... The Traditional Seasons of Pohnpei . Using Your Solar Motion Demonstrator. ... Since the Earth rotates quickly (1,000 miles an hour at the equator), centrifugal ... would if it weren't spinning, but rotation stabilizes the top -- and the result is ...
... In this regard, he has noted that the behavior of various objects in our own solar system -- in particular the resonances between their rotation and orbital periods -- when applied to some of the newly discovered extrasolar planets, strongly suggests that ...
... As the Earth rotates on its axis, that dark shadow seems to sweep across our planet, creating a path of total darkness. ... Observers must be within that path, called the path of totality, at the right time, to see a total solar eclipse. ...
... Using solar oscillation data, scientists derived for the first time the thermal and dynamic properties of the solar interior and revealed its complicated rotation patterns; even such astronomical mysteries as the deficit of solar neutrinos were solved. ...
... in orbit, the mass of the companion can be determined -- it is about 10 solar masses ... companion is a black hole of about 10 solar masses -- the corpse of a massive star ...
... During this time, Halley's cloud was one of the largest structures in our solar system. ... While astronomers had strongly suspected that the comet rotates and had even made an estimate of its rotation rate from ...
... Jewel of the Solar System . Know Your ABCs . Blandness is Skin-Deep . Activity: A Grapefruit Saturn . ... This rapid rotation has bulged the planet at the equator and compressed it at the poles. ...
... This nearly 1100 degrees F "daily'' temperature swing is the largest of any planet in the solar system. ... Because Mercury's rotation and revolution are locked in a 3:2 relationship, a Mercurian day, from noon to succeeding noon ...
... of Uranus's motion is that the planet is rotating "on its side ... The planets in our solar system generally circle the Sun in a ... We are not sure why Uranus rotates on its side. ... early in the history of the solar system, one large chunk of ...