Geek Fact for January 21st

By Judy Novotny / 01/21/2012 / 1 Comment / Geek Facts

In 1979, Neptune became the outermost planet as Pluto moved closer to the Sun.

Back in the days when Pluto was still a planet, Neptune began a 20-year run as the outermost planet in the solar system as Pluto’s elliptical orbit carried it closer in to the Sun.

Learn more at http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2008/01/dayintech_0121

In 1665, Pierre de Fermat, a French mathematician, died at age 63.

Along with Rene Descartes, Fermat is considered to be one of the fathers of analytic geometry. He is also considered to be one of the founders of probability theory.

Learn more at http://math.about.com/library/blfermatbio.htm

About The Author

Judy Novotny

Judy is a computer veteran with 30 years of experience. She has owned everything from a TRS-80, Apple IIe and various Windows-based PCs. She is currently living in her Apple ecosystem at home consisting of an iPhone, iPad, iMac, MacBook, Apple TV, iPod nano and two Time Capsules. She is a fan of all things mobile since she got her first Palm Pilot in 1999. Check out her iPad app, Number Wizard, in the App Store. Follow her on Twitter @junovotech or at Junovo.com.

1 thought on “Geek Fact for January 21st”

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01/23/2012 at 5:46 am

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