back to "Astrology" . ... Russia under the Sign of Jackass . I'll venture to outspeak a truism: there is nowhere such a country except our Russia, where people zig and zag from one extremity to another. ... Lummy, where are the brain-convolutions of millions of people, who have been educated in secondary school? ... No, it is quite sufficient to be an average man with average intellect and average (secondary school) education. ... Another analogous question. ... and an average education . ...

Last updated 22 October 2004 by JCB . Width (arcsec) Location Material Note 0.9 DIS Steel 1.0 3.5m Storage Quartz 1.1 ?? 1.2 DIS Steel 2.0" occulting bar; unpolished near edges 1.5 DIS Steel 1.6 ?? Does this slit really exist?) ... Does this slit really exist?) 2.0 3.5m Storage Quartz 5.0 DIS Steel NOTES: 'Locations' were as of October 2004. DIS" refers to slits which remain permanently availablein the so-called default slit wheel. ...

... astro-ph . ... SAI VO . ... Whitespace-separated words are treated as AND ed. Show 10 50 100 articles per page in Full Compact mode . Normalized to: Reale, F. 84 article(s) in total . 303 co-authors, from 1 to 31 common article(s). ... Drake, J. J.. ... Huenemoerder, David P.. ... Jackson, Mark G.. ... Laming, J. Martin. ... Larsson, Josefin. Larsson, S.. ... Mariska, John T.. ... Page, M. J.. ... Raymond, John. ... Sadleir, John E.. ... Schattenburg, Mark. ... Weintraub, David A.. ...

... He's very active, very intelligent, a lot of fun ­ a lot of work, too, but I think that all goes along with the territory. ... I know when you planned your pregnancy you all were thinking Mike was going much later to the Space Station. ... I think we'll be doing a lot of video because that's easy for him to be able to see how the baby's growing. ... No, I'm just kidding! ... Derived from Renaissance origins, the artistic addition was the idea and creation of NBL Oceaneering Utility Diver Shanna Crew...

... HELD BETWEEN THE FIRST VISITING CREW (VC-1) AND JOURNALISTS . ... question to Tito): . You stated that you intend to go into business in space tourism. ... D. Tito: . ... Question to Tito): . ... Question to the combined crew): . ... As to any new cosmonaut we should explain certain things which a person cannot feel on the ground. ... All crew members treat me well and do everything so that I feel well aboard the International Space Station. ... Official WEB-site of S.P.Korolev RSC Energia . ...

Simple harmonic motion module constants implicit none integer , parameter :: dp = kind(1.0d0) integer , parameter :: num_eqn = 2 integer , parameter :: num_steps = 100 real (dp), parameter :: pi = 3.141592653589793d0 real (dp), parameter :: xstart = 0.0d0 real (dp), parameter :: xend = 10.0d0 real (dp), parameter :: spacing = (xend - xstart) / num_steps real (dp), ...

... Proposed location of the new generation Russian VLBI network radio telescopes Kaliningrad St. Petersburg Zelenchukskaya (Zc) Badary (Bd) Ussurijsk Working frequency bands for the new generation Russian VLBI network S X Ka 2.2 2.6 7.0 9.5 27 33 F, GHz Data acquisition parameters 4 frequency bands : 512 MHz bandwidth x 2 polarisations or 1024 MHz bandwidth x 1 polarisation 2-bit sampling ...

... for Cosmic Ray Observation is situated in Irkutsk (Russia). ... Real-time (preliminary) cosmic ray data in Irkutsk . ... Online Cosmic Ray and Atmospheric Pressure Data Base . ... Real-time data Uncorrected for pressure (Resolution 1 hour - 1 year) -- since 05.2001 . Real-time data Corrected for pressure (Resolution 1 min - 1 year) --- since 09.2001 . Resolution 1 hour - 1 year) --- since 06.2001 . Final data Corrected for pressure (Resolution 1 hour - 1 year) --- From 01.1975 To 07.2004 . ...

... We guess it's almost impossible to create the site nowadays where all space relative philatelic materials (postage stamps, stationary, postal marks etc.) would be registered and presented. ... We tried to make such a step in April 2005, placing at the site first images of postage stamps with portraits of astronauts (cosmonauts, spacionauts, taikonauts:). ... All illustrative material (or simply speaking, all scans of stamps) are grouped in four sections: Countries , Years , Astronauts and Flights . ...

Computer Ephemeris. Lunar orbital data. Explanations. ... mean longitude of the Moon (degrees) . ... mean longitude of lunar node (degrees) . inclination of mean lunar equator to real equator of the Earth (degrees) . angular distance from ascending node of mean lunar equator on real equator of the Earth to ascending node of mean lunar equator on ecliptic (degrees) . angular distance from real equinox to ascending node of mean lunar equator on real equator of the Earth (degrees). ...

ALBUM: Hot Space 1982 ========= EMI 7462152 HOL 610382 @SONG: Staying Power (Mercury) (Horns arranged by Arif Mardin) Let me show it to you See what I got I got a heel of a lot Tell me what you feel Is it real It is real You know I got what it takes And I can take a lot Did you hear the last call baby You and me got staying power Staying power I got it I ...

Click for a video of the pendulum . ... In 1851 Leon Foucault (1819-1868) was made famous when he devised an experiment with a pendulum that demonstrated the rotation of the Earth. Joseph Ashbrook's book, The Astronomical Scrapbook , (Cambridge University Press, 1984) has a short chapter on Foucault's contributions to astronomy. ... Click here for more a detailed pdf document (5MB) about the University of Louisville's Foucault pendulum along with technical notes and the original working drawings. ...

... Maxim was one of the leading analysts of Russia space activities, those who set the basis for the open independent analysis of then-Soviet space program. q In the early 1990s the small blue paperback book became a real breakthrough. In the time being, almost everything is allowed; in that time, even the title of the book - The Military . ... I believe that to open Maxim's files and archives for the experts and Russian space program enthusiasts would be a best thing we can do in memoriam. ...

... File zp2000.f90 contains subroutine ZP2000(tps,deps_tot,dpsi_tot) for estimation nutation angles deps and . dpsi(REAL*8)for Julian data tps(REAL*8) according six-dimensional nutation theory: . ... Nutation theory of the Nonrigid Earth 2000 . File zp2001.f90 contains subroutine ZP2001(tps,deps_tot,dpsi_tot) for estimation nutation angles deps and . dpsi(REAL*8)for Julian data tps(REAL*8) according nutation theory with the super-rotation of the Solid Inner Core: . ...

... Epistemology is a part of the study of Philosophy dealing with how we use our senses to know something about the world. ... Yet we know that we can be deceived by our senses. ... If we cannot always trust our senses, how can we ever know anything for certain about the world? ... A branch of epistemology that has come into vogue in the last 10-15 years is the problem of consciousness. ... What relationship is there between our conscious experience and the true nature of the physical world? ...

... Direct data transmission rate (Mbps) . ... the density of electron fluexs with energies in four bands from 0.04 MeV to 1.7 MeV; . ... sensor (TV, IR) data and heliogeophisical information (HGI) transmission to data receiving and processing centers at a rate of up to 2.56 Mbps; . ... 1.76 GHz - TV- and heliogeophysical information and DCLI's data transmission to data receiving and processing centers; . 7.5 GHz - TV- and heliogeophisical data transmission to data receiving and processing centers; . ...

... Linux is poised to storm the once-closed world of embedded applications. The open source operating system made its first big impact as a file and Web server, and is currently making headway in the enterprise market. ... Further, the pool of programmers familiar with Linux is broader than those at home with proprietary embedded software. ... While this San Jose, Calif., company does offer an open source embedded Linux, its main strength is its proprietary real-time operating system, LynxOS. ...

The efficiency of interaction of radiation with a particle and hence its optical properties depend on the particle chemical composition, size, shape, structure, etc. ... Particle size expressed in units of the wavelength of incident radiation, together with chemical composition, most strongly affects the optical properties of a scatterer. ... There are many methods to solve the light-scattering problem for a homogeneous spheroid (our survey of the light-scattering methods see here ). ...

... 24-Sep-14 JOURNиES 2014 Investigation · checking possibility of nutation rates estimation based on RLG observations simulation level · combination of simulated RLG data with real VLBI data · comparison of estimates based on real RLG data (Wettzell) with results of simulation 24-Sep-14 JOURNиES 2014 Simulation ... 10-8) 24-Sep-14 JOURNиES 2014 Simulated data + VLBI (ac. lev. ...

Russian SHAREABLE DATA CENTER Institute of Solar-Terrestial Physics SB RAS . ... The real-time radiosignals characteristics calculation algorithm from current VS data is carried out according to the following scheme (V.P.Grozov ,G.V.Kotovitch,V.E.Nosov,S.N.Ponomartvhuk, S.V.Pushkarev,L.P.Sergeeva,V.V.Khakhinov. Real time decameters radio systems characteristics calculation by ionosphere vertical sounding data. ... ionogram and calculation results display on monitor; . ...