... Planets . ... The planets were found using the HARPS instrument on the 3.6m telescope at ESOтАЩs La Silla Observatory. ... A planet in orbit around a star causes the star to regularly move towards and away from observers on Earth. ... One newly discovered planet, HD 85512 b, is best hope found so far for a habitable exoplanet. ... The HARPS team so far have found that about 40% of stars similar to own Sun have at least one planet smaller than Saturn (which is 95 times more massive than Earth). ...

Mariner 10 . ... Mariner 10 was the seventh successful launch in the Mariner spacecraft series, and the first to use the gravitational pull of one planet ( Venus ) to reach another ( Mercury ). ... It measured 1.39 meters (4.56 feet) diagonally and 0.457 meters (1.5 feet) in depth. ... Views of Mariner 10 . ... Venus/Mercury Mission . ... Launched in November 1973, this mission provided new information about Mercury and Venus in the Mariner program's first dual-planet mission. ...

... ESO is building what will be the World's largest optical telescope array, The Very Large Telescope (VLT). The VLT Project organisation is responsible for the design and construction of the Unit Telescopes, including enclosures, optics, adapter-rotators and coating unit. ... Unit Telescopes Overview - This page is outdated, an update is in process. ... Secondary mirror (M2 Unit) - This page is outdated, an update is in process. ... Coating Unit - This page is outdated, an update is in process. ...

... Landsat 7 Views Planet Earth . ... 14.05.1999 . ... Credit Copyright: Landsat 7 Project , NASA Explanation: Launched last month, NASA's Landsat 7 spacecraft now orbits planet Earth . Looking down from an altitude of 700 km, Landsat 7 can map the planet's surface in visible and infrared bands and resolve features 30 meters across or smaller. ... Publications with keywords: Earth - planet - landsat - san fransisco . Publications with words: Earth - planet - landsat - san fransisco . ...

Ganymede is the largest moon in our solar system, larger even than the planets Pluto and Mercury. ... Ganymede's surface consists of two main types of terrain: old, dark polygonal units, and young, bright valleys and ridges (see figure 11 ). ... In a similar way, hitting a large block of ice with a hammer makes white marks. ... Ganymede as seen by Voyager 2. ... Because Voyager couldn't spot any large impact craters, scientists have concluded that the moon's surface is young. ... Moon . ... Europa . ...

... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. May 14, 1999 . Landsat 7 Views Planet Earth . Credit: Landsat 7 Project , NASA . Explanation: Launched last month, NASA's Landsat 7 spacecraft now orbits planet Earth . Looking down from an altitude of 700 km, Landsat 7 can map the planet's surface in visible and infrared bands and resolve features 30 meters across or smaller. ...

. 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.

... Uncovering the Chemistry of Earth-like Planets . ... An Earth-like planet, born from the same nebula as its host star, is composed primarily of silicate rocks and an iron-nickel metal core, and depleted in volatile content in a systematic manner. The more volatile (easier to vaporize or dissociate into gas form) an element is in an Earth-like planet, the more depleted the element is compared to its host star. ... Apr . ... Copyright (c) Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, Inc. ...

... Below is a preliminary schedule for the meeting "Planets Beyond the Solar System and the Next Generation of Space Missions," to be held at STScI in Baltimore on October 16, 17, and 18, 1996. ... A workshop to bring together scientists searching for extrasolar planets with those planning a new generation of space instrumentation. ... New programs for the detection and study of planets (interferometry, photometry, microlensing) . ... K. Sahu, STScI: Detecting planets with microlensing . ...

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... 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. ...

Why do people want to explore Mars? At the present time Mars topography is known sufficiently well to make a Martian map; we cannot distinguish yet the settlements of the inhabitants of this planet, but sooner or later we probably will be able to achieve this as well.. ... US spacecraft "Mariner-4" performed the first successful flyby and transmitted to the Earth twenty one photos of Mars' surface. ... It is supposed that large subsurface ice reservoirs or liquid water exist on Mars. ...

... Tonight's Sky . ... The Magazine . ... Star Atlas . ... An artificial comet holds secrets to Earths life . ... Astronomy for Kids . ... Observing springtime deep-sky objects with a large telescope . ... The planet has extreme temperature swings and perhaps active lava flows. ... A digital supplement to Astronomy magazine. ... Join TravelQuest International with Astronomy and Discover magazines on one of three great tour options surrounding this celestial spectacle . ... Astronomy Magazine . ...

... Go directly to the moons of: . Mercury Venus Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Pluto . Go directly to the surface features of Earth's Moon and Mars . Planet & Moons . Pronunciation . ... Mercury . ... Mars: . 2 moons . ... Jupiter: . ... Neptune: . ... 1 moon . ...

... 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. ...

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The Earth. ... The middle raiding of the Earth is 6371,032 km, the pole 6356,777 km equatorial - 6378,160 km. The Earth surface area is 510,2 mln km^2, 70,8% of which is the World ocean. ... According to the modern cosmogonical views the Earth was formed 4,6 - 4,7 billions years ago from the protoplanet cloud captured by the Sun. ... The Earth is conditionally divided into 3 parts: a bark a cloak and a core (in the centre). The external layer - the bark is 35 km thick. ... Above the Earth. ...

... Our scientific interest is an accuracy of asteroid CCD observations obtained by amateurs and professional astronomers all over in the World. ... These data help us to analyse an accuracy of real CCD positions in the MPC Database. ... Do you test your observations of the small Solar System bodies permanently before sending them to the International Minor Planets' Center? ... Do you know a real accuracy of your positional CCD-observations in comparison with the other observatories' one ? ...

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The contribution of the astronomical community of Ireland to the scientific study of the solar system. Titania is the largest satellite of the planet Uranus. ... At around 02:00 UTC on September 8th, a 7.2-magnitude star will be occulted by Titania as seen from a relatively wide zone traversing Central America, the Atlantic Ocean and Western Europe. ... The Call for Observations home page also offers a bunch of information about this phenomenon. ... Also, the weather: . ...