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... Variation of systematic errors for USNO A2 (in mas per year) 23 .914 0.082 0.250 0.418 0.586 0.753 0.921 1.089 1.257 1.425 1.593 4 4. 3. 3. 3. 3. 3. 3. 3. 3. 3. 15 ± 7± 1± 3± 3± 10 ± 10 ± 11 ± 6± 10 ± 12 ± and their errors USNO UCAC USNO UCAC A2.0 2 3 B1.0 4 (1998) (2006) (2003) (2012) 37 27 11 4 732 529 778 501 050 078 775 387 (34 610 829) (17 209 447) (9 744 401) () Distribution of observations ( ...

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... Kepler stars and planets are bigger than previously thought . ... In a new study using the National Optical Astronomy Observatory s (NOAO) Kitt Peak National Observatory Mayall 4-meter telescope, observations of a large sample of stars with candidate planets identified by the NASA Kepler mission have revealed that many of the stars, and hence their planets, are actually somewhat larger than originally thought. ... Only registered members of Astronomy.com are allowed to comment on this article. ...

Next: The equilibrium period Up: Evolution of Magnetic Rotators Previous: Evolution of Magnetic Rotators . Analysis of the nature of interaction of a magnetized star with the surrounding plasma allows us to write an approximate evolution equation for the angular momentum of a magnetic rotator in the general form (Lipunov, 1982a[ 98 ]) . where is a specific angular momentum applied by the accretion matter to the rotator. ... The evolution equation ( 4.10.2 ) is approximate. ...

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For circular orbits around Earth, we found . ... The distance of a satellite from the center of Earth in meters is an inconveniently big number, even before we raise it to the 3rd power. ... SQRT (25 638 838) = 5063.5 From this . ... T= 5063.5 seconds SQRT(r') 3 = 5063 sec r'SQRT=(r') . This is the practical form of Kepler's 3rd law for Earth satellites. ... International communication satellites are in the equatorial plane of the Earth and have orbits with a 24-hour period. ...

... 13, Moscow 119992, Russian Federation, e-mail: busarev@sai.msu.ru; 2 Research Institute Crimean Astrophysical Observatory, p/o Nauchnyi, Crimea 334413, Ukraine, e-mail: prok@crao.crimea.ua Summary: We propose a combined method of astronomical investigations of small or distant planets incorporating registration of a set of integral spectra of an object and their frequency analysis. ... An application of the method is shown on example of asteroid 21 Lutetia. ... 6] Busarev V. V. (2002), Solar Sys. ...

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... During all period of our investigations Dr. N.Sumzina from the Institute of Applied Astronomy of RAS had prepared the Numbered Minor Planet positions from MPC Database for our processing with kind permission of the Director of Minor Planet Center Prof. Braian Marsden. ... Our extensive processing of the MPC data allows us to conclude that CCD observations of the Numbered and Unnumbered Minor Planets have the errors, sometimes very crude. ...

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