... ARTICLE: The Adventurous Search For The Astronomical Unit . ... Kepler himself had suggested to use the rare occasions of Venus transiting (crossing) the solar disk to measure our distance to the planet. ... Due to the orbital inclination of Venus against the ecliptic of 3.5°, a Venus transit is so rare that it happens only at intervals of 121.5 years, 8 years, 105.5 years, 8 years and so on. ... Crabtree witnessing the transit of Venus 1639 . ... Transits of Venus - The Quest for the Solar Parallax...

... Active Skepsis . ... Probably, one should know the results from any actions. ... As a result, a sceptic, who discredits, for example, the tales of Christian wonders, has to follow the practical recommendations of Christianity or any other belief knowing how to act. ... As a result, scepticism restricts itself with discrediting secondary wonders, permanently replacing one doubtful interpretation with another and telling nothing of life and action. ... Yuri Tikhonravov, Ph.D. Translated from Russian ....

The Database of Close Binary Systems . ... Team . ... This web-based interactive database is being developed and maintained by a team at the Sternberg Astronomical Institute of the Moscow State University . The project is an on-line extension of our catalogue on "Highly Evolved Close Binary Stars" (volumes I, II) published by Gordon and Breach in 1996. As of September 2009, the database (both the software and the content) is in its development/testing phase. ...

RADIOASTROPHYSICAL DEPARTMENT • INSTITUTE OF SOLAR-TERRESTRIAL PHYSICS RAS SB . STAFF OF DEPARTMENT . DEPARTMENT LEADERSHIP . ... Head of Department . Radioastrophysical Department . ... Head of laboratory . Laboratory of Solar Activity's Monitoring (SSRT group, located at Badary, 220 km far from Irkutsk) . ... Laboratory of Solar Radioastrophysical Research . ... Senior Scientist . ... Scientist . ... Chief Engineer . ... Leader Engineer . ... Technican . ... Leader Scientist . ...

Neutron Star Group . Analytical Representations of Equations of State of Neutron Star Matter . These analytical representations are designed for older equations of state FPS and SLy4. For newer equations of state BSk19-20-21, see this http URL . ... Description of EOS subroutines . ... Alexander Potekhin ( Department of Theoretical Astrophysics of the Ioffe Institute ): palex@astro.ioffe.ru . ... Page created on April 5, 2004 , last updated on May 20, 2007 by Alexander Potekhin . ...

... THE 'VON OPEL FLIGHTS' . ... Raab, with his partner Diploma Engineer Kurt Katzenstein would apply to their lightest aeroplane the solid-propellant Sander rockets that had proven themselves so well in Fritz von Opel's rocket cars. ... The von Opel-Sander-Stamer-Lippisch tests were elevated to a full-scale airplane immediately after the model flights ; in effect, this was to be the first manned rocket flight. ... FRITZ VON OPEL at the controls of the Opel Sander Rak. 1 rocket plane. ...

... Астрофорум - астрономический портал ? ... Горизонты науки о Вселенной (Модераторы: Дмитрий Вибе , AlAn ) ? Международный Астрономический Союз - Комиссия 4 . ... Случайны ли величины масс планет? ... Таким образом Международный Астрономический Союз - МАС: . ... А вот по-позже я Вам покажу совершенно "удивительные" парадоксы от "Международный Астрономический Союз - Комиссия 4": . ... вещества планет. ... Ответ #6 : 16.03.2007 [12:21:05] ? ... Причем тут горизонты науки? ...

M obile A stronomical Sy stem of TE lescope- R obots MASTER-II Kislovodsk Lomonosov Moscow State University, Sternberg Astronomical Institute , Moscow Union "Optic" , Kislovodsk Solar Station Latitude = 43 o љ44'.767љN; Longitude = 42 o љ31'.417љE; Altitude = 2067љm MASTERљIIљ(8љsquareљdegress) + MASTERљVWF(VeryљWideљFieldљCameras (FOV=800 square degrees, Timeљresolutionљupљtoљ150љms, with unfiltered m_lim=14m on 5 sec. exposure, and ~10.5m with 0.15 sec) . ... 11h 38m 38.0s , -09d 59m 59s) . ...