... Ithaca Chasma: The Great Rift on Saturns Tethys . ... Credit: Cassini Imaging Team , SSI , JPL , ESA , NASA Explanation: What created the Great Rift on Saturn's moon Tethys? ... Hypotheses for the formation of Ithaca Chasma include cracking of Tethy's outer crust as the moon cooled long ago, and that somehow the rift is related to the huge Great Basin impact crater named Odysseus , visible elsewhere on the unusual moon. ... The Great Basin on Saturns Tethys . ... Saturns Moon Tethys from Cassini . ...

... 2008 June 24 . Ithaca Chasma: The Great Rift on Saturn's Tethys . ... Explanation: What created the Great Rift on Saturn's moon Tethys? ... Hypotheses for the formation of Ithaca Chasma include cracking of Tethy's outer crust as the moon cooled long ago, and that somehow the rift is related to the huge Great Basin impact crater named Odysseus , visible elsewhere on the unusual moon. ... About APOD | ...

... Bad Astronomy . ... Bitesize Astronomy . ... Have you ever looked at pictures of Saturn's rings and noticed what look like gaps in the rings? ... Gian Domenico Cassini discovered a large gap in Saturn's rings in 1675. Later, an astronomer named Encke discovered a smaller gap near the edge of the rings. ... It was found long ago that an orbit in the Cassini Division, as the large gap is named, has a period almost exactly one-half that of one of Saturn's moons named Mimas. ... 2008 Phil Plait. ...

... Tonight's Sky . ... The Magazine . ... Observing . ... The double star 54 Leonis, spiral galaxy NGC 3198, and emission nebula NGC 3199 . ... Does Pluto have rings? ... A fter our team discovered Pluto's small moons, we realized impacts on them might generate ejecta that gets into orbit around Pluto, creating rings around the planet. ... Get instant access to subscriber content on Astronomy.com! ... Receive news, sky-event information, observing tips, and more from Astronomy's weekly email newsletter...

... Satellites of the planets are assigned a provisional designation (indicating year of discovery) by the Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams ( CBAT ) upon satisfactory demonstration of the existence of a new object. ... In the past, Comets were first given a provisional designation, consisting of the year and a lowercase letter indicating the order of discovery in the year (e.g., 1994a was the first comet discovered or recovered in 1994, 1994b the second, etc.) ... Names .. ...

... Educational programs (Russian) . ... SSAU History . SSAU roadmap . ... A meeting of Volga Regional Branch of the Russian Academy of Cosmonautics named after K.E. Tsiolkovsky took place in SSAU on June 26. ... Professor Evgeniy Shakhmatov, President of the Volga Regional Branch of the Russian Academy of Cosmonautics named after K.E. Tsiolkovsky and SSAU Rector presented a report on the branch activities. ... e-mail: ssau@ssau.ru . http://www.ssau.ru . ...

... Send your name to the Moon on LRO (Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter): the deadline is 27 June 2008 . Send your name in search of a habitable planet on the Terrestrial Planet Finder mission, KEPLER; the deadline is 1 November 2008. On the KEPLER mission you can write some words as well. ... KEPLER is linked to International Year of Astronomy 2009. ... Tuesday, 10 June 2008 19:27 . International Year of Astronomy, Ireland National Node . ...

... history, facts, technology, space ships . Posted by Askar under Introduction . Огромный вклад в развитие теории космонавтики внес М.В. Келдыш, который в течение многих лет руководил важнейшими космическими исследованиями. ... Comments are closed. Introduction . Russian Astronauts . Russian Launch Centers . ... Russian Research Ships . ... Russian Space Probes . Russian Space Ships . Russian Space Stations . ... Both comments and pings are currently closed. Space - ru . ...

... the total number of numbered minor planets is 350441 ; . the total number of named minor planets is 17621 ; . the unnamed minor planet with the least number: (3708) 1974 FV1 ; . the named minor planet with the greatest number: (340980) Bad Vilbel ; . the total number of minor planet names containing symbols with diacritical characters is 839 ; . ... the first minor planet named using a symbol with diacritical character is (61) Dana?. ... Symbol . ... Minor planet names ...

Have you ever heard the name of a star or constellation and wondered what it meant? ... I've compiled a table of commonly known star names and their definitions in the Western tradition, grouped by constellation. ... Following each constellation entry are any named stars found therein (in order from brightest to faintest), listing the Bayer (Greek letter) or other common designation, the star name, and English translation. ... Some other sites with star name information: . ...

June 2007 Astronotes 1 Astronomy Greats: Galileo Image Credit: Portrait of Galileo Galilei by Justus Sustermans ca. 1639 (via Wikimedia) By Naomi Francey, Education Support Officer In a previous Astronotes I was explaining how all our rooms at Armagh Planetarium are named after famous Astronomers. ... Born in Pisa, Italy as one of seven children, he accomplished a great deal during his lifetime. ... NASA named one of their probes after Galileo and, like Galileo, it made many original discoveries. ...

... Science . ... Science Users Information > Science and Technical Meetings > Conferences 2016 > AGN: what's in a name . ... Science Users Information . Observing Facilities . ... Observing with ESO Telescopes . ... Data Handling and Products . ... Science Data Products Forum . ... ESO Data . ... Different bands employ different methods to identify these sources but, most importantly, provide different windows on AGN physics. ... 1. the different types of AGN selected in the various bands . ...

San Francisco, March 22, 2007) -- The Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP) announced today that James Manning has been appointed to the position of Executive Director. ... The ASP Board and staff are totally delighted that Jim is joining us. With his long background in the planetarium world and informal science education, plus his great experience working with NASA, he is just the right person to take over the leadership of the ASP," said ASP President Dennis Schatz. ...

Target names are used to provide unique designations for the targets that will be used throughout the proposal. These names will generally also be used in Phase II, and ultimately to designate targets in the HST data archive. ... This facility will be most useful if consistent naming conventions are used. ... If a target is not contained in these catalogs, other catalog designations may be used (e.g., 4U X-ray catalog designation, Villanova white-dwarf catalog number, etc.) ... Target Type . ...

... While "First Light" was achieved at the second 8.2-m VLT Unit Telescope (UT2) ahead of schedule, UT1 produced its sharpest image so far. ... It had long been ESO's intention to provide "real" names to the four VLT Unit Telescopes, to replace the current, somewhat dry and technical designations as UT1 to UT4. ... The participants were left with the impression of mounting expectations, just four weeks before the first VLT Unit Telescope, Antu (UT1), will receive the first visiting astronomers. ...

SAOtng can associate names with region markers in order to aid users in remembering the significance of the region. ... By default, marker regions that you create in SAOtng are defined to be either "source" regions or "background" regions and are colored green and red, respectively. ... This type name is controlled by the "Set Type (and Color)" option in the marker menu (activated using the right mouse button within a region). ... Colors can be associated with names for regions. ...

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GCVS Research Group: . Recent publications . Kazarovets E.V., Samus N.N., Durlevich O.V., Kireeva N.N., Pastukhova E.N., The 81st Name-List of Variable Stars. ... Kazarovets E.V., Samus N.N., Durlevich O.V., Kireeva N.N., Pastukhova E.N., The 80th Name-List of Variable Stars. ... Samus N.N., Kazarovets E.V., Kireeva N.N., Pastukhova E.N., Durlevich O.V. General Catalogue of Variable Stars: Current status and new Name-lists Odessa Astronomical Publications, 2010, V. 23, p. 102-105. ...

This feature is only available with the Bourne Again Shell (bash). ... To complete a command name press the TAB key. tel <TAB> net telnet> . ... Pressing the TAB key again displays all the commands on your path that begin with those letters. For example: ma <TAB><TAB> mach mail makecookie man maze macptopbm make makedepend mapname . ... Command name completion also works in the middle of a command line. For example the command name teln <TAB> orion.geo.aber . ...

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