... Berezhnoy A.A., Kozlova E.A., Shevchenko V.V. Sternberg State Astronomical Institute, Moscow University, Russia, Moscow, Universitetski pr., 13, 199992. katk@sai.msu.ru According to the data from "Lunar Prospector" [1] the areas of high hydrogen content in the lunar south pole region coincide with the areas of such craters as Faustini (87.2є S, 75.8є E), Cabeus (85.2є S, 323є E) and other crates. ... We estimate the total permanently shadowed area in the lunar northern polar region at 28 260,2 km2. ...

Astronomy Picture of the Day . ... But new results based on data from the Mercury orbiting MESSENGER spacecraft indicate that it does have substantial water ice in permanently shadowed regions within craters near its north pole. ... Highlighted in yellow in this map based on projected MESSENGER images , radar bright regions are seen to correspond with floors and walls of north polar impact craters. Farther from the pole the regions are concentrated on the north facing crater walls. ...

... NASA SPACECRAFT FINDS NEW EVIDENCE FOR WATER ICE ON MERCURY . ... The new data indicate the water ice in Mercury's polar regions, if spread over an area the size of Washington, D.C., would be more than 2 miles thick," said David Lawrence, a MESSENGER participating scientist at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Md., and lead author of one of three papers describing the findings. ... Water ice concentrations are derived from the hydrogen measurements. ...

Discover the cosmos! ... 2009 November 18 . Water Discovered in Moon Shadow . Credit: LCROSS , NASA . Explanation: Why is there water on the Moon? ... A plume of dust rose that was visible to the satellite , although hard to discern from Earth. The plume is shown above in visible light. Last week, the results of a preliminary chemical analysis gave a clear indication that the dust plume contained water . ... The source of the lunar water is now a topic of debate. ... About APOD | ...

... Bad Astronomy . ... Bitesize Astronomy . ... Bad Astro Store . ... Site Info . ... It is from from Voyager 1 and shows a whopping big impact crater dominating the profile of the moon. Note that Mimas is about 400 kilometers across (about 250 miles). ... The wall around the crater is 5 kilometers high, and that central peak rises 6 kilometers above the surface (many impact craters have a large central peak which is caused by a pressure rebound from the impact). ... 2008 Phil Plait. ...

Butler and Johnston (1994) have reported on the changes in mean air temperature in Northern Ireland over the last 200 years and have found a correlation with solar cycle length, consistent with that reported by Friis-Christensen and Lassen (1991) between solar cycle length and mean Northern hemisphere air temperature. ... As well as data from Northern Ireland, we have used measurements made in Preston, located close to Ireland on the West coast of England. ...

All stars derive their energy through the thermonuclear fusion of light elements in to heavy elements. High temperatures are required so that the mutual electrostatic repulsion of the protons in each fusing atomic nucleus is overcome. ... Elements with more protons in their nuclei require higher temperatures. ... This sequence is now shown in the animation below. ... First Step of the Proton-Proton Chain Narration . Second Step of the Proton-Proton Chain Narration . ...

Crater Gassendi . ... I made this drawing was made on the 26th of november 2001. If you compare this one with the previous drawing of Gassendi (below) the differences are clear. ... This drawing was made on the 28th of september 2001. After nearly a full month without observations I had a one hour gap between the thicker clouds. ... This drawing was made on the 29th of august 2001. ... This drawing was made on the 27th of august 2001. ... This drawing was made on the 25th of august 2001. ...

Likely Impact Sites of Large Fragments of the Tunguska Cosmic Body . ... Kulik. Kulik schematized the tree fall around the Cranberry Hole and at the Southern Bog in order to elucidate the possible location of meteorite fragments. ... We consider that it is necessary to verify the Kulik proposal and to perform at first georadar investigations in the Suslov and Cranberry holes and then drill in the craters to find possible meteorite fragments. ...

... The floor of Kandinsky is in permanent shadow and never receives direct sunlight, keeping it very cold. However, by using sunlight scattered off the crater's walls and the WAC broadband clear filter, MESSENGER's MDIS instrument was able to capture this image that reveals the details of the shadowed surface. ... The view on the right shows the same image but with the brightness and contrast stretched to show the details of the crater's shadowed floor. ...

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... The properties of the dust grains (e.g., temperature and mass) can be derived from fitting far-IR SEDs (т??100 ЮМm). Only with SPIRE on Herschel has it been possible to get high spatial resolution at 200 to 500 ЮМm that is beyond the peak (~160 ЮМm) of dust emission in most galaxies. Aims: We investigate the differences in the fitted dust temperatures and masses determined using only 200 ЮМm data is for deriving these dust properties. ...

Mercury - is the nearest to the Sun. Ellusive planet. ... They had several names for this star: Set and Gor (ant. ... The same surface spot with many craters, some of which has the systems of light beams only dark spots, like the Moon seas were considerably less. ... Further was the period of intensive bombing Mercury by the remains of before planet’s swarm (planetozimalies), when the ponds were founded for example Colories (diameter - 1300km) as well as craters like Copernic crater in the Moon. ...

... NASA Lunar Orbiter . ... The Lunar Prospector is designed for a low-polar orbit investigation of the Moon, including mapping of surface composition and possible polar ice deposits, measurements of magnetic and gravity fields, and study of lunar outgassing events. Data from the 1- to 3-year mission will allow construction of a detailed map of the surface composition of the Moon, and will improve our understanding of the origin, evolution, current state, and resources of the Moon. ...

MIR ORBITAL COMPLEX SCIENCE HARDWARE ALLOCATION . ... The station flight program generation through combination of prime expeditions providing crew permanent stay on board with more short-term visiting expeditions made possible operational planning of the research program depending on modified priorities of tasks to be solved and hardware readiness. ... In 2000 the experiments were conducted in accordance with the "Agreement…." between RSC Energia and MirCorp on a lease of the Mir OC resources. ...

... Views of the Moon . Apollo Lunar Surface Journal . ... Because the Moon has neither an atmosphere nor any water, the components in the soils do not weather chemically as they would on Earth. ... Courtesy NASA) . ... This view of the Earth rising over the Moon's horizon was taken from the Apollo 11 spacecraft. ... A close-up view of an astronaut's footprint in the lunar soil, photographed with a 70mm lunar surface camera during the Apollo 11 extravehicular activity (EVA) on the Moon. ... Earth . ...

... It can be very useful when placed on a button in many applications. ... Here's a brief example to illustrate their use. #include gtk/gtk.h /* Create an Arrow widget with the specified parameters * and pack it into a button */ GtkWidget * create_arrow_button ( GtkArrowType arrow_type , GtkShadowType shadow_type ) { GtkWidget * button ; GtkWidget * arrow ; button = gtk_ button _new (); arrow = gtk_ arrow _new ( arrow_type , shadow_type ); gtk_container_add (GTK_CONTAINER ( ...

... X-rays are made up of photons that are emitted from stars, or quasars, or supernovae, the sun, or simply: anything that is undergoing a change either in size or temperature or giving out heat. ... in an X-ray binary star system, in which one normal star's orbit is crossed by a neutron star, when the neutron star by means of gravitational pull takes matter from the normal star X-rays form. ... Artists conception of a normal star (HDE 226868) and a black hole taking matter from the normal star. ...

From: Tony Wong ( Tony.Wong@atnf.csiro.au ) . Date: Thu Oct 04 2001 - 21:16:35 EST . Previous message: Tony Wong: "Geoff Blake!" ... Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2001 10:23:37 -0700 (PDT) . ... Subject: Re: invitation to workshop . Hi Tony, . ... currently seems to have security concerns about all foreign travel, at least in . ... So feel free to fill my slot since I will not be able come . ... Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2001 21:16:12 +1000 (EST) . ... I'm sorry, but I will not be able to attend the workshop. ...

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