Search results for "Astronomical observatory" - New World Encyclopedia
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- * Gaocheng Astronomical Observatory, the oldest astronomical observatory in China. * Mount Jigong, on the southern border. * Mount Song, near ...27 KB (3,852 words) - 17:21, 7 February 2022
- on his scientific career at the Yerkes Observatory of the University of Chicago ... *Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1953) *National Medal ...20 KB (2,980 words) - 13:44, 28 April 2023
- motion in the twilight sky. The astronomical symbol for Mercury (displayed ... seen by John Bevis at the Royal Greenwich Observatory. R. W. Sinnott ...35 KB (5,451 words) - 16:12, 9 November 2022
- distance on August 22, 1924 was 0.37284 astronomical units (AU) (compared to ... orientalist Percival Lowell founded an observatory that had 12- and 18-inch ...47 KB (7,206 words) - 16:13, 6 November 2022
- rings carried out by James Keeler of Lick Observatory. ===Physical ... so in his 1847 publication Results of Astronomical Observations made at the ...26 KB (3,935 words) - 17:00, 23 December 2022
- a museum of art and archaeology, and an astronomical observatory. ==Culture== Until 1869, all buildings within the city proper were of wood or ...13 KB (1,867 words) - 05:19, 31 July 2023
- Edward C. Pickering at Harvard College Observatory had developed a method ... quot; and "dwarf" stars,] The Observatory 36: 324–329. Retrieved ...39 KB (5,825 words) - 10:55, 9 March 2023
- seventeen enormous folios," at the Observatory of Paris. It was begun ... allowed all calculations needed for astronomical navigation to be reduced ...27 KB (4,283 words) - 20:58, 3 November 2022
- Based on his open mind and painstaking analysis of astronomical data ... " At age nine, he observed another astronomical event, the lunar eclipse ...31 KB (4,812 words) - 07:18, 5 April 2024
- :This article is about the astronomical object. [[Image:Pleiades large ... used today, and they invented numerous astronomical instruments which could ...80 KB (12,078 words) - 15:50, 27 April 2023
- work, he was able to demonstrate an astronomical or calendrical role in ... who claimed to see a large number of astronomical alignments, both lunar ...37 KB (5,831 words) - 02:27, 26 February 2023
- events for people unaware of their astronomical nature, as the Sun suddenly ... The Director (of the Astronomical Observatory) asked me about the ...35 KB (5,853 words) - 13:54, 2 February 2023
- Seondeok (623-647), is the oldest extant astronomical observatory in East Asia, while some disagree on its exact functions. Muslim traders brought ...16 KB (2,364 words) - 22:07, 29 January 2023
- one of world's oldest surviving astronomical observatories]] Cheomseongdae, a 9.4-meter high observatory built in 634, stands out ...31 KB (4,423 words) - 04:09, 4 March 2023
- . He was especially interested in the astronomical observatory, in the temple and in the ceremonial courtyard. ===Mayan pyramids=== ...16 KB (2,447 words) - 18:24, 12 February 2024
- system was adopted by the International Astronomical Union, the body that oversees ... to directly determine the size of the astronomical unit, and hence of the ...45 KB (7,026 words) - 17:37, 3 May 2023
- roads, canals, a national university, an astronomical observatory, and other initiatives. The support for his proposals was limited, even among his ...17 KB (2,529 words) - 03:49, 3 May 2024
- The principal component of the solar system is the Sun (astronomical symbol ... distances within the solar system in astronomical units (AU). One AU is ...60 KB (9,448 words) - 15:09, 27 April 2023
- Core.] National Radio Astronomy Observatory, November 10, 2005. Retrieved ... In the astronomical literature, the capitalized word 'Galaxy ...57 KB (8,514 words) - 03:49, 18 April 2024
- study of radioisotopes as well as an astronomical observatory. During those decades the university continued to restructure its graduate school and ...19 KB (2,825 words) - 22:33, 23 June 2023
