Moscow Astronomical Plate Archives: . Contents, Digitization, Current and Possible Applications . ... We describe the astronomical plate archives in Moscow and Zvenigorod and the existing digitization projects. ... 2 The Plate Archive of the Sternberg Institute . The contents of the most important Moscow astronomical plate archive, that of the Sternberg Astronomical Institute, was briefly presented in Shugarov et al. [1] in 1999. ... THE MOSCOW PLATE COLLECTION (STERNBERG INSTITUTE) . ...

... Go to This section of the glossary . ... APHELION : The point in a planet's orbit where it is farthest from the sun. ... It melts at 83.95 K, and boils at 87.45 K. Many people don't realize that argon makes up a full 1% of our atmosphere, while carbon dioxide is only a fraction of a percent of our atmosphere. ... COMET: An object moving about the sun in an eccentric orbit and composed of materials which, on warming up near the sun, form a "tail" which always points away from the sun. ...

... SHORT TERM PREDICTION OF POWER SOLAR FLARES FROM SSRT DATA . The algorithm for short term prediction of powerful solar flares, based on SSRT data, includes microwave emission characteristics in total and polarized flux, the structure of active region (AR) magnetic field at the photospheric level, and H a patrol data. ... During this period, 7 AR's crossed the solar disk, in which 20 flares of importance ? ... Data on AR's and magnetic fields were received from the Sayan observatory by teletype. ...

... On the basis of hypothesis about Solar s ystem formating from endo-Galactic Vortex, stated by е.л. Trunaev, who have acquainted the author of the present work with his manuscript in 1991 during personal contact , the results of attempt to apply its main rules to some calculations at the Solar system actually and at planets satellite systems are below stated. ... orbit in . ... All satellite systems of planets, as well as the Solar system, are formed from two- branch pre-planetary (pre-Solar)...

... The authors compare different standpoints on historical process of ethnoses emerging and developing on the area of Ancient Russ and Great Steep: a) the concept of M.Adgi ("panturkism"), Turks ethnos was prevailing on the area; b) the concept of G.V. Nosovskiy and A.T. Fomenko ("paslavyaism"), the Slav ethnos was prevailing on the area; the concept of L.Gumilyev ("passionarnost" theory), the ethnoses were living together without dominating one over the other. ...

... We are a group of students from different schools of the town Zelenogorsk who come to the Center of Education to participate in the international educational project: "Beautiful places - open hearts". ... For a population of seventy thousand people Zelenogorsk offers two cinema halls and a Palace of Culture, two libraries, ecological and historical museums, art galerry, two sports centres, chess club, one downhill skiing course and two cross country tracks wich are illuminated. ...

The low aspect ratio, or spherical tokamak Globus-M [1] has recently been built in a support of international spherical tokamak plasma investigation program. ... The survey to determine the work scope in diagnostic design for Globus-M is given in the paper. ... The next one is an advanced diagnostic set intended to supply the data on basic plasma parameters: electron temperature and density profiles, ion temperature, plasma composition, radiation profile, Zeffective. ... Magnetic Diagnostics. ...

... 23 Algorithm fo r evalua tion of two burn maneuv ers using linearity Input information: ( t t E1 , rEI , v t1L , t E2 2L ( ) EI )T )T ­ ­ ­ ­ the time and the state vector of initial orbit for this time ; interval of possible thrusts for transition from initial orbit to the transfer on e; the time and the state vector of the target orbit for this time ; ... We cal culate the state vector for the initial orbit for the time t1a and the target one ­ for the time t2 a . ...

... A single archive was created for Okean-O, Resurs and Meteor-3M data. ... SST for Barents Sea (NOAA Satellits) . ... New section is opened: NOAA satellite data regional archive . ... 5/10/1999 . ... Data from West-Siberian Ground Center are now being submitted to RESURS Data Catalogue on a regular basis . ... RESURS O1 N4 . ... 23/12/1998 . ... Operational Archive of RESURS Data (New Version). ... Archive of GOMS Data. ... Operational Archive of RESURS Data. ... SPUTNIK Web-server has been launched ....

... In Memoriam Maxim Tarasenko . Russian page . ... 04 May 2002 . M. Tarasenko "The Military Aspects of the Soviet Cosmonautics" . 15 April 2000 . The works of Maxim Tarasenko . ... Russian Military Space Activity" . ... MAXIM TARASENKO (1962-1999) - Russian Space Analist . 18 March 2002 . The Maxim Tarasenko Award The Journal "Space Polic" has created a new award for essays in space policy open to graduate students. The Institute of Space Policy (Russia) . ...

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Molniya Triplane Aircraft . ... This two engine aircraft is intended for transportation up to 30 tons of cargo in containers or on pallets or self-propelled machinery. In an overload variant its carrying capacity can reach 50 tons. There is a cargo-passengers modification of the MOLNIYA-400 designed for simultaneous transportation of 250 passengers with hand luggage on different decks and cargo in containers. ... Overload take-off mass, t . ... Payload with overload take-off mass, t . ...

... Full silvery Moon illuminates terrain. ... Begun a next moon eclipse, when Land barriers a Moon from the Sun and throws its shade on it. ... Drawing 1. ... Drawing 6 Drawing 6 shows a splendid photo of full moon eclipse 18-19 november 1975 during is packed phases doing Dennis de Chikko. ... Eclipse, which will occur 9 november 2003, is a repetition through сарос (cycle of repetitions of eclipses equal 6585 days or 18 years 11 days) full moon eclipse from 28 octobers 1985 with the maximum phase 1,07....