... So the star, with the wan moon in its wake, marched across the Pacific, trailed the thunderstorms like the hem of a robe, and the growing tidal wave that toiled behind it, frothing and eager, poured over island and island and swept them clear of men. ...
... Barnard discovered Jupiter 's satellite Amalthea and Barnard's star, the second-nearest star system to the Sun. ... apex of the triangle is known as the leading Lagrange point or L4; the trailing apex is the trailing Lagrange point or L5 ...
... s satellite Amalthea and Barnard's star, the second-nearest star system to the Sun ... leading Lagrange point or L4; the trailing apex is the trailing Lagrange point or L5 ...
... The degree of brightness of a celestial body designated on a numerical scale, on which the brightest star has magnitude -1.4 and the faintest visible star has magnitude 6, with the scale rule such that a decrease of one unit represents an increase in ...
... Rays which reach your left and right eye from a distant star, on the other hand, are very close to parallel--they may meet somewhere at the star, at the same point (and then they converge) or separated points (and then they probably diverge), but the eye ...
... Rays which reach your left and right eye from a distant star, on the other hand, are very close to parallel--they may meet somewhere at the star, at the same point (and then they converge) or separated points (and then they probably diverge), but the eye ...
... Sun--not only when the comet approaches the Sun and its tail trails behind it, but also after it has passed the Sun and moves ... Robert Forward, science fiction author and physicist, has proposed the use of a solar sail in trips to the distant stars ...
... A drastea is one of the smallest moons in the solar system. streaks of Adrastea and a star 36k gif . from LANL . ... The image at left shows the trailing side. Discovery image (Thebe's shadow) 57k gif . Galileo images . from LANL . ...
... Sun--not only when the comet approaches the Sun and its tail trails behind it, but also after it has passed the Sun and moves ... Robert Forward, science fiction author and physicist, has proposed the use of a solar sail in trips to the distant stars ...
... Small trails of clouds trending east to west and large-scale structure east of the Great Dark Spot all suggest that waves are ... Numerous bright stars are evident in the background. Both rings are continuous. (Courtesy NASA/JPL) . Twisted Rings . ...