Phosphorus (morning star) Phosphorus (morning star) Phosphorus (Greek "Phōsphoros") is the Morning Star, the planet Venus in its morning appearance. Φαοσφόρος ("Phaosphoros") and Φαεσφόρος ("Phaesphoros") are forms of the same name in some Greek dialects. This celestial object was named when stars and planets were not always distinguished with modern precision. Another Greek name for the Morning Star is Heosphoros (Greek "Heōsphoros"), meaning "Dawn-Bringer". The form Eosphorus is sometimes met in English, as if from Ἠωσφόρος ("Ēōsphoros"), which is not actually found in Greek literature, but would be the form that Ἑωσφόρος would have in some dialects. As an adjective, the Greek word
Tunnel in the Sky Tunnel in the Sky Tunnel in the Sky is a juvenile science fiction novel by American writer Robert A. Heinlein, published in 1955 by Scribner's as one of the Heinlein juveniles. The story describes a group of students sent on a survival test to an uninhabited planet, who soon realise they are stranded there. The themes of the work include the difficulties of growing up and the nature of man as a social animal. The novel is set in the future, when Malthusian overpopulation on Earth has been averted by the invention of teleportation, called the "Ramsbotham jump", which is