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Keywords: Apollo 8, Moon, Earth
![Спутники вокруг Земли](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2003/07/14/0001191585/earthsat_fu.preview.gif)
14.07.2003
Thousands of satellites orbit the Earth. Costing billions of dollars, this swarm of high altitude robots is now vital to communication, orientation, and imaging both Earth and space. One common type of orbit is geostationary where a satellite will appear to hover above one point on Earth's equator.
![Миранда, Шеврон, Алонсо](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2005/07/19/0001207307/miranda_vg2mos1_full.preview.jpg)
5.03.1999
Miranda is a bizarre world which surely had a tempestuous past. The innermost of the larger Uranian moons, Miranda is almost 300 miles in diameter and was discovered in 1948 by American planetary astronomer Gerard Kuiper.
![Гамлет и Оберон](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2005/07/16/0001207267/oberon2_usgs_big.preview.gif)
26.02.1999
What's in a name? Since 1919, the International Astronomical Union has been charged with the task of establishing "conventional" nomenclature for planets, satellites, and surface features. For the remote Uranian system of moons, namesakes from Shakespearean works have been chosen.
![Энцелад: снимок крупным планом](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2005/03/17/0001204856/enceladus_cassini_03_c77.preview.jpg)
16.03.2005
The surface of Enceladus is as white as fresh snow. Still, an impressive variety of terrain is revealed in this contrast enhanced image. At a resolution of about 30 meters per pixel, the close-up view spans over 20 kilometers - recorded during the touring Cassini spacecraft's March flyby of the icy Saturnian moon.
![Отравленный воздух Земли](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2001/07/11/0001169752/globeCO_terra.preview.gif)
9.07.2001
Where on Earth is the air most polluted? Recently released images from the Terra satellite show not only areas of high pollution, but also how polluted air moves. In the above image, locations of higher air pollution are shown in red. The pollutant tracked is carbon monoxide (CO) at a height of about 5 kilometers.
![Снег над озером](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2004/11/30/0001201326/lakeeffect_seawifs.preview.jpg)
29.11.2004
What are those strange clouds stretching out from these lakes? The clouds are caused by cold air moving over a warm water and result in bands of lake-effect snow. The rising bands of moistened, warmed air that drop lake-effect snow alternate with clear bands of falling cold air.
!["Волнистый" спутник в кольцах Сатурна](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2005/05/23/0001205877/wavemaker_cassini.preview.jpg)
23.05.2005
What causes small waves in Saturn's rings? Observations of rings bordering the Keeler gap in Saturn's rings showed unusual waves. Such waves were first noticed last July and are shown above in clear detail.
![Спутники Плутона?](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2005/11/03/0001209208/plutoMoons_hst_f.preview.jpg)
2.11.2005
In 1930, tiny, icy world Pluto was discovered orbiting in the distant solar system. In 1978, its relatively large companion Charon was detected by ground-based observations. This year, the Hubble Space Telescope may well have detected two further members of the Pluto system.
![Ударный кратер Маникуаган](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2005/01/01/0001201692/manicouagan_sts9.preview.jpg)
31.12.2004
Manicouagan Crater in northern Canada is one of the oldest impact craters known. Formed about 200 million years ago, the present day terrain supports a 70-kilometer diameter hydroelectric reservoir in the telltale form of an annular lake. The crater itself has been worn away by the passing of glaciers and other erosional processes.
![Таинственный темный спутник Урана Умбриэль](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2002/08/24/0001179267/umbriel_vg2_big.preview.gif)
7.04.1996
Why is Umbriel so dark? This dark moon reflects only half the light of other Uranus' moons such as Ariel. And what is that bright ring at the top? Unfortunately, nobody yet knows. These questions presented themselves when Voyager 2 passed this satellite of Uranus in January 1986.
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