... Bad Astronomy . ... Bitesize Astronomy . ... Bad Astro Store . ... Site Info . ... It is from from Voyager 1 and shows a whopping big impact crater dominating the profile of the moon. Note that Mimas is about 400 kilometers across (about 250 miles). ... The wall around the crater is 5 kilometers high, and that central peak rises 6 kilometers above the surface (many impact craters have a large central peak which is caused by a pressure rebound from the impact). ... 2008 Phil Plait. ...

... Berezhnoy A.A., Kozlova E.A., Shevchenko V.V. Sternberg State Astronomical Institute, Moscow University, Russia, Moscow, Universitetski pr., 13, 199992. katk@sai.msu.ru According to the data from "Lunar Prospector" [1] the areas of high hydrogen content in the lunar south pole region coincide with the areas of such craters as Faustini (87.2є S, 75.8є E), Cabeus (85.2є S, 323є E) and other crates. ... We estimate the total permanently shadowed area in the lunar northern polar region at 28 260,2 km2. ...

... The Moon’s surface is covered with the great number of ring structures - ring mountain (circuses) and by shocked origin (meteoritic) (see the Moon craters and their peculiarity ). ... The temperature in the Moon surface is changing from 400 to 100K. The composition and structure of the Moon. ... There is difference in the mineralogical composition of the Moon and of the Earth: for example, the oxides of iron in the Moon basalt are 25% - more, and titan - 13% more then in the terrestrial. ...

... UA SCIENTIST & TEAM DISCOVER SURFACE FEATURES COVER TITAN (Science contacts: Peter H. Smith, (602) 621-2725; Mark Lemmon, (602) 621-1485; UA Lunar and Planetary Laboratory) . Scientists for the first time have made images of the surface of Saturn 's giant, haze-shrouded moon, Titan. ... About three weeks before Cassini's first flyby of Titan, the spacecraft is to release the European Space Agency's Huygens Probe to parachute to Titan's surface. ... Upper left: hemisphere facing Saturn. ...

... part 1 | ... The Basic Stages in Earth's Pre-geological Development . ... After fragments of the Vortex sleeves separated, whirlwinds of second and third orders ("NC" - new micro-vortex) were generated- future planet cores and their satellites - all of them developing independently, governed by the common laws of development of cosmogenic vortexes. ... Our planet's core today is comprised of considerably deteriorated cosmogenic vortex; consequently, the Earth has a moderated magnetic field. ...

... Armagh Observatory, College Hill, Armagh BT61 9DG, +44 (0)28 3752 2928 . ... The investigation covers the complex subject of coronal waves and the phenomena contributing to and/or causing their formation. ... The objectives of the present study is to provide a better physical understanding of the complex interrelation and evolution of several solar coronal features comprising a double-peak flare, a coronal dimming caused by a Coronal Mass Ejection (CME), a CME-driven compression, and a fast-mode...

home education > activities . SEARCH ASP SITE: Match ALL words Match ANY word . ... Astronomy . ... This classic activity by Dennis Schatz asks students to invent a more-or-less plausible life form that could survive on one of the moons and planets in our solar system. [a] . ... Good as far as it goes, but fails to point out a crucial difference with the real world: on the planets, the impacting bodies explode making craters much bigger and rounder than the ones the students will obtain. [m,h] . ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... This image combines orbital imagery with 3-D modelling to show flows that appear in spring and summer on a slope inside Mars' Newton crater. ... Warm season flows on a slope in Newton Crater, possible evidence of salty liquid water active on Mars today. Image credit: NASA) . ... Frozen water is common on and under the surface of Mars but these images are the best evidence to date for the presence of liquid water on the Martian surface today. ...

Rhea . ... Rhea is an icy body with a density of 1.33 gm/cm 3 . The low density indicates that it is composed of a rocky core taking up less than one-third of the moon's mass, with the rest composed of water-ice. ... Rhea is heavily cratered with bright whispy markings. ... The second area, in parts of the polar and equatorial regions, has craters under 40 kilometers (25 miles) in diameter. ... Orbital period (days) . ... Credit: Calvin J. Hamilton) . ... Copyright ї 1997 by Calvin J. Hamilton . ...

... Determination of spacecraft attitude and angular velocities of its rotation relative to the Sun- directed and Earth (planet)-directed axes. ... The TDSAD is principally novel system for determination of spacecraft attitude relative to directions to the Sun and to the Earth, using temperatures of several thermo sensitive units (TSU), located on spacecraft body. ... Accuracy of angular position determination              0.5° . ... The system for satellite attitude determination (TDSAD) . ...

... Seen edge-on, the gorgeous spiral galaxy was known for its flattened disk and central bulge of stars, cut by silhouetted dust lanes. A Sunspot in the New Solar Cycle . ... A new cycle has begun on our Sun. ... Pictured above in a specific color of light emitted by hydrogen is sunspot 10982, one of the first sunspots of the new solar cycle. Three Month Composite of Comet Holmes . ... This spectacular composite image shows how the coma and tail of Comet Holmes have changed. ...

. The XMM-Newton website has moved to the following location: . http://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/xmm-newton

Russian SHAREABLE DATA CENTER Institute of Solar-Terrestial Physics SB RAS . ... The real-time radiosignals characteristics calculation algorithm from current VS data is carried out according to the following scheme (V.P.Grozov ,G.V.Kotovitch,V.E.Nosov,S.N.Ponomartvhuk, S.V.Pushkarev,L.P.Sergeeva,V.V.Khakhinov. Real time decameters radio systems characteristics calculation by ionosphere vertical sounding data. ... ionogram and calculation results display on monitor; . ...

PROTOCOL OF THE INTERNATIONAL MEETING ON "WARNING" MISSION . ... According to the National Space Program of Ukraine on 1998-2002 the experimental space system WARNING has to be designed and launched in 2001. ... Composition of scientific payload is implemented in the international cooperation. ... Lviv Center of Space Research Institute (LC SRC), Ukraine. ... Space Research Institute NASU-NSAU (SRI), Kiev, UKRAINE; . ... Lviv Center of Space Research Institute (LC SRI), Lviv, UKRAINE; . ...

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... Editor's choices for the most educational Astronomy Pictures of the Day about Saturn's Moons: . ... Explanation: Titan is one of the strangest places in our Solar System . ... APOD: 2005 March 8 - Crater on Mimas . ... Explanation: The surface of Saturn 's moon Tethys is riddled with icy cliffs and craters. ... At the bottom of many craters appears some sort of unknown light-colored substance, in contrast to the unknown dark substance that appears at the bottom of Saturn's moon Hyperion . ... Index ...

... Amorphous carbonaceous materials can show a great diversity of optical properties due to the variability in their microstructure. ... The differently pyrolized celluloses are representative for a suit of carbonaceous material ranging from strongly disordered (insulating) to graphitized (conducting) material. Figure: Complex refractive index of hydrogenated amorphous carbon prepared by pyrolysis (annealing) of cellulose at different temperatures. ...

... PCS continues to perfor m nominally with previously noted jitter . ... WFC 3 and C OS science data buffer checks are completed and are nominal. ... Investigation into the source of the jitter is narrow ing in on Gyro 3. ... All Nominal All Nominal. ... COS Engineering · MKelly ; The 3 dump files from the "Load C OS Buffer W ith Zeroes" commanding this afternoon have been pr ocessed; no bit flips occurred on any of the three tes ts executed. ... This concludes COS science data buffer memory checks. ...

... S.P. KOROLEV ROCKET AND SPACE CORPORATION ENERGIA . ... OAO RSC "Energia" . ... Company's History . ... History . Brief History of Rocket and Space Technology . ... Project History . ISS Russian Segment . Steps of ISS Assembly . ... ISS 45/46 . ... Rocket Space Complexes . ... SPHERES - ZeroRobotics . ... The programs are being developed for experimental satellites SPHERES, which are onboard the International Space Station. ... HISTORY . ... 2015 JSC "S.P. Korolev RSC "Energia" . ...

The First International Symposium on Space Education "UNIVERSAT-2006" was held in Moscow on June 26-30, 2006. ... The scientific program of UNIVERSAT-2006 covered a wide area of topics centered around the theme "Space Education and University Satellites". ... Space Researches in University Education - Heliobiology, Ecology, Atmosphere Sciences, Remote Sensing. ... Basic Space Sciences in High-School and Cooperation in Space Education Projects. ... They have presented over 70 oral and poster reports. ...