A New Planet Astronomers have found evidence of what could be a ninth planet in the outer solar system. They say that the planet, probably a gas giant like Jupiter or Saturn, was thrown off the Sun's ecliptic plane thousands of years ago. All the planets in our solar system orbit the Sun in this plane or zone, however the new planet, named Planet 9, has a slightly elongated orbit. This planet's orbit lies very far away from the Sun. In fact, it would take Planet 9 between 10,000 and 20,000 years to go around the Sun just one time. Astronomers have not actually seen Planet 9, but other sources of research have convinced them that such a planet definitely exists. Because Planet 9 has a mass that is 10 times that of Earth's, astronomers are certain that Planet 9 will indeed be classified as a planet rather than a dwarf planet, like Pluto. In the process of Planet 9's discovery, researchers also discovered a cluster of smaller KBOs or Kuiper Belt Objects. These are a very large band of rocky and icy objects found beyond the orbit of Neptune in the solar system. This belt is comparable to the large body of rocks of different shapes and size ranging from dwarf planets to dust particles found between Mars and Jupiter called the asteroid belt. Astronomers believe that Planet 9 herds these KBOs, because their perihelion, or closest point to the Sun, in their course (or orbit) matches that of Planet 9's.

Based on the context of this passage,
A. an orbit is the time taken by a planet to revolve around the Sun
B. the distance between Jupiter and Saturn
C. the shape of the path taken by a planet
D. the periodic path taken by a planet or space object

i’m writing a memoir and i’ve been given the great suggestion of placing a ‘sub-narrative’ within some of the chapters – sort of, what was going on with me in the grand scheme of things.

i was wondering how to format this so that it is very obvious we are stepping out the of story.

firstly is a change in font from serif to sans workable? i also use dashes for a scene change. was thinking of using a different scene-changer too.

here’s a (shortened) example:

university – or what’s known as ‘uni’ in australia – were some of the best days of my life. where else do you get to potter around in a great location, have very little responsibility, learn lots of things, do lots of things and walk out four years later with a bonus – a degree!

with my university years i had immersed myself into community of intelligent ambitious people. generally everyone had a confidence about themselves. they knew where they were going in life and weren’t threatened by others.

—–

next normal paragraph continues here…

(sorry couldn’t show the fonts in this comment field)

too much?

it was the fourth thursday of november and cassey headed down to the woods to pick up the mushrooms mother had told her to to complement the turkey the family was going to have as they did every day.

she usually sweapt the floors and went for water, but today that task was asked to her younger sister since matthew, the only boy, had gone to the town with father in order to find cheap fabrics to make clothes.

the shoe business was not being as profitable as before, so they had decided to make clothes to sell in the village.

today there would not be time to play with mary, her neighbour and friend, to play to be still in water, a game that was not only part of the fun in the village, but also very useful if there happened to be an acciddent when she had to cross the shore by boat, as she had to at least twice a week to visit grandma.

bored and uninterested in the task she had been imposed to do, cassey started to pull up the best mushrooms she could see. suddenly, something hard was found by her tender fingers. she couldn't believe her eyes: a gold ring crowned by a diamond appeared between her fragile fingers

before she had time to think what to do, a deep voice spoke at her back.

- i heard your mum asking you to pick up mushrooms for the turkey - said her beloved tom - would you collect mushrooms for me next day?

- yes, sure. are you planning to invite someone important? - cassey asked.

- of course. i'm planning to invite two families, mine and my wife's. will you marry me? - tom asked on his knees.

cassey looked at the ring, then at tom, and she felt the moisture in her eyes. she hugged him, kissed him and in those simple actions the answer of her life was implied.