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 . ...

... Moon Phase below . ... ARTICLE: Why the moon always shows us the same face . ... Before you continue reading, you should know that this was not always the case, i.e. the Moon once was rotating with respect to the Earth, so that on every night a terrestrial observer (if there was one, because this was long, long before mankind appeared on our planet, and even before any major animals had appeared) saw another face of the Moon. ... Figure 1 (not to scale) shows how we can imagine the system Earth-Moon...

... Cloud" CALDWELL 14 MESSIER 34 MESSIER 45 CALDWELL 41 DEEPSKY "Large Mag. Cloud MESSIER 79 MESSIER 38 MESSIER 42 MESSIER 36 MESSIER 37 MESSIER 35 SAO 234480 MESSIER 41 MESSIER 44 CALDWELL 53 CALDWELL 92 NGC 3377 CALDWELL 91 NGC 4261 MESSIER 68 CONSTELLATION Coma Berenices CALDWELL 99 CALDWELL 94 CALDWELL 77 CALDWELL 80 MESSIER 51 MESSIER 04 MESSIER 13 MESSIER 92 MESSIER 06 MESSIER 07 MESSIER 08 ... This is" "short for 'Quasi stellar objects.' ...

... PUBLIC LECTURE - APRIL 12, 2016 . New Discoveries in the Outer Solar System: Ceres, Pluto and Planet X . ... Dr. Green will talk about "New Discoveries in the Outer Solar System: Ceres, Pluto, and Planet X". ... Beginning in 1992 planetary astronomers began to find Pluto like objects beyond the orbit of Neptune showing us that Pluto was a member of an entirely new family of objects we now call the Kuiper Belt. ... Amateur Astronomers Association of Princeton, Inc., ...

... малой планете . ... на основании решения от 9 мая 2001 года . Комитета по наименованию малых планет . ... что малая планета, . зарегистрированная в международном каталоге малых планет . под N 11438 и имеющая предварительное обозначение 1973 QR1, . ... ZELDOVICH . ... Якова Борисовича Зельдовича . ... 11438) Zeidovich = 1973 QR1 . ... Малая планета (11438) Zeidovich открыта 29 августа 1973 г. Т.M.Смирновой в Крымской астрофизической обсерватории. ... Циркуляр Малых Планет N 42672, 2001. ...

... Сколько планет в нашей солнечной системе? ... What is the controversy over Pluto being classified as a planet? ... К списку вопросов . ... The planets, asteroids and comets in the Solar System are loose particles left over from the formation of the Sun. Originally the gas and dust which would become the Sun was the core of a cloud much larger than the Solar System, probably several light years across; where 1 light year is equal to approximately 10,000,000,000,000 kilometers (or 6 trillion miles). ...

... Classes . ... Earth . ... tcc::Earth Class Reference . ... std::tr1::array < double, 3 >љ . ... std::tr1::array <double, 2> tcc::Earth::poleInterceptX . ... std::tr1::array <double, 2> tcc::Earth::poleInterceptY . ... std::tr1::array <double, 2> tcc::Earth::poleSlopeX . ... std::tr1::array <double, 2> tcc::Earth::poleSlopeY . ... std::tr1::array <double, 3> tcc::Earth::startTAI . ... std::tr1::array <double, 2> tcc::Earth::ut1_taiIntercept . ... std::tr1::array <double, 2> tcc::Earth::ut1_taiSlope ....

... xmmtrack . ... xmmtrack is an interactive IDL application that visualizes the orbit and attitude data in an ODF in the form of a 3-D animation sequence. The presented scenery includes an astronomically accurate simulation of the Earth-Sun system plus the actual and predicted trajectory of the XMM satellite on its path around the Earth. ... Please note: XMM's orbit is highly time variable and the predicted orbit will significantly deviate from the actual trajectory if the reference epochs differ. ...

... Space flight . ... Space camp . Space Hotel . ... The aim of the Space Camp program is to promote achievements of Russian manned cosmonautics and space exploration. ... One of the main tasks of the Space Camp program is to facilitate cooperation with educational institutions in Russia and abroad in proliferation and mastering of acquired knowledge in a form of space-related quizzes, contests, scientific experiments, on line- and videoconferences. ...

Report on the activities of the IAU/IAG Joint Working Group on Theory of Earth Rotation JosИ M. FerrАndiz and Richard S. Gross JSR 2014, St. Petersburg, 23 September IAU/IAG JWG on Theory of Earth Rotation 2 Introduction: purpose of the IAU/IAG JWG_ThER · The International Association of Geodesy (IAG) and the International Astronomical Union (IAU) set up a new Joint Working Group on Theory of Earth Rotation in April 2013. ... Precession/Nutation (Chair: Juan Getino) 2. ...

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Общая Астрономическая Конференция > Товары для астрономов > Полезное для астрономии . Путешествие во Вселенной с программой "Sky in Google Earth" . ... Поиск . ... Фантастические изображения, полученные космическим телескопом Хаббл (NASA's Hubble Space Telescope) теперь можно увидеть на экране компьютера прямо в программе 'Google Earth'. ... Путешествие по звездному небу можно начать, если выбрать опцию "Switch to Sky" из выпадающего меню "view" в программе 'Google Earth'. ...

... The greenhouse effect . ... The Earth receives short-wave radiation from the sun, one-third of which is reflected back out to space. The remaining radiation is absorbed by the surface and heats up the planet. Then the Earth emits infra-red radiation because of the greenhouse gases contained in the atmosphere. ... Problems arise when greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and methane increase due to human activities and the Earth gets hotter. ...

... 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. ...

Электронная библиотека астронома-любителя. ... библиотека . архив RSN . ... Ru.Space.News: . Январь 1999 . ... Дата: 16 января 1999 ( 1999 -01-16) От: Greg Jarikov Тема: Reuters: New Zealand Scientists Discover Planet that May Host Life NEW ZEALAND SCIENTISTS DISCOVER PLANET THAT MAY HOST LIFE Source: Reuters via Today's News Network - New Zealand, http://www.xtra.co.nz/newsfeed/reuter/story42.html 02:50 GMT WELLINGTON, Jan 12 (Reuters) - An international team of scientists ...

... Сегодня: 10 апреля 2016 г. После появления Google Earth версии 5.0 прошло относительно немного времени, и разработчики приготовили обновление для этого популярного проекта. Изменения коснулись Марса. Теперь можно изучать, так сказать, старые карты Красной Планеты, уже ставшие старинными карты, чей возраст составляет более 100 лет, а также просматривать самые свежие снимки, полученные нынешней космической техникой. ... В Google Earth появились самые свежие снимки Марса . ...

... CONTACT . ... Planned space experiments promise a considerable increase in the detections and statistical knowledge arising especially from transit and astrometric measurements over the years 2005­15, with some hundreds of terrestrial-type planets expected from transit measurements, and many thousands of Jupiter-mass planets expected from astrometric measurements. ... To request a printed copy, please contact Britt Sjoeberg (bsjoeber@eso.org) . ...

... Освоение космоса (Модератор: Chepurny ) > . Google Earth осваивает космос . ... Оффлайн . Сообщений: 2 . Благодарностей: 0 . ... Любопытную фишку сегодня узнал, в новой версии Google Earth теперь можно полазить по космосу . ... http://earth.google.com/sky/skyedu.html . Записан . ... Сообщений: 2335 . ... Сообщений: 686 . ... за допомогою программы Google Galaxy ви зможете спостер?гати вс? красоти в?дкритого космосу напротяз? всього польоту. ... Сообщений: 5037 . ... Сообщений: 1231 . ...

... About meteorites . ... Meteoritic data . Impact Crater Smerdyachee . ... Based on Smerdyachee's depth, near circularity, and its mounded wall, and analysis by N.A. Fillin of nearby Roshal, Russia, the Estonian scientists Yu.V. Krestlane and K.H. Mella proposed in 1987 that Smerdyachee Lake is a meteorite crater. ... In 2002, the Laboratory of Meteoritics of the Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences explored this mysterious lake. ...

... В 1998 году Международная Академия Астронавтики (IAA) приняла решение по разработке проекта "Cosmic Study". В этом же году Heidmann организовал симпозиум "Защита части небесных тел для научной пользы человечества: Предложение по использованию кратера Саха на обратной стороне Луны" ("Protection of Part of a Celestial Body for the Scientific Benefit of Humankind: the Lunar Farside Crater SAHA Proposal") на научной Ассамблее COSPAR в Nagoya. ...