... SMIS : Space Monitoring Information Support laboratory . Russia's Weather : State Meteorological Center Weather Forecast . Space Weather service : ACE real time solar wind data and simple geomagnetic activity forecast. ... World Fire Web : Space Research Institute (IKI) node . Sputnik : Joint project of SRC Planeta, Rosgidromet and Space Research Institute (IKI) . ... Today's Space Weather : Presented by the Space Environment Center . ... Back to the Space Research Institute Home Page ...

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... Planetary Systems and the Origins of Life . ... Solar System . ... The JWST Planetary Systems and Origins of Life theme goal is to determine the physical and chemical properties of planetary systems, and investigate the potential for the origins of life in those systems. ... JWST's planetary exploration theme also includes a rich solar system science case that includes imaging and spectroscopic characterization of Mars and the outer planets, Kuiper belt objects, dwarf planets, icy moons, and comets....

... Click on an object in the solar system or choose from the list at left to learn more . The Arecibo Observatory planetary radar is the world's most powerful instrument for post-discovery characterization and orbital refinement of near-Earth objects. ... The Solar System Studies group is a department of the Arecibo Observatory, which is an NSF facility operated under cooperative agreement by SRI International, Universities Space Research Association (USRA), and la Universidad Metropolitana (UMET). ...

... The UK has a very vibrant solar system science community highly regarded internationally. ... The PPARC Introductory and Advanced Courses in Solar System Plasmas has, since the1980s, played an important part in the early training of solar, heliospheric, magnetospheric and ionospheric physicists. ... We therefore seek support to provide the 2007 Introductory Solar System Plasmas School, which will provide valuable training for the next generation of solar system scientists . ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Solar System . ... Planets . ... This bizarrely shrunken planetary system was found by NASAтАЩs Kepler mission, hence the parent star has been named Kepler-11. ... Planetary scientist and Kepler science team member Jack Lissauer said ?These six planets are mixtures of rock and gases, possibly including water.тАЭ €аNone of these strange new worlds are likely to be home to any form of life; their surface conditions are simply too extreme. ...

The XPA messaging system provides seamless communication between many kinds of Unix programs, including X programs and Tcl/Tk programs. It also provides an easy way for users to communicate with these XPA-enabled programs by executing XPA client commands in the shell or by utilizing such commands in scripts. ... A program becomes an XPA-enabled server by defining named points of public access through which data and commands can be exchanged with other client programs (and users). ...

... 9a. Earth orbits Sun? . ... 10a. Scale of Solar Sys. ... If the mean distance of Earth from the Sun is 1 AU ("Astronomical Unit"), then that of Venus is 0.723 AU, of Mercury 0.387 AU and that of Mars is 1.524 AU. ... By noting (1) where on the Sun's disk is the crossing seen, (2) timing its duration at two far-apart points on Earth, and (3) comparing the times, one can calculate the distance to Venus and from it the scale of the solar system. ... One occurred in 1639--too early. ...

The FITS "World Coordinate System" (WCS) standard defines keywords and usage that provide for the description of astronomical coordinate systems in a FITS image header. ... I: "Representations of world coordinates in FITS" , Greisen, E.W. & Calabretta, M.R. (2002), Astronomy & Astrophysics , 395 , 1061-1075. ... This diagram illustrating Bonne's projection with conformal latitude +35 was produced by WCSLIB , a C implementation of the coordinate transformations defined in the FITS WCS papers. ...

... The Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems (ADASS) conference is held each year at a different hosting astronomical institution. The conference provides a forum for scientists and programmers concerned with algorithms, software and software systems employed in the acquisition, reduction, analysis, and dissemination of astronomical data. ... The 26th annual ADASS conference will be held from October 16th to 20th, 2016 at the Stazione Marittima Conference Centre , Trieste, Italy. ...

... Tonight's Sky . ... The Magazine . News . Observing . ... Gravitational wave search provides insights into galaxy evolution and mergers . ... solar system . ... The double star 54 Leonis, spiral galaxy NGC 3198, and emission nebula NGC 3199 . ... The Golden Earring, planetary nebula NGC 2867, and barred spiral galaxy NGC 3109 . ... Observe the Solar System . Astronomy for Kids . ... Receive news, sky-event information, observing tips, and more from Astronomy's weekly email newsletter. ...

... 2010 August 25 . HD 10180: Richest Yet Planetary System Discovered . ... Sensitive measurements, though, have now uncovered a slight but complex wobble of the Sun-like star HD 10180 indicating that it has at least five planets and possibly more, making it the richest extra-solar planetary system yet known. ... The planetary system appears quite different than our Solar System , since all of HD 10180's discovered planets have Neptune -like masses but orbit inside the distance of Mars . ...

There are 2 separate compressed air systems on site that function independently. These systems can backup each other in case of an emergency. ... System No. 1: This system provides compressed air to: . ... Compressed air is provided by two Kaeser screw compressors in the boiler room. ... Pressure runs at either 109 or 115 psi depending on which compressor is operating. ... However, System No. 2 can only backup System No. 1 when operating on the Kaeser compressor. ...

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... PUL VLBI Analysis Center . ... Pulkovo EOP and Reference Systems Analysis Center (PERSAC) is located at the Pulkovo Observatory . ... Processing of VLBI , GPS, and optical observations aimed at analysis of the Earth rotation, station displacement, and celestial reference system. ... Celestial Pole Offset (CPO) and Free Core Nutation (FCN) . Four daily updated CPO and FCN series (models) are provided. ... File fcn1.dat contains the ZM1 FCN model with variable amplitude and phase. ...

Astronomy Picture of the Day . Upsilon Andromedae: An Extra Solar System . ... Credit: Lynette Cook Explanation: Yesterday, astronomers announced the discovery of the first system of planets around a normal star other than our Sun . Previously, only single planet star systems had been found. ... This star system is quite different from our own Solar System , however. ... The drawing above is an artist's depiction of the Upsilon Andromedae system and its innermost planet. ...

... Contacts . 2008: . Spiral structure of the magnetic field in AO 0953 over a stable spot. A two-dimensional high-altitude structure of the coronal magnetic field, with the power tube extending up the ~0.4 о -wide spiral was observed over a stable spot in the active region AO 0953. The magnetic field of around 600Gs is located at a rather high altitude in the solar corona (up to 25 thousand km). ... Contacts: V.M. Bogod ) . Archive . ...

An Ancient Universe: How Astronomers Know the Vast Scale of Cosmic Time . ... a) Changes in the Solar System - Continued . The Cratered Face of the Moon Impact craters on the Earth, Moon, and other worlds are formed by the bombardment of chunks of rock and ice from space. ... So we conclude that the solar system experienced many more impacts in the distant past than today. ... The Changing Universe - Changes in the Solar System - Changes in Stars - Changes in the Universe | ...

... They are responsible for the Viking CD-ROM set, which provided the raw data I have processed and used in the Mars and related pages. ... New York: Cambridge University Press, 1982. ... New York: Penguin Books, 1992. ... New York: Harper & Row, 3rd Edition, 1981. ... Simon, Seymour. ... New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc, 1992. ... Mars . New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc, 1987. ... New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc, 1985. ... New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc, 1991. ...

. An operating system is the program that controls all the other parts of a computer system - both the hardware and the software. Most importantly, it allows you to make use of the facilities provided by the system. Every computer has an operating system. The UNIX operating system has three important features; a kernel, the shell and a filesystem. The Kernel . The Shell . UNIX file system . More about the UNIX operating system .