... Samples of expected results from an intensive search for planets about stars acting as gravitational lenses (lens stars) of galactic bulge stars (source stars) during microlensing events are constructed. ... The Gould and Loeb (1992) detection probabilities are scaled to arbitrary planetary mass and mean lens distance and averaged over the lens mass function. ... The expected total number of planets detected depends entirely on the assumptions about the nature of the planetary systems being sought. ...

... Like cosmic snowballs, fluffy comet-like objects the size of houses and composed mostly of water-ice, may be pummeling planet Earth 5 to 30 times a minute. ... Southern Neptune . ... Neptune, the Solar System's outermost gas giant planet, is 30 times farther from the Sun than Earth. ... Mars: Just The Fiction . ... Saturn's Rings Seen Sideways . ... This picture from the Hubble Space Telescope was taken on August 6, 1995 when the rings lined up sideways as seen from Earth. ... The Heart Of Orion . ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Question:What do you need to protect an expensive state-of-the-art robotic vehicle that is far from human reach and about to crash at high speed on a rocky alien surface?Answer:Retrograde rockets, parachutes, airbags, and an aeroshell.These are found in the makeup of a lander module that was used to bring rovers Spirit and Opportunity described by the missionтАЩs director as тАЬrobotic field geologistsтАЭ safely to the Martian surface in 2004. ...

... STScI-PRC99-27 A CLOSER ENCOUNTER WITH MARS Taking advantage of Mars's closest approach to Earth in eight years, astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have taken the space-based observatory's sharpest views yet of the Red Planet. ... In these views the north polar cap is tilted toward the Earth and is visible prominently at the top of each picture. ... Dark sand dunes that surround the polar cap merge into a large, dark region called Acidalia. ...

The AstroGuide . ... AstroGuide | ... Planets | ... AstroGuide Listing . ... See many more Astronomy Listings by: Category or Alphabet . ... www.astronomy.net . About Astronomy Net | Advertise on Astronomy Net | ... Unless otherwise specified, web site content Copyright 1994-2016 John Huggins All Rights Reserved . dbHTML," "AstroGuide," "ASTRONOMY.NET" & "VA.NET" . are trademarks of John Huggins ...

. Mars has become the center of intense interest since the Martian Meteorite results were announced. Currently there is a lively debate whether or not primitive life formed there or not.

... The air just sit there and doesn't get stirred. ... Normally, the air is hottest near the ground and gets cooler as you go up. ... If it weren't for the temperature profile, convection wouldn't occur: Because the temperature decreases with altitude, cold air sits on top of hot air, allowing convection. ... The air above the ground is hot, the air above the water is cold. ... The land cools down faster than the sea, so the air above the ground is colder than the air above the water. ...

History of Space Exploration . ... Space History Introduction . ... Chronology of Solar System Discovery This is a partial list of past, present, and future planetary and solar missions; for a complete account, please see the Space Exploration Chronology. Space exploration is becoming increasingly internationalized; as a result, the national designations listed here are not completely representative of the true nature of all projects. ... Apollo Lunar Surface Journal . ... Mariner Missions . ...

... 2004 November 18 . A Sharper View of a Tilted Planet . ... Explanation: These sharp views of tilted gas giant Uranus show dramatic details of the planet's atmosphere and ring system . ... Recorded in July, the pictures show two sides of Uranus (careful how you pronounce that .. ... Because of the severe tilt of its rotational axis, seasons on Uranus are extreme and last nearly 21 Earth years on the distant planet . ... About APOD | ... NASA Web Site Statements, Warnings, and Disclaimers . ...

... The study of extra solar planets will be one of the most important areas of research in astronomy in this century. ... The first planets outside the solar system were found in 1992 around the millisecond pulsar PSR B1257+12 by Alex Wolszczan at the Arecibo Observatory . ... Three space missions based on this principle (MOST, COROT and Kepler ) have already been launched or approved, and have the last one at least has the potential to find Earth-sized planets. ... SIM ( NASA ) is one of such missions...

... Science Activities > PhD Thesis Topics offered by ESO Faculty Members > Thesis Topic: Studies of Planet Formation by Imaging and Spectroscopy of Exoplanets and Circumstellar Disks . ... ESO-MIDAS . ... ESO HST Image Galleries . ... Statistical studies on exoplanet populations (combining Direct Imaging results with the Transit and Radial Velocity planet yield). ... Statistical studies of circumstellar disk populations to measure dust dispersal rates and their connection to planet formation. ...

... Ever since K.Tsiolkovsky laid theoretical foundations for a method to break the bonds of Earth's gravity and reach space, the dream of flying to other planets in our Solar System graduated from the realm of pure fantasy into a field of practical activities. ... Design work on manned mission to planet Mars which, among all the planets in our Solar System, has environments that are closest to those of Earth, started at RSC Energia almost as early as the work on first manned spaceflights. ...

... Bad Astronomy . ... Bitesize Astronomy . ... Bad Astro Store . ... Slacker Astronomy . ... Keep Bad Astronomy close to your heart, and help make me filthy rich. ... Life Under the Moon . ... Seeing Jupiter's Moons . ... Time Zones and the Spherical Earth . A Companion to the Earth? ... December 19, 1999) . ... Big Moon, Little Moon . ... How Big is the Moon? ... 14, 2000) . ... 2008 Phil Plait. ... Subscribe to the Bad Astronomy Newsletter! Talk about Bad Astronomy on the BA Bulletin Board! ...

T he Siding Spring Survey (SSS) is a Near-Earth Object search program that utilises the 0.5-m Uppsala Schmidt Telescope at Siding Spring Observatory, N.S.W., Australia. ... The mission of the Siding Spring Survey is to contribute to the inventory of near-earth objects (NEOs), or more specifically, the potentially hazardous asteroids (PHAs) and comets (PHOs) that may pose a threat of impact and thus harm to civilization. ... Based on the CSS Mission page . ... Siding Spring Survey Main Page . ...

... Very Long Baseline Interferometry . ... Planets | ... Galaxy Lunch - Dave Lommen speaking on "Probing the first steps of planet formation at long wavelengths" . ... Speaker: Dave Lommen (Leiden Observatory) . Title: Probing the first steps of planet formation at long wavelengths . Abstract: Planets form in dusty disks around young stars. ... We also for the first time found a tentative . correlation with the 10-micron silicate dust feature, which probes the . ... Bring your lunch! ...

... 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. ...

. This image of the Venus southern hemisphere illustrates the terminator тАФ the transitional region between the dayside (left) and nightside of the planet (right). The south pole is near the terminator, just above the center of the image. The complex atmosphere that surrounds the planet is also clearly visible. // Credits: ESA/MPS, Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany

... Астрофест 2014 . ... Юпитер. Весна 2015г, съемка камерой QHY5L-II. ... Противостояние Марса весной 2014г, съемка камерой DВK-21. ... Юпитер 2012г, съемка камерой DВK-21, ЛЗОС APO175. ... Юпитер, ноябрь 2011г. съемка камерой QHY5T. 15.11.2011 . ... Съемка камерой QHY5T, телескоп Ньютон 200мм . ... Сатурн, 21.12.2008г. Первая попытка планетной съемки камерой QHY5, телескоп Ньютон 200мм на монтировке MT-3S-2D. Суммирование 450 кадров из 1000 в Registax3. ... 2004-2015г. Андрей Олешко ...