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... Credit Copyright: Babak Tafreshi ( TWAN ) Explanation: An alluring night skyscape , this scene looks west across the Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA, Planet Earth. ... In fact, this contemporary digital photograph matches the location and perspective of a well-known photograph from 1942 - The Tetons and The Snake River , by Ansel Adams , renown photographer of the American West. Adams' image is one of 115 images stored on the Voyager Golden Record. ... Publications with keywords: Earth . ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Space Flight . ... Posted on October 10, 2011 | ... Continue Reading.. ... No Comments This portrait of the Earth and Moon together in space was taken on 26 August by NASAтАЩs Juno spacecraft which is currently en route for Jupiter. ... No Comments Armagh Planetarium kicked off 2011 in style with some amazing astronomy-based events in association with the€а BBC. Sinead McNicholl has a personal report of our part in the exciting Stargazing [ ] . ...

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... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2014 September 22 . Earth at Equinox . ... This dividing line is shown in clear detail in the featured video , taken by the Russian meteorological satellite Elektro-L during last year's September equinox. ... The featured video shows a time lapse for an entire day surrounding the equinox, with a new image taken every 30 minutes. ... About APOD | ...

... Our restless globe and its companion. ... A Look at the Motions of the Earth in Space and How They Are Changing . ... Earth's rotation as viewed from above the north and south geographic poles. ... The Earth revolves around the Sun-also counterclockwise viewed from above the North Pole, clockwise viewed from the South Pole-to give us our years (see Figure 2 ). The plane of the Earth's orbit is called the ecliptic (where eclipses happen). ... Earth's orbit as viewed from the north ecliptic pole. ...

... With enough velocity, a spacecraft can break loose from the Earth's gravity and enter an orbit around the Sun, like that of a planet. If it then orbits the Sun with the same period as the Earth--one year--it may keep a fixed position relative to Earth. ... If the distance is just right--about 4 times the distance to the Moon or 1/100 the distance to the Sun--the spacecraft, too, will need just one year to go around the Sun, and will keep its position between the Sun and the Earth. ...

... Supernova showered Earth with radioactive debris . ... The Real Reality Show: Would aliens be anything like us? ... Do other planets have meteor showers like Earth has? ... If so, can we learn anything about the planet's atmosphere by looking at the light as meteors burn? ... RELATED TOPICS: METEOR SHOWER . All planets in our solar system that have atmospheres also have meteor showers. ... Get instant access to subscriber content on Astronomy.com! ...

... 142,800 Mean density (kg/m^3) .. ... 5.203 Rotation period (length of day in Earth hours).. 9.8 Revolution period (length of year) (in Earth years). 11.86 Obliquity (tilt of axis) (degrees).. 3.08 Orbit inclination (degrees).. 1.3 Orbit eccentricity.. 0.048 Mean surface temperature (K)........................ 120 (cloud tops) Visual geometric albedo.. 0.44 Atmospheric components.............................. 90% hydrogen, 10% helium, .07% methane Rings.. ...

... With enough velocity, a spacecraft can break loose from the Earth's gravity and enter an orbit around the Sun, like that of a planet. If it then orbits the Sun with the same period as the Earth--one year--it may keep a fixed position relative to Earth. ... If the distance is just right--about 4 times the distance to the Moon or 1/100 the distance to the Sun--the spacecraft, too, will need just one year to go around the Sun, and will keep its position between the Sun and the Earth. ...

... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. September 4, 1998 . Nozomi: Earth and Moon . Credit: Nozomi MIC Team , ISAS . ... This stunning picture of the crescent Earth-Moon system was taken by Nozomi's onboard camera on July 18 from a point in space about 100,000 miles from the Earth and 320,000 miles from the Moon. ... About APOD > . ...

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... Planet Finder Options I: Linear Nulling Arrays for Studying Earth-Like Planets . ... Missions . ... Future Missions and . ... Missions Office . ... This paper shows options for configuring a symmetric linear nulling array as a Planet Finder. Of special interest are linked in-line pairs of identical sub-arrays with a quarter wave phase shift between them and staggered by half an element spacing. ...

The AstroGuide . ... AstroGuide | ... AstroGuide Listing . ... See many more Astronomy Listings by: Category or Alphabet . This project was established in mid-1998 to help coordinate, and provide a focal point for, the study of those comets and asteroids that can approach the Earth's orbit. ... Web Site . ... Unless otherwise specified, web site content Copyright 1994-2016 John Huggins All Rights Reserved . dbHTML," "AstroGuide," "ASTRONOMY.NET" & "VA.NET" . are trademarks of John Huggins ...

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... Pre-university education . ... Samara region . ... A small spacecraft Aist-2D , developed by the scientists of Samara State Aerospace University (SSAU) and the experts of the Rocket and Space Centre Progress will see from outer space what is hidden under the thick top of trees and below the Earth's surface. The radar equipment was installed on Aist-2D , which was delivered to the space launcher complex Vostochniy on January 22. ... Tomography of the Earth's ionosphere will also be carried out. ...

... The 50 so-called exo-planets were discovered using a telescope that is found in South America. ... By looking at a star s wobble, astronomers can work out how many exo-planets are in orbit around it and how heavy they are. After studying all of the planets discovered with this telescope so far, astronomers have found that nearly half of stars that are similar to the Sun have at least one planet that is lighter than Saturn. ... But there are many, many more waiting to be found! ...

... Jay Apt (Ph.D.) . NASA Astronaut (Former) . ... PUBLICATIONS: Dr. Apt shared his images and knowledge in the publication Earth in Orbit : NASA Astronauts Photograph the Earth , written in conjunction with NASA scientists Michael Helfert and Justin Wilkinson and published by the National Geographic Society. ... From 1976 to 1980 he was a staff member of the Center for Earth & Planetary Physics, Harvard University, supporting NASA s Pioneer Venus Mission by making temperature maps of Venus from Mt. ...

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