Astronomy Picture of the Day . ... 19.10.1998 . ... Credit Copyright: Mars Global Surveyor Project , MSSS , JPL , NASA . Explanation: Olympus Mons on Mars is the largest volcano in the Solar System . ... This representative-color image was taken last April by the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft currently orbiting Mars. ... Publications with keywords: Mars - Olympus Mons . Publications with words: Mars - Olympus Mons . ... Curiosity on the Move . Curiosity on Mars: Mt Sharp in View . ...

... They worked out that first magnitude was on average 100 times brighter than the 6th magnitude star. ... This formed an equation of apparent magnitude Mv which is: Mv = -2.5 log f + constant were f is the flux of that star f = ( counts/ exposure) The images that we worked on were taken by the Polar Bear Telescope. ... One of these being that it will be combined with standard stars, which will be used to identify the area of stars and to also help identify other stars within the image. ...

Next: Characteristics of the Up: The Epsilon Aurigae Previous: The Epsilon Aurigae . ... Epsilon Aurig? is an F0 Ia star with an enigmatic companion which partially eclipses the visible star for 2 years every 27.1 years. ... The eclipse light curve has a long, flat minimum (Figure ), implying that the secondary is not appreciably convex. ... We develop hydrostatic models for the Aurig? secondary in Section D.3 and present synthetic eclipse light curves calculated using these models in Section D.4. ...

... Direct data transmission rate (Mbps) . ... the density of electron fluexs with energies in four bands from 0.04 MeV to 1.7 MeV; . ... sensor (TV, IR) data and heliogeophisical information (HGI) transmission to data receiving and processing centers at a rate of up to 2.56 Mbps; . ... 1.76 GHz - TV- and heliogeophysical information and DCLI's data transmission to data receiving and processing centers; . 7.5 GHz - TV- and heliogeophisical data transmission to data receiving and processing centers; . ...

LIPSKIY-RODIONOVA' LUNAR ANTIPODES AS PRECURSORS OF A REGULAR WAVE PLANETOLOGY G.G.Kochemasov IGEM of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia kochem@igem.ru / Fax: (009)(095)230 21 79 The first observations of the lunar far side allowed to compare it with the near side and draw very important conclusions in the very beginning of planetary studies based on spacecrafts. ... Celestial bodies are dichotomic. ... The concept of celestial bodies includes Sun (a star) as one of them. ...

... Tonight's Sky . ... Venus . ... Astronomy for Kids . ... Venus Climate Orbiter Akatsuki inserted into Venusт?? orbit . After missing on their first attempt in 2010, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency successfully inserted the Venus Climate Orbiter Akatsuki into orbit around Venus. ... The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) successfully inserted the Venus Climate Orbiter Akatsuki into orbit around Venus. ... Only registered members of Astronomy.com are allowed to comment on this article. ...

MINUTES of the RadioAstron Teleconference on January 19, 2011 N. Kardashev chaired the teleconference. ... NRAO and MPIfR representatives expressed their willing to correlate RadioAstron data, and they stressed the necessity of agreements on the formats of correlator logs, time-correction file, and reconstructed orbit presentation. ... New Zeland JIVE, The Netherlands ASC, Russia NRAO, USA NRAO, USA ASC, Russia ASC, Russia NRAO, USA ASC, Russia MPIfR, Germany ASC, Russia JPL, USA NRAO, USA NAIC, USA ...

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