On November 1, 2002 . Thank you for joining us on this mission of exploration and discovery. A compact disc bearing your name will be included in one of the next Mars Exploration Rover-2003 missions that will explore the planet's surface in search of geologic evidence of water in Mars' past. Together, we will journey into space to discover and understand the many wonders of our universe. ... Associate Administrator . Office of Space Science . Certificate No. 3022995 . ...

... Fitting the observed dependence includes calculations of the polarization cross-sections averaged over particles orientation and size distribution, their normalization and the comparison of obtained dependencies with Serkowski's curve representing observational data for a chosen star. ... Variations of the polarization factors with wavelength are shown in Fig. 16 for homogeneous spheroidal particles with PF orientation. ... The distinction between prolate and oblate spheroids is also clearly seen. ...

Calcium/Sodium in the Milky Way . ... We map out calcium II sodium I absorption - corresponding to Fraunhofer H, K D lines - induced by both the interstellar medium and the circumgalactic medium of the Milky Way. ... We show that the abundance of sodium with respect to neutral hydrogen stays roughly constant in different environments, while that of calcium decreases with column density. ... Here we show the maps of calcium and sodium in the Milky Way based on the obtained data. ... Projects | ...

Guest Editorial , July 2006 . Past ? Present ? Future . ... SETI, the quest for reasonable signals from Space, is aimed at the Past. ... From here on Earth, we can say with good reason that conducting both searches (SETI) and transmission (METI) of reasonable signals, we appear poised just halfway between the Past and the Future: namely, in the Present! ... This editorial was submitted in response to Their Past, Our Future , by SETI League executive director emeritus H. Paul Shuch. ...

... 0 ) = Z '' '' 0 [(1 \Gamma '')'' 1=2 sin 2 i sin 2!] ... We use the similarity theory to present the non--dimensional period T \ Lambda of the evolution of the parameters '' and i as a product of the independent factors: T \ Lambda = \ Gamma (4=15)(a \ Gamma3 =2 \ Lambda =LD )jL c (c 1 ; c 2 )j. Here LD = Ї k \ Lambda a \ Gamma3 k \ Lambda '' \ Gamma3 =2 k Ї \Gamma1=2 \ Lambda is the non-- dimensional parameter of disturbances similarity dependent on the dynamical characteristics of the ...

The AstroGuide . ... AstroGuide | ... AstroGuide Listing . ... See many more Astronomy Listings by: Category or Alphabet . A club for members living south of Atlanta. They enjoy doing public observing and showing the night sky to all. We work with schools, scouts, etc. and enjoy presenting "sidewalk astronomy." Last Update October 26, 2004 . Listed Since October 26, 2004 . ... Web Site . ... Web . www.astronomy.net . ... dbHTML," "AstroGuide," "ASTRONOMY.NET" & "VA.NET" . ...

JSC History . ... NASA History . ... http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/history/oral_histories/iss.htm . ... http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/assembly/index.html . ... http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/crew/iss_crews.html . ... http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/crew/exp1/ex1logs.html . ... http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/timelines/2000/november/index.html . ... http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/index.html . ... http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/station/index.html . ...

Standard analog magnetograms (20 mm / sec) are presented in the form of digital images, . ... Observatory, . ... 1949 , 1950 , 1951 , 1952 , 1953 , 1954 . ... 1951 , 1952 , 1953 , 1954 , 1955 , 1956 , 1957 . ... 1950 , 1951 , 1952 , 1953 , 1954 , 1955 , 1956 , 1957 , . ... 1950 , 1951 , 1952 , 1953 , 1954 , 1955 , 1956 , . ... The project was conducted in 2003 by the International Council for Science ( "Rescue of Old Analogue Magnetograms by converting to digital images" , ICSU Grant–2003 Project). ...

Microsymposium 38, MS082, 2003 (A4 format) EVALUATING THE STRUCTURE OF THE SURFACE LAYER OF MERCURY. ... Photometric Analysis of the Lunar Surface Analogue. ... The phase function obtained directly on some segments of the lunar surface: 1- phase function of the Moon, 2 - phase function of Mercury, 3 - phase function of segments, converted to the lunar phase function system (correlation 0.8), 4 - phase function of segments, converted to the Mercurian phase function (correlation 0.9). ...

Kiselev A.A., Kiyaeva O.V., Izmailov I.S., Romanenko L.G., Shakht N.A., Kalinichenko O.A., Vasilkova O.O., Vasileva T.A., Poliakow E.V. (Pulkovo Observatory, Russia): Title: Results of reduction of photographic plates taken with 26-inch refractor in Pulkovo observatory Abstract: We present the results of narrow-field reduction for about 8000 photographic glass plates taken with the Pulkovo 26-inch refractor in the period from 1958 to 2007 years. ...

S.P.Korolev RSC Energia receives numerous questions and requests from agencies, companies and individuals from abroad to tell them about the Corporation's experience in the development of rocket and space systems for various purposes, about work performed by our organization together with other companies and organizations of this country, and about a comparative assessment of the costs of new systems development with respect to other similar projects. ... Official WEB-site of S.P.Korolev RSC Energia . ...

... The department was founded in late sixties by Prof. D.Ya.Martynov, who for many years was also the director of Sternberg Astronomical Institute. At present time, the head of the department is Prof. A.M.Cherepashchuk, a pupil of D.Ya.Martynov and his successor as the director of SAI. Since Prof. Martynov, the scientific activity of the department was primarily related to binary stars. ... The department consists of 15 members most of which have Ph.D. in Astrophysics. ...

... Globular cluster NGC 2808, elliptical galaxy NGC 2986, and the Sextans Dwarf . ... What would cause Earthт??s orbit to become more circular instead of its present elliptical orbit, and has this ever happened before? ... Gravitational interactions among the planets cause the ellipticities of the orbits to oscillate periodically by a few percent over millions of years. Get instant access to subscriber content on Astronomy.com! ... If you are already registered on Astronomy.com, please log in below. ...

P. Kolesnikov Sobolev Institute of Mathematics Novosibirsk, Russia pavelsk@math.nsc.ru Varieties of dialgebras and conformal algebras In this talk we present a natural relation between dialgebras (introduced by J.-L. Loday in [L]) and conformal algebras (by V.G. Kac [K]). ... We present a general and natural scheme how to define what is a variety Var of dialgebras corresponding to a given variety of ordinary algebras. ... A pseudo-algebra over H = k[T ] is exactly what is known as a conformal algebra. ...

... Main . ... The RadioAstron is an international space VLBI project led by the Astro Space Center of Lebedev Physical Institute in Moscow, Russia. ... List of organizations which were taken part in developing of the project and now support the RadioAstron mission is presented here . The RadioAstron Newsletter # 29 , July 18, 2015. RadioAstron Announcement of Opportunity - 4 for observations from July 2016 to June 2017 inclusive. ... 2.7, December 17, 2015 : English version. ... Main ASC . ...

Located at the Hidden Hollow Campground, near Mansfield, Ohio. and counting.. ... For those of you who dislike the outdoorsy camping thing, or if you want a little privacy there are several hotels within 7 miles of Hidden Hollow . Located at the intersection of I-71 and State Route 13 (about 10 minutes from Hidden Hollow ‘02) : . ... HERE IS A MAP: This map is of Central Ohio surrounding the I-71 exit to Hidden Hollow. ... Map of Hidden Hollow Camp Grounds . ... Hidden Hollow 2002 Forms . ...

... SUPER RATIO . ... On this page I will present the most important (on my opinion) idea on Intellegence Life in the Universe . ... On the problem of the Super Ratio in astrophysics" . ... As a matter of fact, this is the main problem of the modern natural science. ... Here I shall try to speak about the most important problem of the modern natural science, the problem which is undoubtedly, of more importance than discovery of Blacks Holes, creation of Grand Unification Theory or Artificial...

... The then president of the Society, Mr. Robert Burke, appointed a committee of eight or ten members, most of whom had made smaller mirrors, as an instrument committee, with Mr. Thorpe as chairman. ... Seriously, the best practicable solution seemed to be to build a machine to do the grinding and polishing. ... It was decided to grind the edges of the mirror to make it truly circular, as the rough cast glass was some 3/8 inch longer on one diameter than on the other. ...

... ISC Kosmotras . Top Management Founder of ISC Kosmotras - Dr. Vladimir A. Andreev News . ... Dr. Vladimir A. Andreev, Founder of ISC Kosmotras, Member of the Board . ... Peaceful and rational use of RS-20 ICBMs after their withdrawal from service with the Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) has been in the main focus of Dr. Andreev s attention since early 1990s. Dr. Andreev is one of the founders of an international cooperation program and process called the Dnepr Program . ... Dnepr Program . ...

The revision of the MASS/DIMM star catalogue N. Shatsky, V. Kornilov March 16, 2008 Abstract The compilation of the (updated) version of the MASS (MASS/DIMM) device target catalogue is described. ... Then the list was cleaned according to following criteria: I. Remove stars too faint for a MASS device. ... Here the color equation of the Sternb erg device was taken: M AS S mag = V mag + 0.45 (B - V ); stars with M AS S mag > 3.2 were removed. ... This was made based on the GCVS4.2 catalogue data. ...