New Horizons launched on January 19, 2006, and itâll reach Pluto on July 14, 2015. Do a little math and youâll find that it has taken 9 years, 5 months and 25 days. The Voyager spacecraft did the distance between Earth and Pluto in about 12.5 years, although, neither spacecraft actually flew past Pluto.
Sparta (Doric Greek: ÏÏÎ¬ÏÏÎ±, SpÃ¡rtÄ; Attic Greek: ÏÏÎ¬ÏÏÎ·, SpÃ¡rtÄ) was a prominent city-state in ancient Greece. In antiquity the city-state was known as Lacedaemon (Î»Î±ÎºÎµÎ´Î±Î¯Î¼ÏÎ½, LakedaÃ­mÅn), while the name Sparta referred to its main settlement on the banks of the Eurotas River in Laconia, in south-eastern Peloponnese. Around 650 BC, it rose to become the dominant military land-power in ancient Greece.
Sparta, TN. Sponsored Topics. Sparta is a city in White County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 4,599 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of White County. It was the hometown of Lester Flatt of the bluegrass music legends Flatt and Scruggs.