer. "Mercury" he held one finger in the air. "Venus" two fingers. "Eh..Mars?" three fingers and now he was hungry for that muggle candy... "jupiter" fourth finger came up. "Saturday..no eh..Satorno...i think." he thought for a moment while biting his lower lip and raised his hand with the four fingers in the air again. "Uranus and Neptune!~"
He looked proud at his answer and smiled broadly. But then he looked at his fingers and saw only seven fingers "Earth?" he suddenly said and looked clueless because he wasn't sure if he was right.
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Her eyes were half closed until Professor Roslund asks another question. "Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. I'm not sure whether Pluto would still be considered as a planet," answered Aiden after putting up a hand. Yawns.
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Erin raised her hand and said, "There would be 8 major planets in the solar system, Professor," she paused for a split second, she'd recited this also at her Muggle school. "Starting from the inner ones would be Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune. There are also Ceres, Eris, Makemake and Haumea together with Pluto are called dwarf planets. "
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Raven raised her hand up and answer the question.
"There are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and.. I'm not sure Pluto still called a planet in our solar system."
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"Oh,oh!" Michelle raised her hand, excited to share the names of the planet.
"It's My Very Educated Mother Just Sent Us Nine Portkeys! Or Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus Neptune and Pluto!" she recited from memory.
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Louisa nodded her head as the teacher explained more about Astronomy. At his next question, she raised her hand just as enthusiastically as before, "There nine planets; The Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune." Those were the planets, "There are more than just planets in the solar system though like asteroids and comets. Right?"
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Oh.
Not a science. She'll have to keep that in mind.
At least the good part was that professor Roslund didn't get mad or anything, since most of the professors seemed to like to take points around there.
Anyway. Back to his question. "There's Pluto," her favourite, "even though it is not exactly considered a planet," more like a tiny planet, but it was still her favourite. "Neptune," Nora went on, still with her hand in the air, but she eventually let it fall back down, "Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Earth, Venus and Mercury."
And yes, she knew she started with the last one, but she did that on purpose, since it was her favourite. Hehe.
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All the planets?
They have to enumerate all of it? Jonathan barely knows 5. This is quite a problem. He did read an astronomy book before. The most basic knowledge about it is knowing all the planets. Well, now that he is recalling it, he thinks he can remember it in a way but he's not completely sure of it.
In a random guess, Jonathan answered "Mars... Neptune...uhmmm... Jupiter." that's the three planets he had memorized. "Sa--saturn? Venus... Pluto" he wasn't sure if that were correct. He looked down this time. What else? Was he still missing more or has he said it all? "Mer" yeah, there is a 'mer' something too. "Mercury and Uranus?" he smiled and of course the most obvious answer of all, which he failed to say in the first place..."EARTH"
Was there still more? Jonathan can't seem to remember more of it. How many planets are there again?
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Being pretty sure of this one, Ashley raised his hand. He wasn't sure if he was supposed to just say one, or all of them, so he went with all of them. "The planets are mercury, venus, earth, mars, jupiter, saturn, uranus and neptune. There used to be pluto, but it got demoted. Also, there might be more planets, but they haven't been discovered yet."
Well, he had read that somewhere.
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Yes! Another easy question! Jenny smiled as her hand went straight into the air. This was going to be a fun class...
"There's Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars..." Here, Jenny paused to take a deep breath. "...Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune." She nodded. "And then there are the dwarf planets in the solar system, such as Pluto." Jenny added hastily.
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Name the planets, huh? She raised her hand and answered Well, there's Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto isn't really considered a planet anymore, well, more like a dwarf planet.
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The what? Planets? Okay, it's just the solar system. Relax, Ellie.
Okay. So the SUN overheated a thermometer and it exploded Mercury all over. Venus and Mars were fighting over Earth because it was in between. Jupiter didn't like the noise and waved his three balled weapon as a message to the sun. The balls read. S.U.N. Then, there's little Pluto, the dog, chasing after a ball.
Hand in the air, she answered. "There are 8 planets in the solar system, professor. Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. There were 9 in 2006, but Pluto was demoted to a dwarf planet."
Then she lowered her hand, very proud of her answer.
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Adanna's hand shot up. She'd been in a daydream-esque daze up until this point, soaking up the atmosphere and information. "In order from the sun it's Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. Some still count Pluto, even though it's not technically a planet anymore. There's some sort of sentence to help remember the order of the planets, but I don't recall what it is. Quite ironic, acutally." This last part was said a bit under her breath. Well, it was a bit funny, actually. Forgetting something to help you remember? Typical for Adanna, really.
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Kaiya's hand shot up in the air. It's a good thing Kaiya is into planets, she could name every single one. " Well, proffessor, There are 8 planets. There is Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. Pluto was a planet until 2006, when it was caterogized as a dwarf planet." Kaiya answered.
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Riiight- I know I read about planets and stuff in some book..., Gwendolyn thought, not remembering that she had only picked the Astronomy book in the library, checked out its cover and then placed it back. 'There's... Earth...', the second year started saying. Duh- that was so obvious! Mars. Venus, Saturn... uh... what else?, the girl thought. Now- what was their order?U-huh!, she finally remembered! I know there was a thing someone told me about how to remember the names of the planets... that sentance with the first letters of each word- 'My Very Easy Method Just Speeds Up Naming Planets' Something like that... So...'I mean...Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and maybe also Pluto?', the girl finally said.
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Planets of Solar System... Phew! That was an easy question for now...
Ira raised her hand and answered, "The planets in order from the sun are, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.. There is also a dwarf planet called Pluto beyond Neptune, but it is not included in the list of main planets"
Satisfied with her answer Ira sat down and waited for the lecture to continue
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Well, since EVERYONE had managed to spew out replies before her - Ryden MIIIIGHT have been not concentrating for a moment there, just a tad - she felt very silly raising her hand and answering as well. But she wanted to show the professor that she knew them too. She DID. "There are eight planets in our solar system, professor," Ryden said, her hand raised as she counted them off in her head. "In the order from closest to the sun to the furthest; Mercury, Venus, Mars, our Earth - those are the inner planets - then Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Pluto, the body after Neptune and furthest from the sun, used to be a planet about seventy years ago, until they decided it didn't meet the criteria," the blond stated, EYING those ones who seemed to not know. It had been SUCH a long time ago! Psht.
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"Thank you Professor" Harvey smiled
Harvey put up his hand
"Mars, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto." Harvey smiled he knew that much having done Science at Muggle school
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Originally Posted by BanaBatGirl
"The planets are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, and sometimes Pluto, though it's really more of a dwarfy thingie." Even Tori had learned the planets under her tutor's tutelage. "You can remember the planets with the mnemonic device, 'My Very Excellent Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas.' Though of course you would take off the P for Pizzas if you aren't counting Pluto."
She beamed up at the professor. He'd liked her 'space junk' answer; maybe he'd like this one too?
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Originally Posted by Jason Potter Weasley
William raised his hand. " The planets are Neptune, Saturn, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Uranus. Jupiter And Mars" Wiliam told the professor." Also Pluto was a planet, but the sceintists downgraded it to a dwarf planet" William said to the professor.
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Originally Posted by ToujoursPur
Cael smirked when he heard the next question, sure that they were about to be inundated with laments about Pluto from their fellow classmates. "The planets currently include Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and used to include Pluto. However, astronomers now classify it and others as dwarf planets and thus, not part of the big eight. You can use the mnemonic My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Noodles, to remember the order."
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"Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune," Violet rattled off, in what suddenly sounded to her like a rather swotty voice--was she really that obnoxious? She would have to watch that. "And Pluto, too, only it got demoted and isn't a planet anymore," she continued, remembering how worked up her Muggle uncle had been over that, "but I think it should be." She had always rather liked the lonely planet with its erratic orbit, way out there at the edge of the galaxy. Now it wasn't considered good enough to be a real planet--just like her pure-blood relatives didn't think she was good enough to be a real witch.
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Originally Posted by anolan807
Minerva raised her hand "Professor there is Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mar, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. In school we learned that Pluto was a planet until 2006 when it was considered a Dwarf Planet." Minerva realized what she was saying and looked around. "Well I was meaning in muggle school of course." She forgets sometimes that not everyone had went to muggle school.
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Originally Posted by HazelStone101
Jayden knew this one, she raised her hand and answered confidently "Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune... and Pluto which was a planet for a time... but then was changed to being a dwarf." She mused sadly. Poor Pluto...
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Originally Posted by lazykitty
Piece of cake. Who didn't know the planets? Except some didn't seem to know they'd demoted Pluto. Sky shook her head slightly. Poor Pluto. Sky recited, "Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune."
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Originally Posted by Lockhartian
Mmmhmmm. Planets. He knew those, pretty much everyone knew them, right? The Hufflepuff Prefect still raised his hand and spoke up their names, "There are eight planets in our Solar System...Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Pluto stepped into the 'dwarf planet' category with Ceres, Haumea, Makemake and Eris." Simply true. Yet he believed Pluto ought to be a planet still. Never mind the fact that its characteristics and size made it belong somewhere else.
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Originally Posted by EastonionNW
Nate raised his hand again. "Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. They ousted Pluto back in 2006."
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Originally Posted by sarah.kate13
"There was 9 planets, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto, but astronomers decided that Pluto was a lot smaller than the other 8 planets, so demoted it, so to speak, to a dwarf planet, therefore changing the 'Big 9' to the 'Big 8'." said Willow, slightly satisfied with her answer. If only she remembered what year poor Pluto got demoted! She didn't think it was very fair, imagine how bad Pluto felt, if it did have feelings. She wouldn't like it if someone did that to her, because of her 153cm...
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Rory's hand shot straight into the air. This was the easiest question and there's no way to get this one wrong. "Technically, there are eight planets known as Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars..." Rory paused. Which one came first, Jupiter or Saturn? Oh, never mind. "Uh, Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, and Neptune." he continued, counting each planet on his fingers to ensure he had gotten them, which he had. "However, years ago, there used to be nine planets. The ninth having the name of...Bluto? Suto? Something like that." Whatever. That planet seemed like a total drag in Rory's mind.
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Tiffany thought for a while. She had learned it before when she was studying at her muggle school. She put up her hand and answered,"The Solar System is about the Sun and its planetary system and it can be divided as the Inner part and the outer part."she smiled and continued."But actually there are eight planets in the solar system and they are Mercury, Mars, Venus, Earth which is in the inner part of the solar system, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune which is in the outer part of the solar system."She sat down and was quite satisfied with her answer.
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Originally Posted by Bubbles
Kennedy's forehead creased in thought. Hmm, all the planets...well, there was that big one, then that one with rings, and the one with many moons, then the one that was close to the sun and this one, the one with life in it; Earth. He raised his hand, feeling confident about his answer, "Well, in this Solar System there is: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune." Yeah, and he didn't mention Pluto since that had been revoked years ago.
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Hmm. Name the planets?
...That easy, huh? Sierra smirked to herself then raised her hand. "Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune," she recalled. It was something she'd known by memory since her homeschooling days. She mentally rolled her eyes and all the people mentioning Pluto. Had
the professor asked for dwarf plants? Noooo. He'd asked for planets.
She hated Dictionary Eaters, and that's what she called the likes of Kurumi Hollingberry.
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Planets?Something as easy as listing the planets.The professor had to be kidding them right?That seemed a little but too basic.His hand shot up in the air like a bullet.Adam knew everyone had answered the same common ones but he added,"Well,didn't they take off Pluto from the list of planets?Wasn't it smaller than it's own moon,so the big guys didn't consider it one."Ever since he had heard about it,the declassification of the planet,although it didn't bother him it just confused Adam as to why they needed to do that. "Anyways there's Mars,Venus,Mercury,Uranus,Earth,Jupiter,Saturn an Neptune..In my book."
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She listened as a boy next to her had answered the question directed to the class. She couldn't help but giggle when he was speaking about the supposedly ninth planet. "It's Pluto. Not Bluto or Suto." she told him when he sat down.
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Originally Posted by Orla
Luna's hand went straight up in the air ''We have eight planets in our solar syestem... Earth, Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, Neptune, Saturn, Uranus and Venus,'' ''Unless you count Pluto which know was named a star not a planet,'' she finished
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Originally Posted by Jezabel Black
Jez raised her hand again. "The planets in our solar system are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. Pluto is now classed as a dwarf planet." No, Jez didn't feel sorry for Pluto. It was a planet, a far-off ball of rock that didn't support life. No biggie. "Most of the planets are named after Roman gods, such as Venus, goddess of love, or Mars, god of warfare." Just some background info there.
Edvard beamed from ear to ear as student after student recited the planets in almost the exact order. "Good job everyone! I’m very pleased to see that you have remembered the planets of our solar system." Would they be thourough when they handed in the homework assignment later? He paused for a moment and then continued "The Sun as some of you mentioned is not a planet it’s a star. Otherwise the eight planets of the solar system are Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Mars, Uranus, Neptune, Earth and Saturn."
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Marilyn snickered...
THANK YOU, KURUMI and that muggle Japanese show! "Well, there's Venus..."
The blonde wanted to start humming the tune to Sailor Moon so bad...Fighting evil by moonlight...
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BEAM.
Yes, she was TOTALLY going to pass Astronomy this term. The class and the OWL. How had she not realized before now how easy it was?
And another easy question. "Earth's a planet. That's the one we live on." In case the pretty Professor didn't know.
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See? This was the easiest class in Hogwarts. That's why Nikolas loved it.
Name the planets. Again an easy question, he wasn't sleepy anymore and all his attention turned to the class because Astronomy was now...his favorite class. Hehe. But everyone already named the planets and repeating it again was boring. Instead he said "Besides the planets that have been mentioned, there are also dwarf planets like Pluto" but for Nikolas, Pluto was still part of the Solar System not matter what they said.
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Originally Posted by dragon_star
Victoria smiled. She know all of the planets already. Name them all is like a piece of cake! "Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune." answered Victoria. "They used to think Pluto is a planet but then discovered that it is actually a dwarf planet." added Victoria after a few seconds of thoughtful thinking.
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Originally Posted by Starbreeze
Eino raised his hand. "Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are the eight planets, but aren't other celestial bodies, like Pluto, considered to be Dwarf Planets?" So did that mean it was a planet, but a tiny planet, or half a planet? He wasn't entirely sure if it was solely its size that classified it as a Dwarf planet, but it could also be other criteria. Hopefully the professor didn't mind the question, he hadn't even planned on asking it just kind of came out.
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Marie wasn't going to even bother with answering this question. Really, what was the point when everyone was blurting out basically the same answer? Not wanting to loose points for not participating though she raised her hand and tried to answer just a tiny bit differently than everyone else had, if that was even possible with this question. "Sir, the solar system consists of the sun, which is circled by eight planets which are: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune. That is the order in which they orbit, or circle around the sun. There use to be a ninth planet called Pluto but a long time ago someone decided it was too small to be considered a planet... or something like that."
Putting her hand down she sat there listening to what everyone else had to say. She knew there were other things out there like moons, many dwarf planets (or plutoids), an asteroid belt, comets, meteors, and other... stuff. She just didn't bother with mentioning any of that as it was only the planets that were asked about.
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Alyssa was glad that her answer hadn't been a wrong one. Now on to the next question. She listened to those who had answered before her. Since there were the same planets in the solar system, her answer would be the same. But she was sure that even though he would be hearing the same answers over and over again, he would still appreciate student participation.
So she raised her hand and answered."The planets in the solar system are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Pluto used to be considered a planet when it was discovered back in 1930 but some Muggle Planetary organization back in 2006, recategorized poor Pluto as a dwarf planet because it was discovered that it was actually one of many bodies within the then newly identified Kuiper belt. Why they didn't discover that earlier, who knows. But when they removed Pluto, there was a huge outcry especially from the teaching Academy in the Muggle community because now they had to change all their teaching material!"
Among the first to answer was Ms Force from Slytherin and Ms Stone of Ravenclaw. "Yes Venus is a planet and so is Earth dears." He responded before waiting to for them to recite more planets but they never came, oddly enough. Had he worded the question wrongly?
Scratching his head absent mindedly Edvard was glad when Mr Agger, Mr Uronen, Ms Potter and Ms DeCour broke his trail of thoughts. "You are all correct. Pluto is now classified as a dwarf planet after they changed the requirements for being considered a planet back in 2006. It almost lead to a riot in the academic world since the change in classification meant that the teachers had to change the curriculum."
"Another important fact to remember which Miss Slazar brought up is that all the planets orbit around the sun which is the heart of the solar system." Allowing the student’s time to take down notes Edvard went over and opened the cup boards to look at the state of the telescopes. They seemed to be in working order.
A quick glance out the window showed him that it was high time to move on. Clapping his hands together to get the student’s attention he said "Right, can everyone take out their telescopes? It’s a perfect night to look at mercury so set up your telescopes in front of the windows and see if you can pin point mercury."
OCC: The next task is to RP taking out your characters telescope, and trying to find mercury in the sky. If your student didn’t bring a telescope then feel free to RP claiming one from the cupboard. Feel free to be as successful or not as you want with finding the planet. I don’t mind if you partner up either. Have fun with it! I will teach a spell to focus the telescope lens in my next post.
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A quick glance out the window showed him that it was high time to move on. Clapping his hands together to get the student’s attention he said "Right, can everyone take out their telescopes? It’s a perfect night to look at mercury so set up your telescopes in front of the windows and see if you can pin point mercury."
Eeeep they were going to look for Mercury?
Grinning like a silly child, Nora took her telescope out of her bag, and walked over to an empty window to set it up over there. It didn't even take her a long time, so she was more and more anxious about the idea.
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Leaning down, Thea extracted her telescope from her things. It was late, so she had just thrown it in. Plonking it on the table, tounge sticking out, the second year tried to assemble the silly thing. 'Grr..' Eventually she had it standing up.
Smiling slighlty at Daichi incase she had scared him with her growling, she pressed her eye to her telescope. After five minutes she had found nothing. Nada. ZERO. Apart from stars.. and again they were annoying. Sitting up there.. twinkling. Rubbing a hand across her face, Thea sighed. Wow. This was making her grumpy. Turning to Daichi, she smiled again. 'Can you find anything?! Apart from flipping stars..' She added, grumbling.
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Originally Posted by Nordic Witch
A quick glance out the window showed him that it was high time to move on. Clapping his hands together to get the student’s attention he said "Right, can everyone take out their telescopes? It’s a perfect night to look at mercury so set up your telescopes in front of the windows and see if you can pin point mercury."
OCC: The next task is to RP taking out your characters telescope, and trying to find mercury in the sky. If your student didn’t bring a telescope then feel free to RP claiming one from the cupboard. Feel free to be as successful or not as you want with finding the planet. I don’t mind if you partner up either. Have fun with it! I will teach a spell to focus the telescope lens in my next post.
Raven took her telescope from her bag. Then she tried to find Mercury.
"Professor." said her. "Which one is Mercury? I just saw stars and moon there."
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