Following designations of elements/ parameters are used in AMPLE. ... mean anomaly . ... Node . ... Apart conventional orbital elements AMPLE gives possibility to calculate for each minor planet the following often used functions: . ... MOID . ... To calculate MOID user should order the name or the number of the major or minor planet through dialog. ... To calculate CT user should order the name or the number of the major or minor planet through dialog as it is proposed for MOID calculation. ...

... In 1930, Trumpler noticed that linear diameters (LD) of open clusters increase with distance (D) from the Sun. ... Since that time, the interstellar absorption has become one of the best studied factor in astrophysics, and we may hope that current OCL distance scales are free from this LD-D correlation. To verify if this is the case we have chosen several modern OCL distance scales and test them with the same clusters and the same angular diameters that Trumpler had used back in 1930. ...

Distance of Galaxies and SNe Magnitudes. ... 32.30: 12.30: 14.30: *3458(SBa) 32.90 12.90 14.90 3549( Sbc ) 33.83 13.83 15.83 3556(Sc) 30.91 10.91 12.91 (8) 3610(E5) 32.87 12.87 14.87 3613(E6) 33.18 13.18 15.18 3619(Sa) 32.61 12.61 14 ... *3888(Sc) 33.45 13.45 15.45 (8) 3898(Sa) 32.00 12.00 14.00 (8) 3917(Sc) 31.59 11.59 13.59 3953(SBbc) 31.58 11.58 13.58 (8) 3963( SBc ) 34.09 14.09 16.09 3982( Sbc ) 31.89 11.89 13.89 3992( SBb ) 31.78 11.78 13.78 (8) 3998(SO) 31.93 11.93 13.93 4026(S) 31.40 ...

Hipparchus (and possibly Aristarchus before him) also derived the Moon's distance from the duration of a lunar eclipse . Because the Earth casts a much larger shadow than the Moon, such an eclipse usually darkens the entire Moon, for several hours. ... If the Sun is assumed to be very distant, and if the Moon crosses the middle of the shadow (if not, corrections must be made), the width of the shadow is expected to be about 2r , twice the Earth's radius r . ... Last updated 4 February 1999 Moon. ...

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THE ARGUMENT AGAINST LONG EXTRAGALACTIC DISTANCE SCALE Gaseous discs of S0 -- Sd galaxies appears to be gravitationally stable or cl