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the Moon passes through some portion of the Earth's shadow. This can occur ... times a year, whenever some portion of the Earth's shadow falls upon ...

roughly equal to the mean distance of the Earth from the Sun. The currently ... of the Earth's elliptical orbit around the Sun. In 1976, the ...

When an eclipse occurs in a stellar system such as the Solar System ... when the Moon's shadow crosses the Earth's surface, or a lunar ...

was the first astronomer to use the telescope for observing. ... imagers, spectrographs, and an adaptive optics system. ===Construction=== ...

Located near the center of the far side of Earth's Moon, its diameter ... celestial phenomena that originate outside Earth's atmosphere. It gives ...

3000 km², was still the largest iceberg on Earth, until it ran aground and ... Before 1912, there was no system in place to track icebergs to guard ...

in 1683, he introduced the first national system for weights and measures ... of Jupiter, in essence using the Jovian system as a cosmic clock. This method ...

light-years (ly) (2 kiloparsec (kpc)) from Earth, the nebula has a diameter ... in 1758 by Charles Messier as he was observing a bright comet. Messier ...

innovative geocentric model of the Solar System in which the Sun and Moon ... Tycho developed a theory of the solar system in which the sun circled ...

that his analog pen-and-paper recording system kept recording a repeating ... of widely separated radio telescopes observing the same object that are ...

experiment is to introduce a change in a system (the independent variable ... on observations of the variables of the system under study, rather than ...

the most massive objects in the Solar System outside the Sun and the eight ... bodies orbiting something other than the Earth dealt a serious blow to the ...

A binary star is a star system consisting of two stars orbiting around ... appear to be close together as seen from Earth, but are not bound to each ...

* Emitted radiation (for example Earth's infrared glow) ... :# The Sun and the Earth both radiate as spherical black bodies. ...

The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite. Natural satellites ... The average distance from the Moon to the Earth is 384,403 kilometers ...

of invisible energy coursing through the earth. Presently, people also are ... pieces of gold or jewels into the fluid, observing the figures that were formed ...

experimentation, and monitoring of the Earth's environment and weather ... map making etc. (See especially Earth Observing System.) ...

The Sun is the star at the center of the Earth's solar system ... wind that carry material through the solar system. The effects of solar activity ...

from the Sun and the largest in the Solar System. Jupiter and the other gas ... center). It is 318 times more massive than Earth, with a diameter 11 times ...

A comet is a small body in the solar system that orbits the Sun and ... nebula that collapsed to produce the solar system, about five billion years ...

Mercury is the innermost and smallest planet in the solar system, ... about 1 percent as strong as that of the Earth. Surface temperatures on ...

minimum kinetic energy remains in the system as seen by all observers ... in which it is measured. An isolated system (no energy can enter or leave ...

work was an attempt to create a unified system for understanding the human ... Posidonius measured the earth’s circumference by observing the position ...

instrument for finding directions on the earth. It consists of a magnetized ... with a delicate construction, is used by observing variations of the needle ...

Mineralogy is an Earth science focused around the chemistry, crystal ... substances were comprised of water, air, earth, and fire, with the properties ...

concerned with the engineering behavior of earth materials. Geotechnical engineering ... foundations. Retaining structures include earth-filled dams and retaining ...

all celestial bodies revolve around the Earth. Galileo published a full ... universe, in which everything circled around the Earth. ...

Just as most effects of gravity can be made to vanish by observing ... the room is resting on the surface of the Earth and the objects are being ...

before him used a simpler sexagesimal system dividing a circle into 60 ... collection of texts nowadays called "System B" (sometimes attributed ...

life. As the existence of life beyond Earth is currently uncertain, planetary ... The idea that planets beyond Earth might host life is an ancient one ...

liquids, and gases covering most of the Earth's land surface and that ... The earth's soil in general is sometimes referred to as comprising ...

levels of the organization of life on earth and on the interrelations ... The outer layer of the planet Earth can be divided into several compartments: ...

the ultraviolet radiation that reaches the Earth's surface is UVA. Some ... health effects on the skin, eye, and immune system. title = Health ...

element of the rest of the sacramental system and the Church itself, or ... and did not teach that Jews should stop observing the Mosaic law (Acts 21:24). ...

such as the atmosphere, the ocean, or the earth" (Glossary in US Patent ... * Lambrecht, Astrid. "Observing mechanical dissipation in the ...

Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun in our solar system and is ... Like the Earth, Mars has a rocky surface and polar ice caps. Its rotational ...

Leon Festinger in the mid-1950s, after observing the counterintuitive persistence ... and more people can be persuaded that the system of belief is correct, then ...

George Washington was among the guests observing the take off. ... 1793. Although a balloon has no propulsion system, a degree of directional ...

#039;s laws of planetary motion from this system, he was the first to show ... for we cannot find more than once a system of the world to establish ...

the first platform capable of observing the Sun in the extreme ... the largest explosions in our solar system. Furthermore, the surface ...

planet to the Sun, orbiting it every 224.7 Earth days. After Earth's ... A terrestrial planet, it is sometimes called Earth's "sister ...

encountered rotating reference frame is the Earth. Freely moving objects on ... velocity of the particle in the rotating system, and Ω is the angular velocity ...

His philosophical system, particularly as it is presented in the Syntagma ... so dispel doubts about the motion of the Earth), and carried out numerous ...

importance than beauty. In referring to the Earth as a "Mansion-Globe ... Kant, in 1764, made an attempt to record his thoughts on the observing ...

The Global Positioning System (GPS) is currently the only fully functional ... Timing And Ranging Global Positioning System). The satellite constellation ...

the heavens by a united humanity. God, observing the arrogance of humanity ... 1 And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. 2 And ...

that the use of this classification system was made before 433 B.C.E ... from Han carvings and reliefs, that the system of representing asterisms ...

add to the delight one can experience for observing the prairie dog. ... with grass to insulate them, and the earth excavated from the burrow ...

A galaxy is a massive, gravitationally bound system consisting of ... and various interstellar clouds. The Solar System is located in the Milky Way ...

the 'science of life') is a system of traditional medicine native ... history, Ayurveda remains an influential system of medicine in South Asia ...

18 minutes to traverse the diameter of Earth's orbit. Unfortunately ... Thomas Young did his famous experiment observing diffraction from two closely ...

and is notable for describing an ancient system of cosmology, philosophy ... 8¦¦¦ (☷)000Field (坤 kūn)earth (地)southwest ===Hexagram Lookup ...

by its own gravity. The nearest star to Earth is the Sun, which is the ... and many other properties of a star by observing its spectrum, luminosity ...

are the largest known to have occurred on Earth within that timeframe, producing ... we can study development of the planet Earth through its various stages ...

taking care of each other and the earth that is their home. ... lie in the geology revolution, when the Earth was revealed to be much older ...

and the Sciences of the Heavens and the Earth. (Taipei: Caves Books Ltd ... zone in the radiation belt surrounding the earth. This zone, known as the ...

Röntgen, a German scientist, began observing and further documenting ... plate, X-ray film in a cassette, and rare earth screens. ...

there are the four fundamental elements of earth, water, fire, and air, from ... #039;s La Systeme de la Nature (The System of Nature), in France in ...

and measuring the magnetic field of the earth. Fermi's interest in ... experiments with uranium, narrowly missed observing nuclear fission. At that ...

of identity. New Zealanders respect the earth and the sea and as a national ... for Britain by right of discovery, by observing that Māori were so sparse ...

of the difficulties inherent in precisely observing and measuring rapid decomposition ... silica, or most commonly diatomaceous earth, which act as stabilizers ...

Chichen Itza, Tikal, and Uxmal. Through observing numerous consistent elements ... planes: the underworld, the sky, and the earth. The Mayan Underworld was ...

(or occasionally, a cumulus cloud) and the Earth's surface. Tornadoes ... spawned from the same large-scale storm system. If there is no break in ...

caves, and piles of stones, as well as earth spirits, the tutelary gods ... of Confucianism. Yet, its ethical system is still the bedrock of contemporary ...

caused by exposure to radioactivity while observing A-bomb tests in the Pacific ... With this contribution of von Neumann, the axiomatic system of the ...

the structure of a compound by observing its fragmentation, quantifying ... very specific mass analyzer and detection system, as is the case with AMS ...

For instance: 'Ye are the salt of the earth.' I would not insist ... with secular life, while strictly observing the Jewish law in the home ...

examined the problem of having a logical system of philosophy that connected ... world into his nascent epistemological system. Significantly, in the title ...

by SadaShiva and Sri Krs'na. His system of meditation, he said, is ... #maintenance of self-observing attitude. Alberto Perez-De-Albeniz and ...

Permian-Triassic extinction event was the Earth's most severe extinction ... reflect history. They fit the pattern of observing that the leg of Reptile ...

to the eldest son. Although under that system only a Chingissid could claim ... for the four elements. The department of Earth held charge of Agriculture ...

for the country's first telephone system. He also developed a device ... Tesla focused intently on his AC polyphase system, even while digging ditches. ...

reflect history. They fit the pattern of observing that the leg of Reptile ... to be those who are seeking to reconcile earth's life and geology with ...

The Comanches were ill-prepared for life in a modern economic system ... The security system of the individual in Comanche is constructed on ...

is in the heavens and all that is in the earth. And Allah is sufficient ... Mahdi will live out their natural lives on earth, once ad-Dajjal has been ...

imposing its socio-economic and political system upon its jurisdiction, leading ... reunification under their political system. The war continued until ...

of Churches issued a provocative statement observing: The organization ... The UN system is financed in two ways: assessed and voluntary contributions ...

shah declined the assassination offer, observing that would have made Khomeini ... *This system of clerical rule is necessary to prevent injustice: corruption ...

that it was designed to support life on earth, another example of Paley’s ... digit number; equivalent to taking aim from Earth and hitting an inch-wide ...

number rather than upon the decadic (10) system adopted by the later haggadists ... of Creation in which God created heaven and earth and all the flora and fauna ...

eventually stabilised under a multi-party system in 1966. ... la tierra" (God in Heaven, Trujillo on Earth). As time went on, the order ...

The female was symbolically linked to the earth, maintaining the life cycle ... god of the sky; Gaia, the mother goddess of Earth; and Chronos, the godly personification ...

beginning God created the heavens and the earth," (Genesis 1:1), offered ... Mach, holding “a physical theory to be a system of mathematical propositions ...

People whose value system is rooted in religion continue to see homosexual ... organized and is working through the legal system and political process to ...