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Was Pluto a satellite of Neptune?

Recently (August 2006), demoted from major planets to minor planets, Pluto, more than 5,8 million km away from us, revolves around the Sun in an orbit inclined to the plane of the orbits of all other planets by 17 ° and so elongated that from time to time enters the orbit of its 16 times larger neighbor Neptune. Therefore, some astronomers believe that once Pluto could be its satellite.

Author: Mendeleev V.A.

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How did Hephaestus take revenge on his mother, who threw him from Olympus immediately after birth?

In Greek mythology, Hephaestus is the god of fire and blacksmithing. Some consider Hephaestus the son of Zeus and Hera, while others argue that Hera gave birth to Hephaestus without the participation of Zeus - in retaliation for the birth of Athena from his own head.

One way or another, but Hephaestus was born so frail that Hera, in order not to be tormented by the miserable sight that her son was, decided to throw him off the top of Olympus. The fall ended quite well for Hephaestus: he fell into the sea, where Thetis and Eurynome immediately rushed to his aid. They settled him in a deep cave, where Hephaestus subsequently built his first forge. In gratitude for the kindness, he made a lot of jewelry and various useful things for his rescuers.

Hephaestus harbored anger at his mother for a long time and finally decided to take revenge on her. He forged a golden throne of extraordinary beauty and sent it to Hera. She was delighted with a gift worthy of the queen of gods and people. However, as soon as she sat on the throne, indestructible fetters wrapped around her. Hera was chained to the throne, and the rest of the gods could not help her.

Hephaestus was urgently brought to Olympus, but all the requests of the gods to him were in vain. And only when the cunning Dionysus gave Hephaestus a fair amount of fragrant wine, he, drunk, forgot the offense and freed his mother. After that, Hephaestus remained to live on Olympus.

According to another version, Hera noticed a brooch made by Hephaestus on Thetis' chest and asked where she got such a treasure. Seeing the confusion of Thetis, Hera insisted that she tell the whole truth - and at the same moment returned Hephaestus to Olympus.

One way or another, but Hera did her best to make amends with her son: she built a forge for him better than the previous one, where twenty horns did not fade for a moment, and even arranged his wedding with Aphrodite.

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