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- layer of a liquid that causes that layer to behave as an elastic sheet ... | \scriptstyle g is the acceleration due to gravity and is equal to ...28 KB (4,404 words) - 23:53, 26 February 2023
- According to present observations of structures larger than galaxies ... and radiation in the universe is estimated to be equivalent to about one ...31 KB (4,554 words) - 22:23, 25 January 2024
- sediment accumulation, as their shells sink to the ocean floor after the creatures ... fluid respectively); g is the acceleration due to gravity; r is the radius ...10 KB (1,554 words) - 17:44, 25 January 2023
- Rocket propellant is the material used by a rocket engine to generate ... by combustion of the propellant materials to form very hot gases, which ...24 KB (3,649 words) - 02:28, 16 December 2022
- , but it is slightly smaller than Uranus due to its higher density. The ... methane, so an unknown component is presumed to cause Neptune's intense color. ...30 KB (4,444 words) - 16:20, 11 November 2022
- positions of the Moon and Sun relative to the Earth, the effects of Earth ... The tide reverses direction and is said to be turning. ...37 KB (5,992 words) - 23:32, 30 April 2023
- motion from this system, he was the first to show that the motions of bodies ... the rate of cooling of objects when exposed to air. Furthermore, he studied ...38 KB (5,841 words) - 19:00, 7 March 2024
- A celestial sphere can also refer to a physical model of the celestial ... of the Earth, and no parallax effects need to be taken into account. In the ...58 KB (9,037 words) - 23:45, 3 December 2023
- Sun, and was the first Kuiper Belt object to be discovered. Approximately ... Astronomical Union (IAU) has yet to formalize a definition for ...42 KB (6,097 words) - 17:02, 26 September 2023
- or aircraft that obtains thrust by reaction to the ejection of fast-moving ... In this process, the gases are accelerated to extremely high speeds, and ...39 KB (5,911 words) - 02:27, 16 December 2022
- term specify that automobiles are designed to run primarily on roads, to ... and the death of many public transit systems to the growth of malls, the replacement ...30 KB (4,553 words) - 07:06, 23 August 2023
- exploits the rise and fall in sea levels due to the tides, or the movement ... energy from the moving water currents to power turbines, in a similar ...18 KB (2,762 words) - 23:26, 30 April 2023
- the lunar deities Selene and Cynthia) refer to the Moon. The average distance from the Moon to the Earth is 384,403 kilometers ...39 KB (6,162 words) - 13:13, 10 March 2023
- a well-placed official who was secretary to the princes of Orange. Huygens ... a mustache at the time, and wore his sword to class. A fight broke out, and ...16 KB (2,465 words) - 17:57, 10 December 2023
- units, though these do not affect its day-to-day use. Over the last two ... a multiple of 10. The standard acceleration due to gravity on Earth gn has ...26 KB (4,128 words) - 16:28, 9 November 2022
- and ice. The coma and tail are primarily due to the effects of solar radiation ... comets formed from a nebula that collapsed to produce the solar system, about ...28 KB (4,322 words) - 00:05, 8 January 2024
- Human ability to harness electricity is one of the keys for the establishment ... usage of the word electricity is ascribed to Sir Thomas Browne in his 1646 ...20 KB (2,998 words) - 15:53, 13 February 2024
- a distinct state of matter in contrast to gases because of its unique ... energy being too great for stable atoms to form. For instance, at the ...35 KB (5,311 words) - 07:58, 24 November 2022
- The ear shows a common biology from fish to humans, with variations in ... The word "ear" may be used correctly to describe the whole ...23 KB (3,869 words) - 17:32, 12 February 2024
- energetic processes on the Sun all the way to the farthest reaches of the ... radiation that people on Earth are exposed to. For astronauts, however, the ...37 KB (5,720 words) - 08:13, 10 January 2024
