Introduction to PLASMA ASTROPHYSICS (Selected 10 lectures) Boris V. Somov Astronomical Institute and Faculty of Physics Moscow State University Pushino-na-Oke, 2008 Contents Ab out These Lectures 1 Particles and Fields: Exact Self-Consistent Description 1.1 Liouville's theorem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1.1 Continuity in phase space . . . . . . . . . 1.1.2 The character of particle interactions 1.1.3 The Lorentz force, gravity . . . . . . . . . 1.1.4 Collisional friction . . . . . . . . . . . .

ABSOLUTE PROPER MOTIONS OF 331 OPEN CLUSTERS . ... The proper motions of stars in the fields of 331 open clusters were taken from Four-Million Star Catalog (4M-catalog) of positions and proper motions (Volchkov et al. ... The absolute proper motions for 21 young open clusters have been derived by comparison of precise relative proper motions of individual stars and their corresponding absolute proper motions. ... Sign of proper motions in RA . ... 0.0001 arcsec/yr . ... rms error in RA proper motion . ...

... The fireball flew on February 15, 2013 at 09:22 (03:22 UTC) in Chelyabinsk region at supersonic speed and with bright flashes of light along the trajectory of the NEE-SWW( Chelyabinsk-Miass-Satka ). ... On March 21, 2013 at 14:00 Sternberg Astronomical Institute (SAI MSU) held joint seminar organized INASAN, IDG, Vernadsky Institute, IKI RAS and SAI MSU for the results of meteorite Chelyabinsk study. ... Russian scientists of Vernadsky Institute analyse Chebarkul/Chelyabinsk Meteorite ( Vesti.Ru ) ....

... The paper surveys status of the Russian space activity in terms of budget, operati atellistems workforce and industrial capabilities. Shown, that the situation is uneven between the companies and particularly between various tiers of production cooperation. In the current situation international cooperation, both in form of joint non-commercial ventures and integration into global space market, is considered vital for sustenance of the national space capabilities. ... number of R&D programs . ...

... We have compared visualized fields of GSC and USNO A1.0 catalog with unpublished photographic finding charts that were sent by L. Plaut to the compilers of the GCVS. ... 7-15 A9 --- GCVS GCVS or NSV name 17-25 F9.4 --- GSC GSC number 26 A1 --- NoteFlag *Nonstar (GSC) flag 28-29 I2 h RA2000GSC.h Hours RA (GSC), equinox 2000.0 31-32 I2 min RA2000GSC.m Minutes RA (GSC), equinox 2000.0 34-38 F5.2 s RA2000GSC.s Seconds RA (GSC), equinox 2000.0 40 A1 --- DE2000GSC.- ... Plaut, L., 1966, Bull. ...

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... Astrophysics Data System Abstract Service - The ADS Abstract Service provides access to over 160,000 astronomical abstracts since 1975. Astrophysics Revision Site . ... Common Astrophysics Acronyms . Gravitational Wave Detector GEO 600 - aims at the direct detection of gravitational waves by means of a laser interferometer of 600 m wavelength. ... Secrets of Creation - new theory on the creation of the Universe, the Big Bang, parameters of the Universe, fundamental laws of the Universe. ...

... 03.20-04.20 Classes: 1-st crew - Creating web pages of children own. 2-nd crew - Writing introduction message. 04.20-05.00 1-st crew - Writing introduction message. 2-nd crew - Creating web pages of children own. 05.00-06.00 Lunch 06.30-09.00 Classes 09.00-10.30 Preparation for afternoon and evening activities 10.30-12.00 Dinner 12.00-14.00 Sport. ... Home page Millennium Page Smiling Faces View out Of the Window (1999-2000) Birthday FutureLander ...

... Space activity at the beginning of XXI-st Century view from inside G.M.Chernyavskiy STC for Earth Space monitoring of FSUE , Russia 1. The systemic approach in astronautics Everyone who has linked his life with astronautics and those who are interested in the future of the inhabitancy medium and its expansion up to cosmic scales, are troubled about the current state and development of space activity in the World and in the Native Land of the first artificial Earth satellite (AES). ...

... Date : 19/07/2010 . Lieu : Vila Boim, Alentejo - Portugal . MatУ?riel de prise de vue : Canon 50D -ISO1000 10mm F/4 . Commentaires : "A house full of stars" This is a long exposer taken in Alentejo, Vila Boim, 200km from Lisbon city, Portugal. ... In the sky we can enjoy the path of many stars and constellations like Ursa Major ( at right ), Ursa Minor and the Polaris star ( middle of the image ) as well Draco, and Cepheus. ... MatУ?riel de prise de vue : Canon 50D -ISO1250 10mm F/4 . ...

Program "М ariner ": Research of Mars. ... Маriner-8" and "Маriner-9", started in 1971, were put into orbit around of Mars, in order to receive and transmit the information, including photos, during one month, instead of several days. ... Satellites of Mars Phobos and Damos there are less than moon. The nature of satellites of Mars remains not clear, but on photos "Маriner-9" it is possible to assume that either Phobos, or Damos are stone monoliths. ...

2 June 2006 2007-2009 Work Plan v1 2007-2009 WORK PLAN: TOWARD CONVERGENCE DRAFT 1 for Technical Review COVER NOTE The following is the first version for a three-year plan for GEO, 2007 to 2009. ... Page 1 of 38 2 June 2006 2007-2009 Work Plan v1 ACRONYMS ADM AMDAR AMMA APAN AVHRR CBD CEOS CERN DAPHNE DEM EC EPA EPIDEMIO FAPAR FDSN GEANT GEO GEOSS GIS GMES GOFC-GOLD GOS GPM GSN IGCO IGDDS InSAR INSPIRE IPY ITU MODIS NASA NGO NIEHS SAR SBA SPOT -VGT SST THORPEX UN UNFCCC COP ... Task No. ...