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Uranus/Neptune Uranus: Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun. It has the third-largest planetary radius and fourth-largest planetary mass in the Solar System. Uranus is similar in composition to Neptune, and both have different bulk chemical composition from that of the larger gas giants Jupiter and Saturn. For thi...
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Stellar Types Stellar Color: Readings: Schneider & Arny: Units 55, 57 Stars have a range of colors which represent their surface temperatures due to Wien's law (which states that the peak emission of light from an object goes as the inverse of temperature). The color of a star is determined by that part of the visible...
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Medieval Cosmology
Medieval Cosmology Rationalism: Science, it is widely agreed, originated from two main sources. One was the need to develop practical knowledge and to pass it from generation to generation. The other was a more spiritual concern with the nature and origin of the world. Common to both of these well-springs of science ...
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Hubble sequence Readings: Galaxies Hubble Scheme Hubble sequence : The Milky Way galaxy is not the only galaxy in the Universe. Edwin Hubble showed in the 1930's that most of the `nebula' seen in the sky are, in fact, external galaxies, systems composed of billions of stars well outside the Milky Way. Later work by Hub...
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http://abyss.uoregon.edu/%7Ejs/glossary/bohr_atom.html
Bohr Atomic Model Bohr Atomic Model : In 1913 Bohr proposed his quantized shell model of the atom to explain how electrons can have stable orbits around the nucleus. The motion of the electrons in the Rutherford model was unstable because, according to classical mechanics and electromagnetic theory, any charged partic...
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http://abyss.uoregon.edu/%7Ejs/glossary/coriolis_effect.html
Coriolis Effect Coriolis Effect: Coriolis effect is an inertial force described by the 19th-century French engineer-mathematician Gustave-Gaspard Coriolis in 1835. Coriolis showed that, if the ordinary Newtonian laws of motion of bodies are to be used in a rotating frame of reference, an inertial force--acting to the ...
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http://abyss.uoregon.edu/%7Ejs/glossary/dynamo_effect.html
Dynamo Effect Dynamo Effect : The dynamo effect is a geophysical theory that explains the origin of the Earth's main magnetic field in terms of a self-exciting (or self-sustaining) dynamo. In this dynamo mechanism, fluid motion in the Earth's outer core moves conducting material (liquid iron) across an already existin...
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Electromagnetic Radiation Electromagnetic Radiation: Electromagnetic radiation is energy that is propagated through free space or through a material medium in the form of electromagnetic waves, such as radio waves, visible light, and gamma rays. The term also refers to the emission and transmission of such radiant ene...
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Spectral Types Spectral Types: Most stars are grouped into a small number of spectral classes. The Henry Draper Catalogue lists spectral classes from the hottest to the coolest stars. These types are designated, in order of decreasing temperature, by the letters O, B, A, F, G, K, and M. This group is supplemented by R-...
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Temperature Scales There are three temperature scales in use today, Fahrenheit, Celsius and Kelvin. Fahrenheit temperature scale is a scale based on 32 for the freezing point of water and 212 for the boiling point of water, the interval between the two being divided into 180 parts. The 18th-century German physicist Dan...
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http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/21st_century_science/lectures/lec04.html
Electromagnetism Electric Charge: Readings: Electricity Field Theory Electromagnetism electricity = phenomenon involving electric charges common examples are static electricity and lightening The existence of electricity, the phenomenon associated with stationary or moving electric charges, has been known since the Gre...
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http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/21st_century_science/lectures/lec09.html
Evolution Evolution: core theory for biology is evolution gene = atom, gene pool = macroscopic object Biology as a science made its move from an Aristotelean stage to a Newtonian one with the development of the theory of evolution. Evolution is a change in the gene pool of a population over time. A gene is a hereditary...
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Atomic Structure Thomson Atom: Readings: Rutherford Planck curve Kirchhoff laws Thomson uses CRT to discover electrons, a small piece of Dalton's atoms The next great step forward in the understanding of atoms was accomplished by John Thomson. Using a cathode ray scope, Thomson determined that all matter, whatever its ...
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http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/21st_century_science/lectures/lec12.html
Planck's constant: Readings: Planck's constant Photoelectric effect wave-particle duality Bohr atom accelerating electron produces EM radiation (light), loses energy and spirals into nucleus, i.e. atom should not work The UV catastrophe and the dilemma of spectral lines were already serious problems for attempts to und...
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http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/21st_century_science/lectures/lec13.html
Two-Slit Experiments Young Two-Slit Experiment: Readings: two slit experiment Copenhagen Interpretation Quantum Mechanics the two slit experiment is key to understand the microscopic world The wave-like properties of light were demonstrated by the famous experiment first performed by Thomas Young in the early nineteent...
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Uncertainty Principle Uncertainty Principle: Readings: uncertainty principle Schrodinger's cat Anti-matter the uncertainty principle states that the position and velocity cannot both be measured,exactly, at the same time (actually pairs of position, energy and time) uncertainty principle derives from the measurement pr...
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http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/ast121/lectures/lec02.html
History of Astronomy History of Astronomy: We have very little in the form of recorded information on early man's impression of the heavens, mostly some drawings of eclipses, comets, supernovae such as the Pueblo Petrograph (see below). However, early man was clearly frightened/overwhelmed by the sky. One of the earli...
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Earth Coordinate System
Earth Coordinate System Great Circles: To explore the solar system, one first needs a coordinate system, a map. For getting around town, a flat map works fine with four directions, north, east, south, west. However, the sky appears to look like a sphere, so spherical coordinates are needed. The shortest path between tw...
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Orbits Planetary Configurations: With the success of the heliocentric model, the order of the planets with respect to distance from the Sun is known by the 15th century (but not their actual distances). The planets outside of the Earth's orbit (Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune) are called superior planets. The pl...
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Galilean Satellites Galilean Satellites: Not all the terrestrial worlds are planets. For example, the Galilean worlds are the four largest moons of Jupiter: Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto. They were first seen by Galileo Galilei in January 1610, and recognized by him as satellites of Jupiter in March 1610. They ar...
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Terrestrial Planet Atmospheres Primary Atmospheres: The primary atmosphere for every terrestrial world was composed mostly of light gases that accreted during initial formation. These gases are similar to the primordial mixture of gases found in the Sun and Jupiter. That is 94.2% H, 5.7% He and everything else less tha...
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http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/ast121/lectures/lec16.html
Terrestrial Planet Interiors Planetary Interiors: We can not examine the interiors of planets directly (even our own). Thus, we build computer models. A computer model basically takes the known laws of physics (in mathematical form) and calculates what are the conditions at any particular point inside the planet. To p...
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Moons
Moons Moons: Moons are `fossils" into a planet's past. The major, named moon systems are (see diagram above): Earth: Luna (The Moon) Mars: Deimos, Phobos Jupiter: Adrastea, Amalthea, Ananke, Callisto, Carme, Elara, Europa, Ganymede, Himalia, Io, Leda, Lysithea, Metis, Pasiphae, Sinope, Thebe Saturn: Atlas, Calypso, Dio...
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Meteoroids, Asteroids & Comets Meteors: The term meteorcomes from the Greek meteoron, meaning phenomenon in the sky. It is used to describe the streak of light produced as matter in the Solar System falls into Earth's atmosphere creating temporary incandescence resulting from atmospheric friction. A meteoroid is matter...
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Jupiter/Saturn Jupiter: The largest of the planets in our Solar System, the name Jupiter was an accident since the ancient astronomers did not know Jupiter's real size. Its radius is 11.3 Earth radii, its mass is 317 Earth masses. It is composed mostly of hydrogen (90%) and helium (9%) and traces of everything else. J...
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http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/ast121/lectures/lec20.html
Uranus/Neptune Uranus: Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun. It has the third-largest planetary radius and fourth-largest planetary mass in the Solar System. Uranus is similar in composition to Neptune, and both have different bulk chemical composition from that of the larger gas giants Jupiter and Saturn. For thi...
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http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/ast121/lectures/lec21.html
Outer Solar System The Solar System is filled with a diverse set of objects ranging from the largest jovian worlds to grain-sized meteorites. Classification is important to develop a model for how all these objects formed. For objects inside the orbit of Neptune, we divide bodies into planets, satellites (moon), dwarf ...
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http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/ast121/lectures/lec22.html
Sun Sun: The Sun is a self-luminous ball of gas held together by its own gravity and powered by thermonuclear fusion in its core. Our Sunis a typical star among the various stars in the Galaxy, average in mass, size and temperature. It is a ``dwarf'' star (compared to supergiant stars, see AST122 next term) with a radi...
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http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/ast122/lectures/lec02.html
Celestial Sphere Celestial Sphere: Readings: Schneider & Arny: Unit 5, 13, 6, 8 Humans perceive in Euclidean space -> straight lines and planes. But, when distances are not visible (i.e. very large) than the apparent shape that the mind draws is a sphere -> thus, we use a spherical coordinate system for mapping the sk...
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Matter & Energy Aristotle: Readings: Schneider & Arny: Unit 14, 15, 21 Although the ancient astronomers could determine the positions and brightness of stars, they had no understanding of what stars were. This is because they lacked a framework of physics in which to understand how stars worked. They lacked what we ca...
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Light Electromagnetic Radiation: Readings: Schneider & Arny: Unit 21, 22, 25, 30 Maxwellshowed in the mid-1800's that light is energy carried in the form of opposite but supporting electric and magnetic fields in the shape of waves, i.e. self-propagating electromagnetic waves or electromagnetic radiation. The waveleng...
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http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/ast122/lectures/lec08.html
Stellar Properties Distance to Stars: Readings: Schneider & Arny: Unit 52 In order to learn anything about the composition, formation and evolution of stars, one must first determine their distances. For example, to determine the absolute luminosity of a star (the amount of energy emitted per second) you measure its a...
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http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/ast122/lectures/lec09.html
Stellar Types Stellar Color: Readings: Schneider & Arny: Units 55, 57 Stars have a range of colors which represent their surface temperatures due to Wien's law (which states that the peak emission of light from an object goes as the inverse of temperature). The color of a star is determined by that part of the visible...
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http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/ast122/lectures/lec10.html
Binary Stars
Binary Stars Binary Stars: Readings: Schneider & Arny: Units 56, 57 Planet's revolve around stars because of gravity. However, gravity is not restricted to only act between large and small bodies, stars can revolve around stars as well. In fact, 85% of the stars in the Milky Way galaxy are not single stars, like the Su...
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http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/ast122/lectures/lec11.html
HR Diagram Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram: Readings: Schneider & Arny: Units 50, 58 In 1905, Danish astronomer Einar Hertzsprung, and independently American astronomer Henry Norris Russell, noticed that the luminosity of stars decreased from spectral type O to M. They developed the technique of plotting absolute magnitud...
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Stellar Structure Ideal Gas Law: Readings: Schneider & Arny: Unit 49 Stars are basically large balls of hot hydrogen gas, and the macroscopic properties of a hot gas are governed by the Ideal Gas Lawof chemistry. An ideal gas is a gas that conforms, in physical behavior, to a particular, idealized relation between pre...
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Star Formation Star Formation: Readings: Schneider & Arny: Unit 60 Stars form inside relatively dense concentrations of interstellar gas and dust known as molecular clouds. These regions are extremely cold (temperature about 10 to 20K, just above absolute zero). At these temperatures, gases become molecular meaning th...
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http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/ast122/lectures/lec14.html
Stellar Evolution: Main Sequence Main Sequence Stars: Readings: Schneider & Arny: Units 59, 61 Once a protostar starts burning hydrogen in its core, it quickly passes through the T-Tauri stage (in a few million years) and becomes a main sequence star where its total mass determines all its structural properties. The ...
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http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/ast122/lectures/lec15.html
Star Clusters
Star Clusters When stars are born they develop from large clouds of molecular gas. This means that they form in groups or clusters, since molecular clouds are composed of hundreds of solar masses of material. After the remnant gas is heated and blow away, the stars collect together by gravity. During the exchange of ...
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Stellar Evolution: Red Giants
Stellar Evolution: Red Giants A star's evolution after the red giant phase depends on its mass. For stars greater than 1 solar mass, but less than 2 solar masses, the hydrogen burning shell eats its way outward leaving behind more helium ash. As the helium piles up, the core becomes more massive and contracts. The co...
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http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/ast122/lectures/lec17.html
Stellar Evolution: White Dwarfs
Stellar Evolution: White Dwarfs As an asymptotic giant branch star becomes larger and more luminous, the rate at which is loses mass also increases. For stars less than 8 solar masses, a strong stellar wind develops and the outer layers of the star are removed to expose the hot degenerate core. As the gas is expelled...
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http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/ast122/lectures/lec18.html
Stellar Death End of a Star's Life: Readings: Schneider & Arny: Unit 66 For stars less than about 25 solar masses the end of their lives is to evolve to white dwarfs after substantial mass loss. Due to atomic structure limits, all white dwarfs must mass less than the Chandrasekhar limit. If their initial mass is more ...
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http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/ast122/lectures/lec19.html
Neutron Stars
Neutron Stars The idea of a neutron star was developed in 1939 when calculations were made of a star that was composed solely of degenerate neutrons. If the mass of a normal star were squeezed into a small enough volume, the protons and electrons would be forced to combine to form neutrons. For example, a star of 0.7...
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http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/ast122/lectures/lec20.html
Relativity Relativity: Readings: Schneider & Arny: Unit 53 Einstein's theory of relativity deals with Newtonian physics when energies or velocities are near the speed of light. Relativity is usually thought of as modern physics since it was developed at the start of the 20th century and could only be tested in the rea...
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http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/ast122/lectures/lec26.html
Stellar Populations
Stellar Populations It is difficult to measure the structure of our Galaxy since we are inside it (trying to see the forest from the trees). One method is to plot the position of tracers, such as young stars or molecular clouds. One such plot is shown below, the position of nearby HII regions and young clusters of st...
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http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/ast123/lectures/lec01.html
History of Cosmology
History of Cosmology Cosmology: Cosmology is the study of the Universe and its components, how it formed, how its has evolved and what is its future. Modern cosmology grew from ideas before recorded history. Ancient man asked questions such as "What's going on around me?" which then developed into "How does the Unive...
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http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/ast123/lectures/lec04.html
Atomic Theory Readings: Dalton States of Matter Thermodynamics Rutherford atom Atomic Theory: The ancient philosopher, Heraclitus, maintained that everything is in a state of flux. Nothing escapes change of some sort (it is impossible to step into the same river). On the other hand, Parmenides argued that everything is...
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http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/ast123/lectures/lec07.html
elementary particles Readings: Particle Physics Particle Physics Timeline Fundamental Forces Theory of Everything Elementary Particles : One of the primary goals in modern physics is to answer the question "What is the Universe made of?" Often that question reduces to "What is matter and what holds it together?" This c...
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http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/ast123/lectures/lec09.html
mass/energy, black holes Mass-Energy Equivalence: Readings: General Relativity Since special relativity demonstrates that space and time are variable concepts from different frames of reference, then velocity (which is space divided by time) becomes a variable as well. If velocity changes from reference frame to refere...
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http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/ast123/lectures/lec10.html
Milky Way
Milky Way Galaxies: A galaxy is a collect of stars, gas and dust bound together by their common gravitational pull. Galaxies range from 10,000 to 200,000 light-years in size and between 10 9 and 10 14 solar luminosities in brightness. The oldest discovery of non-stellar nebula is by al Sufi in the tenth century. Whil...
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http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/ast123/lectures/lec13.html
Distance scale
Distance scale Distance Scale: The most important value for an astronomical object is its distance from the Earth. Since cosmology deals with objects larger and brighter than our Sun or solar system, it is impossible to have the correct frame of reference with respect to their size and luminosity as there is nothing ...
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http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/ast123/lectures/lec17.html
unification, spacetime foam, quantum vacuum, quantum fluctuations
unification, spacetime foam, quantum vacuum, quantum fluctuations Birth of the Universe : Physics of the early Universe is at the boundary of astronomy and philosophy since we do not currently have a complete theory that unifies all the fundamental forces of Nature at the moment of Creation. In addition, there is no ...
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http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/cosmo/lectures/lec08.html
Quantum Physics Planck's constant: Early in the investigation of what makes up atoms, a physicist named Planck noticed a logical problem for the structure of the atom. Planck noticed a fatal flaw in our physics by demonstrating that the electron in orbit around the nucleus accelerates. Acceleration means a changing el...
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http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/cosmo/lectures/lec15.html
Geometry of the Universe Geometry of the Universe : Can the Universe be finite in size? If so, what is ``outside'' the Universe? The answer to both these questions involves a discussion of the intrinsic geometry of the Universe. At this point it is important to remember the distinction between the curvature of space (n...
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http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/cosmo/lectures/lec24.html
Anthropic Principle
Anthropic Principle Anthropic Principle : The success of science in understanding the macroscopic, microscopic and cosmological worlds has led to the strong belief that it is possible to form a fully scientific explanation of any feature of the Universe. However, in the past 20 years our understanding of physics and bi...
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http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/glossary/bohr_atom.html
Bohr Atomic Model Bohr Atomic Model : In 1913 Bohr proposed his quantized shell model of the atom to explain how electrons can have stable orbits around the nucleus. The motion of the electrons in the Rutherford model was unstable because, according to classical mechanics and electromagnetic theory, any charged partic...
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http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/glossary/coriolis_effect.html
Coriolis Effect Coriolis Effect: Coriolis effect is an inertial force described by the 19th-century French engineer-mathematician Gustave-Gaspard Coriolis in 1835. Coriolis showed that, if the ordinary Newtonian laws of motion of bodies are to be used in a rotating frame of reference, an inertial force--acting to the ...
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http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/glossary/correlation.html
Regression and correlation analysis Regression and correlation analysis: Regression analysis involves identifying the relationship between a dependent variable and one or more independent variables. A model of the relationship is hypothesized, and estimates of the parameter values are used to develop an estimated regre...
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http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/glossary/eclipse.html
Eclipses Eclipses: An eclipse is the complete or partial obscuring of a celestial body by another other. An eclipse occurs when three celestial objects become aligned. The many eclipse phenomena known to astronomers are of two distinctly different types. In the first, the eclipsing body comes between an observer and th...
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http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/glossary/ecosystem.html
Ecosystem Ecosystem: An ecosystem is the complex of living organisms, their physical environment, and all their interrelationships in a particular unit of space. The principles underlying the study of ecosystems are based on the view that all the elements of a life-supporting environment of any size, whether natural or...
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http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/glossary/electromagnetic_radiation.html
Electromagnetic Radiation Electromagnetic Radiation: Electromagnetic radiation is energy that is propagated through free space or through a material medium in the form of electromagnetic waves, such as radio waves, visible light, and gamma rays. The term also refers to the emission and transmission of such radiant ene...
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http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/glossary/galileo.html
Galileo Galilei Galileo Galilei : Italian mathematician, astronomer, and physicist, made several significant contributions to modern scientific thought. As the first man to use the telescope to study the skies, he amassed evidence that proved the Earth revolves around the Sun and is not the centre of the universe, as h...
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http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/glossary/ideal_gas_law.html
Ideal Gas Law Ideal Gas Law: An ideal gas is a gas that conforms, in physical behaviour, to a particular, idealized relation between pressure, volume, and temperature called the ideal gas law. This law is a generalization containing both Boyle's law and Charles's law as special cases and states that for a specified qua...
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http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/glossary/jet_streams.html
Jet Streams Jet Streams: Among the more fascinating features of upper-air circulations are discontinuous bands of relatively strong winds (usually in excess of 30 metres per second) called jet streams. As with other wind fields that increase with increasing height, jet streams can be explained as an application of the...
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http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/glossary/kepler.html
Kepler Johannes Kepler : The Renaissance astronomer and astrologer Johannes Kepler is best known for his discovery of the three principles of planetary motion, by which he clarified the spatial organization of the solar system. Moreover, he founded modern optics by presenting the earliest correct explanation of how hu...
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http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/glossary/mercury_program.html
Mercury Space Program Project Mercury: Initiated in 1958, completed in 1963, Project Mercury was the United States' first man-in-space program. The objectives of the program, which made six manned flights from 1961 to 1963, were specific: To orbit a manned spacecraft around Earth; To investigate man's ability to func...
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http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/glossary/photosynthesis.html
Photosynthesis Photosynthesis: Photosynthesis is the process by which green plants and certain other organisms transform light energy into chemical energy. Photosynthesis in green plants harnesses the energy of sunlight to convert carbon dioxide, water, and minerals into organic compounds and gaseous oxygen. In additio...
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http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/glossary/primate.html
Primate Primate: A primate is a member of the mammalian order Primates, which comprises two suborders: the prosimians (lemurs, lorises, and tarsiers) and the anthropoids (monkeys, apes, and man). According to fossil records, primates originated in the Late Cretaceous (97.5 to 66.4 million years ago) as forest-dwelling ...
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http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/glossary/proteins.html
Proteins Proteins: Proteins are complex molecule composed of amino acids and necessary for the chemical processes that occur in living organisms. Proteins are basic constituents in all living organisms. Their central role in biological structures and functioning was recognized by chemists in the early 19th century when...
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http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/glossary/ptolemy.html
Ptolemy Ptolemy and Regiomontanus shown on the frontispiece to Regiomontanus' Epitome of the Almagest, 1496. The Epitome was one of the most important Renaissance sources on ancient astronomy. Ptolemy: Ptolemy, Latin in full Claudius Ptolemaeus (fl. AD 127-145, Alexandria), ancient astronomer, geographer, and mathemati...
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http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/glossary/radio_telescope.html
Radio Telescope Radio Telescope: Radio telescope is an astronomical instrument consisting of a radio receiver and an antenna system that is used to detect radio-frequency radiation emitted by extraterrestrial sources. Because radio wavelengths are much longer than those of visible light, radio telescopes must be very l...
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http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/glossary/reflecting_telescope.html
Reflecting Telescope Reflecting Telescope: Reflectors are used not only to examine the visible region of the electromagnetic spectrum but also to explore both the shorter- and longer-wavelength regions adjacent to it (i.e., the ultraviolet and the infrared). The name of this type of instrument is derived from the fact ...
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http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/glossary/supergravity.html
Supergravity Supergravity : Supergravity is a type of quantum theory of elementary particles and their interactions that is based on the particle symmetry known as supersymmetry and that naturally includes gravity along with the other fundamental forces (the electromagnetic force, the weak nuclear force, and the stron...
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http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/glossary/temperature_scale.html
Temperature Scales There are three temperature scales in use today, Fahrenheit, Celsius and Kelvin. Fahrenheit temperature scale is a scale based on 32 for the freezing point of water and 212 for the boiling point of water, the interval between the two being divided into 180 parts. The 18th-century German physicist Dan...
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http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/glossary/triple_point.html
Phase Diagrams Triple point : A phase diagram is a graph showing the limiting conditions for solid, liquid, and gaseous phases of a single substance or of a mixture of substances while undergoing changes in pressure and temperature or in some other combination of variables, such as solubility and temperature. The figu...
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http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/glossary/virus.html
Virus Virus: A virus is an infectious agent of small size and simple composition that can multiply only in living cells of animals, plants, or bacteria. Viruses are microscopic; they range in size from about 20 to 400 nanometres in diameter (1 nanometre = 10-9meters). By contrast, the smallest bacteria are about 400 na...
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http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/lectures/age_of_the_earth/age_of_the_earth.html
Age of the Earth
In 1858, geographer Antonio Snider-Pellegrini made these two maps showing his version of how the American and African continents may once have fit together, then later separated. Left: The formerly joined continents before their separation. Right: The continents after the separation. As noted by Snider-Pellegrini and ...
Age of the Earth Catastrophism: In 1654, Archbishop Usher (Ireland), based on genealogy in Bible, determined that Earth was created October 26, 4004 BC, 9:00am (PST). Therefore, the Earth was 6000 years old. During the late 18th and early 19th century, a German mineralogist, Abraham Gottlob Werner, proposed that all of...
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http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/space/lectures/lec07.html
Sputnik/Vanguard Outer Space During the 1940's and 50's rockets were achieving higher and higher attitudes with each test. Thus, the question was raised, where does outer space begin? Answering this question depends upon with whom you are discussing the subject. A doctor would state that outer space begins when the hum...
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http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/space/lectures/lec17.html
Launch Vehicles
Launch Vehicles Launch Vehicles: To date, the only way to achieve the propulsive energy to successfully launch spacecraft from Earth has been by combustion of chemical propellants, although mass drivers may be useful in the future for launching material from the Moon or other small bodies. There are two groups of rocke...
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http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/space/lectures/lec23.html
Space Shuttle History of Space Shuttle: Near the end of the Apollo space program, NASA officials were looking at the future of the American space program. At that time, the rockets used to place astronauts and equipment in outer space were one-shot disposable rockets. What they needed was a reliable, but less expensive...
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http://abyssinia-iffat.com/DoesPerfectionExist.htm
Does Perfection Exist?
Does Perfection Exist?
Does Perfection Exist? Does Perfection Exist? Perfection as a concept has been reviewed, studied and answers have been proposed for centuries. It has a paradoxical answer if we attempt to apply its conceptual formalization to material reality. Perfection exists as an abstraction of our minds, but is not attainable in t...
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http://abyssinianguineapigtips.com/can-guinea-pigs-live-outside/
Can Guinea Pigs Live Outside? | Guinea Pig Tips
Can Guinea Pigs Live Outside? Can Guinea Pigs Live Outside? Jump to: Guinea Pigs Are Sensitive to Ambient Temperatures Guinea Pigs Need Attention Guinea Pigs Need To be Closely Monitored What Do You Think? Recommended Reading
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http://abyssinianguineapigtips.com/guinea-pig-poop/
The Lowdown on Guinea Pig Poop | Guinea Pig Tips
The Lowdown on Guinea Pig Poop The Lowdown on Guinea Pig Poop WHAT? Guinea pig poop?? Why would you make an article all about guinea pig poop? How Should I Clean Up the Poop? FLEECE BEDDING Is Guinea Pig Poop Toxic or Dangerous? Where Do Guinea Pigs Poop? Is It Safe To Use Guinea Pig Poop as a Fertilizer? Random Poopy ...
The Lowdown on Guinea Pig Poop | Guinea Pig Tips The Lowdown on Guinea Pig Poop January 22, 2020 February 27, 2019 by Gavin WHAT? Guinea pig poop?? Why would you make an article all about guinea pig poop? Well, let me tell you a little story. When my kids were young, I got them this cute little bunny rabbit. It seemed ...
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http://abysstowing.com/about-us/
Abyss Towing & Recovery » About Us
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http://ac-automotive.com/en/history.html
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http://ac-aviation.readthedocs.io/en/latest/AMP/Airworthiness_and_Maintenance_Release.html
Airworthiness & Maintenance Release — AC-Aviation Documentation 1.0 documentation
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http://ac-heatingservices.com/
A&C Heating Services - Serving New York for over 25 years
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http://ac-journal.org/journal/vol1/iss3/burke/quigley.html
Quigley "Identification" as a Key Term in Kenneth Burke's Rhetorical Theory Brooke L. Quigley The University of Memphis In A Rhetoric of Motives(1969), Kenneth Burke selects "identification" as the key term to distinguish his rhetorical perspective from a tradition characterized by the term "persuasion." As he is caref...
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http://ac-journal.org/journal/vol5/iss1/special/seeger.htm
ACJ Special: Ethics and Communication in Organizational Contexts
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ACJ Special: Ethics and Communication in Organizational Contexts copyright 2000, 2001, ACJ Volume 5, Issue 1, Fall 2001 Ethics and Communication in Organizational Contexts: Moving from the Fringe to the Center Matthew W. Seeger ( Bio) Department of Communication, Wayne State University matthew_seeger@wayne.edu Pr...
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http://ac.cec.edu.bs/html/classof_2015/dsmith/My%20Career.htm
The Royal Bahamas Defence Force The Royal Bahamas Defence Force Prior to 1973, The Bahamas government‟s only legislated law enforcement branch was the Royal Bahamas Police Force. Formed in 1840, two years following the abolition of slavery, the law enforcement efforts of the Royal Bahamas Police Force were primar...
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http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2012/04/12/ridiculist-boo-the-worlds-cutest-dog-is-alive/
RidicuList: Boo 'the world's cutest dog' is alive – Anderson Cooper 360 - CNN.com Blogs
RidicuList: Boo 'the world's cutest dog' is alive
RidicuList: Boo 'the world's cutest dog' is alive – Anderson Cooper 360 - CNN.com Blogs April 12th, 2012 10:26 PM ET Share this on: Facebook Twitter Digg del.icio.us reddit MySpace StumbleUpon RidicuList: Boo 'the world's cutest dog' is alive The reports of the death of the world's cutest dog were greatly exaggerated. ...
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http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2012/04/23/long-lost-son-of-charles-manson/
Charles Manson's son? Man's DNA tested – Anderson Cooper 360 - CNN.com Blogs
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http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2014/05/21/jeremy-newberry-they-knew-i-wasnt-going-to-get-on-the-field-without-those-drugs/
Jeremy Newberry: They knew… I wasn't going to get on the field without those drugs – Anderson Cooper 360 - CNN.com Blogs
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http://ac4m.us/contestia_and_rttym.html
CONTESTIA & RTTYM
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CONTESTIA & RTTYM Creator : Nick Fedoseev (UT2UZ) in 2005 Description : The Contestia and RTTYM modes are directly derived from the Olivia mode (Pawel Jalocha SP9VRC) but with a different compromise between speed and robustness. For Contestia * "8-250": "Slow" 8 tones, bandwidth=250 Hz, speed=31.25 bauds, 29.2 wpm, low...
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