... Dept. for Physics of Minor Celestial Bodies . Dept. for Physics of Planetary Systems . Dept. for Solar Physics . ... Achievements . ... The theory of radiative transfer in inhomogeneous atmospheres was developed ( Yanovytskij E.G. ) . ... Calculations shown that the vertical movement of gas and aerosol in the atmosphere of giant planets with velocity w = (0.1-0.5) m/s determines the capacity of visible clouds and therefore affects their brightness characteristics (A. P. Vidmachenko). ...

... Venera 1 . ... Lander . ... 1 Mar 1966 . ... 12 Jun 1967 . 18 Oct 1967 . ... 5 Jan 1969 . 16 May 1969 . ... 15 Dec 1970 . ... 27 Mar 1972 . ... Lander/Orbiter . 8 Jun 1975 . 22 Oct 1975 . Mar 1976 (?) ... 9 Sep 1978 . 25 Dec 1978 . ... 30 Oct 1981 . 1 Mar 1982 . ... 2 Jun 1983 . 10 Oct 1983 . Jun 1984 . ... Lander/Probe . 15 Dec 1984 . 11 Jun 1985 . 6 Mar 1986 . ... VEGA/Venera-9..14 . lander . ... Block L, top view, with Mars-1 . Venera engine . ...

... Research objects and scientific purposes . Space scientific program includes development and launch of two supersmall spacecrafts "Universitetskiy" and "Kompas-2" intended for monitoring of radiation conditions near the Earth. ... All the studies conducted in the near-Earth space are characterised by strong radiation fields. ... The circular polar orbits, which cover all the near-Earth space, are the most favorable for comprehensive studies of the radiation conditions near the Earth. ...

National Space Agency of Ukraine and . ... The Second International Meeting on WARNING Mission . ... Space Research Institute of Ukrainian National Academy of Sciences - National Space Agency, . ... The Head of Scientific committee of the Project “Warning” is DR V.G.Bar`yahtar, Academitian of Ukrainian National Academy of Sciences. ... Lviv Center Space Research Institute of Ukrainian National Academy of Sciences, . ... National Space Agency of Ukraine, Bozhenka St. 11, 252022 Kyiv-22, Ukraine. ...

... Ballistics, navigation and flight control of the spacecraft, going to the L2 point of Sun-Earth system. ... and calculation algorithms have been developed: - an algorithm, building nominal trajectories for one impulse flights to the L2 point of Sun- Earth system, including a Moon swingby maneuver or not. - an algorithm, calculating corrections of spacecraft trajectory needed for the flight from Earth to halo orbit and for stationkeeping of the spacecraft moving in halo ...

Four NASA spacecraft and spacecraft from Japan and Europe are planned to be in operation at Mars in early 2004. In addition to the three tracking stations of NASA's Deep Space Network, located in Australia (which CSIRO oversees on behalf of NASA), Spain, and the USA, NASA has enlisted the 64-m Parkes dish of the ATNF to help track these spacecraft during the busy period, November 2003 to February 2004. NASA's Mars Global Surveyor and Mars Odyssey probes are already orbiting the planet. ...

... Bad Astronomy . ... Bitesize Astronomy . ... Bad Astro Store . ... Slacker Astronomy . ... Keep Bad Astronomy close to your heart, and help make me filthy rich. ... Life Under the Moon . ... Seeing Jupiter's Moons . ... Time Zones and the Spherical Earth . A Companion to the Earth? ... December 19, 1999) . ... Big Moon, Little Moon . ... How Big is the Moon? ... 14, 2000) . ... 2008 Phil Plait. ... Subscribe to the Bad Astronomy Newsletter! Talk about Bad Astronomy on the BA Bulletin Board! ...

Главная Проекты Mars Exploration Rover . ... With far greater mobility than the 1997 Mars Pathfinder rover, these robotic explorers will be able to trek up to 100 meters (about 110 yards) across the surface in a Martian day. ... The rovers will be identical to each other, but will land at different regions of Mars. ... Where Pathfinder had scientific instruments on both the lander and the small Sojourner rover, these larger rovers will carry all their instruments with them. ...

... A nasty dispute between the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization (SDIO) and the space-science community was narrowly averted early this year when SDI officials backed down on a planned launch of a satellite with a Russian-built nuclear reactor on board. ... Early Soviet space reactors orbited for two to three months, and two Soviet Topaz 1 experiments, one for six and one 12 months, created radiation belts that disrupted the operation of scientific satellites. ...

Magnetic field experiment on Vega - 1 and 2 spacecraft. ... Two spacecrafts, Vega-1 and Vega-2 have been launched aboard Proton rockets from Baykonour on 15 and 21 December 1984, respectively. ... During the cruise phase from Earth to Venus both Vega-1 and Vega-2 spacecrafts had one-axis orientation i.e. Bx of magnetometer was directed to the Sun, By and Bz axes were rotated around Bx-axis. ... Spacecraft position data are presented in HGI and SE systems. ... Vega-1 magnetic data for 1984 . ...

ARCSAT ID NUMBER: AS03 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE: Search for Short-Period Planets Orbiting Bright White Dwarfs PI: Brett Morris (UW) OBSERVER(S): Brett Morris (UW) UNCERTIFIED/UNTRAINED OBSERVERS: Two students from the University of Washington's Pre-MAP (Doug Branton + One unknown student) COLLABORATORS: Doug Branton (UW/Pre-MAP) CONTACT INFORMATION: bmmorris@uw.edu, 631-860-5116 TIME REQUESTED: Weeks ...

... Dr Lanzerotti is an expert in solar and planetary geophysics and space plasma physics, and will be speaking about research using the NASA/ESA spacecraft Ulysses. ... Leonardo da Vinci, on the eye NEAF 2004 April 17, 18 The largest astronomy forum and astronomy equipment show in the Northeast, hosted by the Rockland (NY) Astronomy Club and Sky & Telescope, will take place in Suffern NY (about 2 hr drive from Princeton). See the website http://www.rocklandastronomy.com/neaf. ... Dark Skies! ...

A Brief History of the Discovery of Cosmic Gamma-Ray Bursts - draft april 17, 1995 - J.Bonnell In October of 1963 the US Air Force launched the first in a series of satellites inspired by a recently signed nuclear test ban treaty. ... The event appeared to be a cosmic gamma-ray burst but at the time the constellation of satellites did not have sufficient timing resolution at the trigger to make a good determination of direction to the burst source. ...

Russian SHAREABLE DATA CENTER Institute of Solar-Terrestial Physics SB RAS . ... The instruments engineer and technical support subdivision consists of the engineer support group: 4 senior engineers, 5 engineers and 14 staff members of service personnel. Head: Zavorin A. V. The main subdivision's instrument is the Incoherent Scatter Radar . The instruments engineer and technical support subdivision's main task is technical support of Irkutsk IS radar experiments. ...

... Why does X-ray astronomy require satellite telescopes? ... That is why scientists use space based satellites to record and observe data from X-ray sources. ... It primarily observes X-ray sources and has a moderate imaging capabilities. ... X-rays (because of their short wavelengths) , as opposed to visual light, can penetrate through otherwise opaque objects e.g. bones X-rays can observe celestial objects that emit shorter wavelengths such as galaxies , quasars, and black holes. ... X-ray image . ...

... In the USA it was called space Shuttle system. ... NPO MOLNIYA was founded on the basis of two design bureaus: BUREVESTNIK (Chief Designer A. V. Potopalov) that had experience in the creation of heavy supersonic aircraft and anti-aircraft missiles and MOLNIYA (Chief Designer M. R. Bisnovat) which developed unmanned flight vehicles and an Experimental Machine-Building Plant (General Designer V. M. Myasischev) where heavy and high altitude aircraft were designed and tested. ... Buran Orbiter . ...

In ancient times the solar system was thought to be the whole Universe, so the study of planetary motions was cosmology. ... The planets other than the Moon and Sun generally move West to East through the stars, but occasionally stop and move in the opposite direction ( retrograde motion). In order to explain the retrograde motion of the planets, the geocentric model of the Solar System shown above puts the planets on small circles called epicycles . ...

... The Science Operation Department is composed of Astronomers, Telescope Instruments Operators(TIOs) and Data Handling Administrators(DHAs). ... Astronomers have proposed several methods to quantitatively measure the amount of turbulence above the telescope, which the most common ones is Differential Image Motion Monitor (DIMM). In optical testing, the Hartmann test is the common method to test the quality of optical components. ... Hartmann mask consists of 48 lenses. ...

... Spacecraft that will search for planetary systems around 40 million stars and observe the largest explosions in the universe have been chosen as the next two missions in NASA's medium-class Explorer (MIDEX) program. ... The first mission, to be launched in 2003, is the Swift Gamma Ray Burst Explorer, a three-telescope space observatory for studying gamma ray bursts. ... During its three-year mission, Swift will also survey the sky for new black holes and other sources of cosmic gamma rays. ...

Journal of the Amateur Astrono mers Association of New York December 2011 Volume 59 Number 12 ISSN 0146 -7662 MESSENGER BRIEFING: ORBITING the METAL -RICH PLANET By Denton Ebel, Curator (Meteorites) Curator-in-Charge Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, AMNH MESSENGER stands for Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry, and Ranging. ... On November 8, a huge asteroid that could potentially threaten Earth one day travelled inside the Moons orbit. ... LIFE FORMING 60 LIGHT YEARS FROM EARTH? ...