... The motion of a planet around the Sun or of a scientific satellite around Earth follows different equations (though a connection exists), but in many respect it resembles that of the stone. ... Kepler's law states: . ... Illustrating Kepler's 2nd law: . ... As an example, let the drawing on the right represent the orbit of an Earth satellite, and let AB and CD be the portions of the orbit covered in 3 hours near apogee and near perigee, respectively. ... Gravity can also provide energy. ...

... Low Polar Orbit . ... Different types of satellite orbits have different uses: while the synchronous orbit is best for communication satellites, Lagrangian point orbits help monitor the solar wind before it reaches Earth. ... Many spacecraft use such orbits, e.g. the US Air Force surveillance satellites of the DMSP series, or the series of French Earth-resources spacecraft SPOT . ... If the satellite then starts near a noon-midnight orbit, it will always pass near noon and near midnight. ...

... The fundamental internal FOS time interval is an FOS clock tick of 7.8125 ?sec duration, which is equal to 8 ticks of the HST 1.024 MHz clock. ... The engineering telemetry did record the so-called LINESTART time; that is, the precise time when the SDF told the FOS to commence sending data from the FOS memory to the SDF. ... FOS engineering telemetry, available only at STScI, provides all timing information at accuracy of FOS clock (7.8125 ?sec). ...

... Bad Astronomy . ... Bitesize Astronomy . ... Last week's Snack talked about how black holes can affect the environment around them in such a way as to be very bright . ... It's a common misconception that black holes always have matter swirling into them. ... As this matter gets closer and closer to the black hole it piles up and a large, fairly flat disk forms. This is called the accretion disk , because matter from this disk accretes (that is, falls in) on the black hole. ... 2008 Phil Plait. ...

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... Research areas . ... Events The Second All-Russian Research and Practical Conference 'Actual problems in Avionics Research: Theory, Service, Developments' . ... The Second All-Russian Research and Practical Conference 'Actual problems in Avionics Research: Theory, Service, Developments' "(AVIATOR) will take place at the Faculty of Aviation Equipment of the Military Educational and Scientific Centre of Air Force 'Air Force Academy named after Professor N. E. Zhukovskiy and Yu. ...

Astronomy Picture of the Day . A Gravity Map of Earth . ... 13.11.2001 . ... Credit: JPL , NASA Explanation: Is gravity the same over the surface of the Earth ? ... To better map Earth's gravity and hence better understand its interior and past, NASA plans to launch the Gravity Recovery and Climate (GRACE) satellite in February. ... U. Based on Astronomy Picture Of the Day . Publications with keywords: surface gravity - Earth . Publications with words: surface gravity - Earth . ...

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