... Bad Astronomy . ... I think I will break from my usual format of Bad Astronomy/ Good Astronomy by saying that the way we define seasons currently is not strictly bad, but I feel (in my opinion!) that it could be better. The definition of when the seasons begin is at the moment of solstice or equinox; that is, winter (in the north) starts on December 22 nd and summer starts on June 22 nd . ... Now imagine breaking up the Sun's 46 degree up-and-down yearly swing into 1 day intervals. ...

Christmas Day is celebrated on December 25. Many people look on Christmas as the time to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, but really the tradition goes back to the earliest of times.In those days the sun meant so much to primitive man that when it began to go lower each day till December 23, people thought the sun was going to die out and they were worried. ... On December 23 the sun stayed in the sky longer and longer and after that the nights were becoming shorter and shorter. ...

Russian Military Space Activity . r The experts in space and rocketry field as well as ones interested in the Russian cosmonautics know quite a well The Military Aspects of the Soviet Cosmonautics book by Maxim Tarasenko published in 1992. This book still is an unique independent Russian research in the military space programs' field. ... Instead, as a result of the author's many years efforts, The Russian Military Space Activities book manuscript was practically finished early in 1999. ...

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Borodkova and G.N. Zastenker Influence of the large and sharp solar wind pressure pulses on the magnetosphere: several case studies Space Research Institute RAS, Moscow , RUSSIA M. Dolgonosov (1), G. Zimbardo (2), A. Greco (2), and L. Zelenyi (1) Influence of the perpendicular electric field on ion beamlets in the magnetotail (1) Space Research Institute of RAS, Space Physics , Moscow , Russian ...

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