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... Description . Catalog . ... In the Catalog, we publish equatorial (ЮБ 2000 , ЮД 2000 ) and galactic (l,b) coordinates of cluster centers derived as the position of overdensity in 2MASS catalog (Koposov et al. ... Distances, color-excesses and ages are the mean-square values calculated using all available evaluations from different color-magnitude diagrams. ... There are individual pages for every cluster where all available plots and parameters are published. ... 2002). ...

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TOOLS OF TEST GENERATION FOR SATELLITES CONTROL PROGRAMS Andrey Tyugashev, Ekaterina Myasnikova, Elena Sopchenko S.P. Korolyov Samara State Aerospace University (National Reseach University) The paper presents a research in the field of test automation for testing spacecraft control programs. ... Programmers or designers of spacecraft systems write tests manually. ... Tests are carried out by issuing the control actions on the spacecraft and condition monitoring systems parameters of the spacecraft. ...

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Among the fundamental characteristics of a material/medium such as chemical composition, density, conductivity, viscosity, one should probably give the first place to the optical constants - the refractive index and the extinction coefficient . ... The parameter i in Eq.(1) describes the optical properties of the medium where radiation propagates. ... The optical constants and allow one to estimate not only transmittance and absorption of radiation, but also its reflection at the border of two media. ...

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The stone meteorites. The nickel iron compound is in the most stone meteorites that is why the space stones are heavier than the terrestrial ones. But their main minerals are silicates (olivine and pirogues). The characteristic of the main type of the stone meteorites - hondrits - is the round formations into them - so called “honds”. ... Their origin is not clear yet. The internal structure of the stone meteorite . Back . ...

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... With the stars gamma Can and delta Can , it forms another asterisms called " the Asses and the Manger ". ... Formed by the stars delta Ori, epsilon Ori and zeta Ori ; in Latin America it is called the " Three Marys ". ... Built by the four stars alpha UMa, beta UMa, gamma UMa and delta UMa . ... Formed by the four stars alpha Del , beta Del , gamma Del and delta Del . ... Also on Orion; the belt stars ( delta Ori , epsilon Ori and zeta Ori ), the sword and eta Ori build up this asterism. ...

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... Main mirror assembly consists of: . mirror cell structure . ... relief mechanisms . ... central bed Main mirror is fixed in the mirror cell in axial direction by three rigid supports. ... The butt relief of main mirror is implemented according to Lassel and involves 18 relief mechanisms, three of which are replaced by rigid fixing supports after the adjustment. The side relief is similar with the relief mechanisms working in both directions since mounting points are glued to the mirror. ...

... the data are described accurately enough to allow an unambiguous interpretation of the data, as well as a comprehension of the context in which the data were acquired and/or processed; a single ascii file, named ReadMe , is designed for this role. the data are in a format which allows their usage by tools currently in usage in our discipline -- normally flat ascii files ; other formats can be accepted, but are converted into flat files. ... How to prepare the Data files . ... How to deposit the data...

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