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Turtle-Flambeau Flowage [SEP] start time | Turtle-Flambeau Flowage
The Turtle-Flambeau Flowage is a 12,942 acre lake, located in Iron County, Wisconsin. It has a maximum depth of 50 feet. Fish include Musky, Panfish, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Northern Pike, Walleye and Sturgeon. The lake's water clarity is low.
History.
The Turtle-Flambeau Flowage was c... | in north-central Wisconsin and flow generally southwest to their confluence, then continue as the main Flambeau, also southwesterly, to the mouth at the Chippewa River near Bruce, Wisconsin. The North Fork is formed by the confluence of the Manitowish and Bear rivers just above Turtle-Flambeau Flowage (reservoir). The ... | 129,100 | zeroshot-train |
Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps [SEP] start time | Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps
Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps is a British sitcom that ran from 26 February 2001 to 24 May 2011. First broadcast on BBC Two, it starred Ralf Little, Will Mellor, Natalie Casey, Sheridan Smith, Kathryn Drysdale, and Luke Gell. Created and written by Susan Nickson, it... | List of Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps episodes
This is a list of episodes of the British television sitcom, "Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps", a BBC series written by Susan Nickson that ran for 9 series from February 2001 to May 2011. It is set in Runcorn, Cheshire and is about the lives and relat... | 129,101 | zeroshot-train |
Tyrrell 001 [SEP] start time | Tyrrell 001
The Tyrrell 001 is a Formula One racing car which was designed for the end of the 1970 and the beginning of the 1971 Formula One season by Tyrrell Racing's Chief Designer, Derek Gardner. The car competed in five Grands Prix retiring on four occasions and achieving one second-place finish.
Racing history.
Wh... | but finished 2nd to Mario Andretti's Ferrari, Stewart raced the Tyrrell 003 for the reminder of the season. Peter Revson drove the 001's final race in the United States Grand Prix but retired with clutch failure.
Complete Formula One World Championship results.
6 points were scored using the Tyrrell 001; the other 67 ... | 129,102 | zeroshot-train |
Tyrrell 003 [SEP] start time | Tyrrell 003
The Tyrrell 003 is a Formula One racing car which was designed for the 1971 Formula One season by Tyrrell's Chief Designer, Derek Gardner. It was effectively the same car as Tyrrell 001, with a redesigned nose section, longer wheelbase and narrower monocoque. Tyrrell 003 was a one-off design, its type numbe... | in the second Tyrrell.
Report Race.
The race was held over 79 laps of the Kyalami circuit. At the start, Denny Hulme briefly held the lead before Jackie Stewart moved ahead, meanwhile Clay Regazzoni had a bad get away and was back in the midfield. The Tyrrell 003 of Stewart quickly built a lead while the battle for sec... | 129,103 | zeroshot-train |
USS Constellation vs La Vengeance [SEP] start time | USS Constellation vs La Vengeance
The USS "Constellation" vs "La Vengeance", or the Action of 1 February 1800, was a single-ship action fought between frigates of the French Navy and the United States Navy during the Quasi-War. In the battle the American frigate USS "Constellation" tried to take the French frigate "La ... | Battle of Groix, the Atlantic campaign of May 1794, the French expedition to Ireland, the Battle of Tory Island, and the Battle of the Nile.
History 19th century.
Other engagements of the Revolutionary Wars ensued in the early 1800s, including the Battle of the Malta Convoy and the Algeciras Campaign. The Quasi-War wou... | 129,104 | zeroshot-train |
Ultra Bra [SEP] start time | Ultra Bra
Ultra Bra was a Finnish band, formed in 1994 by Olli Virtaperko and Kerkko Koskinen, and disbanded in 2001.
Band history.
In 1994, Olli Virtaperko heard about a political song contest held by the Finnish Democratic Youth League (predecessor of the Left Youth, the Left Alliance's youth organisation) and decide... | the Finnish charts.
The end of Ultra Bra.
In the summer before the release of "Vesireittejä", Ultra Bra decided they would continue for only about a year and then quit and start doing something else. In October 2001, they released a compilation album, "Sinä päivänä kun synnyin", that contained a few new songs and many ... | 129,105 | zeroshot-train |
Under the Umbrella Tree [SEP] start time | Under the Umbrella Tree
Under the Umbrella Tree is a Canadian children's television series created by Noreen Young that originally aired on CBC from 1986 to 1993. The show was produced by CBC and Noreen Young Productions, and also later by The Disney Channel which began airing the show on May 7, 1990.
The series center... | Origin of Batik Art
A long time ago, the sky frequently fell down onto the earth. A young girl named Wa Shuang decided to make a big umbrella to prop the sky up. As she prepared the cloth, she left it under a pear tree. Pear blossoms then landed on the white cloth, which caused bees to come pollinate the flowers, leavi... | 129,106 | zeroshot-train |
United Indonesia Cabinet [SEP] start time | United Indonesia Cabinet
The United Indonesia Cabinet () is the official name of the presidential cabinet of Indonesia, led by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono during his first period in office 2004-2009. It consisted of Ministers, secretaries and an Attorney General. They were sworn on 21 October 2004 for a term of ... | the longest existing governments in the revolutionary period. It resigned with the start of the Ukrainian civil war and replaced by the government of Grebel.
Council of Ministers (1918) Second Cabinet of Lyzohub (October 25 - November 14, 1918).
Pressure from the Ukrainian National Union (UNU) (Battle of Motovilivka) a... | 129,107 | zeroshot-train |
United States Exploring Expedition [SEP] start time | United States Exploring Expedition
The United States Exploring Expedition of 1838–1842 was an exploring and surveying expedition of the Pacific Ocean and surrounding lands conducted by the United States. The original appointed commanding officer was Commodore Thomas ap Catesby Jones. Funding for the original expedition... | for questioning. The result was that when the US Exploring Expedition visited Rewa in 1841, Ro Vendovi was captured and taken to the United States to be questioned in the affair. Vendovi survived the trip around the world from Fiji to the Brooklyn, New York Navy Hospital, where he died a few hours after arriving. The s... | 129,108 | zeroshot-train |
University of Osuna [SEP] start time | University of Osuna
The University of Osuna (), officially the Colegio-Universidad de la Purísima Concepción en Osuna ("College-University of the Immaculate Conception in Osuna") was a university in Osuna, Kingdom of Seville, Spain from 1548 until 1824. Spain granted the university building the status of a monument in ... | a 2–1 lead into the ninth inning of the first game, before Roberto Osuna allowed back-to-back solo home runs to give Cleveland the 3–2 victory. In the second game, the Blue Jays again took a one run lead into the ninth inning, however this time Osuna would close the game without issue, leading the Jays to a 6–5 win. Pr... | 129,109 | zeroshot-train |
University of Plano [SEP] start time | University of Plano
The University of Plano was a liberal arts college that existed in Plano, Texas from 1964 to 1977.
The school was founded in 1964 by Robert J. Morris, an attorney and former judge known as an anti-Communist. Morris had served as chief counsel the United States Senate Subcommittee on Internal Securit... | of Chicagoans, 1917 Edition; Kendall County Teachers Institute Attendees List; Woman's Club Yearbook, 1904-1914, and 1925-1927 (also spoke there a number of times); The Plano Record, 10 Oct 1906 and 13 Dec 1933; Scrapbook of Obituaries; The Kendall County News, 29 Sep 1920; Plano Community Library Scrapbook; and person... | 129,110 | zeroshot-train |
Uruguayan Civil War [SEP] start time | Uruguayan Civil War
The Uruguayan Civil War, also known in Spanish as the Guerra Grande ("Great War"), was a series of armed conflicts between the leaders of Uruguayan independence. While officially the war lasted from 1839 until 1851, it was a part of armed conflicts that started in 1832 and continued until the final ... | the longest existing governments in the revolutionary period. It resigned with the start of the Ukrainian civil war and replaced by the government of Grebel.
Council of Ministers (1918) Second Cabinet of Lyzohub (October 25 - November 14, 1918).
Pressure from the Ukrainian National Union (UNU) (Battle of Motovilivka) a... | 129,111 | zeroshot-train |
Uruguayan War [SEP] start time | Uruguayan War
The Uruguayan War (10 August 1864 – 20 February 1865) was fought between Uruguay's governing Blanco Party and an alliance consisting of the Empire of Brazil and the Uruguayan Colorado Party, covertly supported by Argentina. Since its independence, Uruguay had been ravaged by intermittent struggles between... | Battle of Arroyo Grande
The Battle of Arroyo Grande (December 6, 1842) was a battle of the Uruguayan Civil War.
Parties to the conflict.
At Arroyo Grande, the federal forces, or "blancos", of Manuel Oribe defeated the "colorados" of Fructuoso Rivera, having been in conflict since 1838/1839.
Parties to the conflict Subs... | 129,112 | zeroshot-train |
Van Rompuy Government [SEP] start time | Van Rompuy Government
The Van Rompuy Government was the federal government of Belgium from 30 December 2008 until 15 November 2009. Herman Van Rompuy was nominated as the first President of the European Council and resigned shortly after as Premier. It took office when the Flemish Christian Democrat Herman Van Rompuy (... | composition of the government. If these negotiations succeed, the "formateur" presents a new federal government to the King.
Parties involved in the 2007 government formation.
- Armand De Decker (MR), President of the Senate, was asked by the King to start an inter-community dialogue together with Herman Van Rompuy.
- ... | 129,113 | zeroshot-train |
Vansbrosimningen [SEP] start time | Vansbrosimningen
Vansbrosimningen or Vansbrosimmet is an annual open water swimming competition held in July in Vansbro, Dalarna, Sweden since 1950. The distance is 3,000 m, first 2,000 m in Vanån then 1,000 m in Västerdal River. It is part of "En svensk klassiker", the "Swedish Classic" which also includes crosscountr... | in principle approval to Kanpur metro along with Agra, Meerut, Indore and Bhopal.
- Sep 2018: Detailed project report sent by Uttar Pradesh government to central government.
- 4 Feb 2019: PIB approved Kanpur metro project funding.
- 7 Feb 2019: Uttar Pradesh government has allocated ₹ 175 Cr to start preliminary work i... | 129,114 | zeroshot-train |
Vem är det [SEP] start time | Vem är det
Vem är det, with the subtitle "Svensk biografisk handbok", is a Swedish biographical dictionary which has been published in 46 editions since 1912.
External links.
- Vem är det at Project Runeberg | Further reading.
- Moen, Ann, red (2006). Vem är det 2007. Svensk biografisk handbok. Malmö: Nationalencyklopedin. sid. 551. Libris 10171521. .
- Uddling, Hans; Paabo, Katrin, red (1992). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1993. Stockholm: Norstedt. sid. 1031. Libris 8261513. | 129,115 | zeroshot-train |
Vere Street Coterie [SEP] start time | Vere Street Coterie
The Vere Street Coterie were a group of men arrested at a molly house in Vere Street, London in 1810 for sodomy and attempted sodomy. Eight men were eventually convicted. Two of them were hanged (as per the then still extant sodomy laws promulgated by Henry VIII in 1534) and six were pilloried for t... | A man and a boy, John Hepburn (46) and Thomas White (16, a drummer boy), were convicted of the act of sodomy, despite not being present at the White Swan during the night of the raid. They were hanged at Newgate Prison on 7 March 1811.
Vere Street Coterie is also known in connection with alleged same sex marriages ther... | 129,116 | zeroshot-train |
Verhofstadt I Government [SEP] start time | Verhofstadt I Government
The Verhofstadt I Government was the federal government of Belgium from 12 July 1999 to 12 July 2003.
It was the first government headed by Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt (VLD). It consisted of the Flemish Liberals and Democrats (VLD), the French-speaking Liberal Reformist Party (PRL), the Fle... | , whereas the French-speakers would like to keep the current state as it is. Recent governments (such as Verhofstadt I Government) have transferred certain federal competences to the regional governments.
On 13 December 2006, a spoof news broadcast by the Belgian Francophone public broadcasting station RTBF declared th... | 129,117 | zeroshot-train |
Verhofstadt II Government [SEP] start time | Verhofstadt II Government
The Verhofstadt II Government was the federal government of Belgium from 12 July 2003 to 21 December 2007.
It was the second government headed by Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt (VLD). It was formed after the 2003 general election. It consisted of the Flemish Liberals and Democrats (VLD), the ... | MR opposed a government that included all French-speaking parties. On the Flemish side, the VLD opposed the participation of the SP.a, the Flemish socialist party.
Forming interim government, 17 December – 23 December.
On 17 December, Guy Verhofstadt was asked by the King to start the formation of an "interim governmen... | 129,118 | zeroshot-train |
Voiceprint Records [SEP] start time | Voiceprint Records
Voiceprint Records was a record label based in England, founded in 1990 by Rob Ayling. They specialised in re-releasing old material, especially progressive rock, but also had new releases, under the Voiceprint and other imprints.
The holding company, Zeit Distribution Ltd., went into insolvency in 2... | Sep-2000, Voiceprint Records, HAWKVP6CD
- Volume 2: Cassette, Oct-1980, Weird Records, WEIRD102; CD, Sep-2000, Voiceprint Records, HAWKVP7CD
- Volume 3: Cassette, Oct-1980, Weird Records, WEIRD103; CD, Sep-2000, Voiceprint Records, HAWKVP8CD
- Volume 4: Cassette, Jun-1981, Weird Records, WEIRD104; CD, Sep-2000, Voicepr... | 129,119 | zeroshot-train |
Volkswagen Gol [SEP] start time | Volkswagen Gol
The Volkswagen Gol is a subcompact car that has been manufactured by Volkswagen do Brasil since 1980 as Volkswagen's entry-level car in the Latin American market—where it succeeded the Volkswagen Type 1 (Fusca) and the VW Brasilia. Several variants of the Gol were marketed in North America as the Volkswa... | with Tagima to create
vintage model, is one Volkswagen Gol, which comes with a
guitar exclusively for the series "gol vintage" will be
produced about 30 units of vintage of Volkswagen Gol, celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Volkswagen Gol
References.
- Official Homepage: Tagima | 129,120 | zeroshot-train |
Volkswagen Polo [SEP] start time | Volkswagen Polo
The Volkswagen Polo is a car produced by the German manufacturer Volkswagen since 1975. It is sold in Europe and other markets worldwide in hatchback, sedan and estate variants. The Polo has been produced in six generations. Related Volkswagen Group models include the Škoda Fabia, SEAT Ibiza and Audi A1... | Trofeo and Volkswagen Scirocco were all dropped.
- Ariel Atom Cup
- Audi R8 LMS
- KTM X-Bow
- Chevrolet Camaro (Whelen Euro Series)
- ROC Car
- Stadium Super Truck
- Volkswagen Polo RX
Nations Cup.
Drivers who made a false start or hit a wall are marked with a "yellow card" in the tables, and a time penalty of 5 second... | 129,121 | zeroshot-train |
Volkswagen Polo Mk2 [SEP] start time | Volkswagen Polo Mk2
The Volkswagen Polo Mk2 is the second generation of the Volkswagen Polo supermini. It was produced from late 1981 until 1994. It received a major facelift in 1990 and was available in three different body styles, including a distinctive ""kammback""-styled hatchback. The sedan version received the n... | Volkswagen Polo G40
The Volkswagen Polo Mk2 and Polo Mk2F were available as supercharged G40 models - called the Volkswagen Polo G40 (sometimes also called Volkswagen Polo GT G40, Volkswagen Polo G-40, or simply Volkswagen Polo G).
Mk2.
At the heart of the Polo GT G40 was its 1.3 litre G40 engine (engine ID code: PY). ... | 129,122 | zeroshot-train |
Volkswagen Polo Mk3 [SEP] start time | Volkswagen Polo Mk3
The Volkswagen Polo Mk3 is the third generation of the Volkswagen Polo supermini car and was produced from 1994 until 2003, with a facelift at the end of 1999. It was available in hatchback, sedan and wagon body styles. Hatchback didn't share the same platform and Seat Ibiza, but saloon and estate m... | ) was interrupted at some point in 1997, in order to re-launch the car as an all-new mid-1998 model. By the time, the Mexican Volkswagen "new Derby" would actually be the European-market Volkswagen Polo Classic Mk3 (Typ 6N). It came with the 90 hp 1.8 L VW engine coupled to a 5-speed manual gearbox.
In 2002, productio... | 129,123 | zeroshot-train |
Volkswagen Polo Mk5 [SEP] start time | Volkswagen Polo Mk5
The Volkswagen Polo Mk5 is the fifth generation of the Volkswagen Polo supermini-class car, launched by Volkswagen in March 2009.
The Mark 5 Polo, internally designated "Typ 6R", is based on Volkswagen's PQ25 platform, shared with the 2008 SEAT Ibiza and the Audi A1. Its styling, by a team led by Wa... | - Volkswagen Polo Mk1
- Volkswagen Polo Mk3
- Volkswagen Polo Mk4
- Volkswagen Polo Mk5
- Volkswagen Polo Mk6
External links.
- Volkswagen UK's Polo Site
- Volkswagen Australia's Polo Site
- Polo3 - Mk1 Mk2 & Mk3 Polo owners community UK
- Club Polo UK Website (source for some of the model history information)
- Polo G... | 129,124 | zeroshot-train |
Volvo B10L [SEP] start time | Volvo B10L
The Volvo B10L was a rear-engined, low-floor single-decker public bus chassis built by Volvo between c. 1993 and c. 2005. An articulated version of the B10L, known as the B10LA, was also produced.
United Kingdom.
The B10L was available in the United Kingdom and Ireland between 1994 and 1999, with a choice of... | , experimental LPG-powered, vehicle was leased and later returned.
Finland.
Helsingin Bussiliikenne has 41 Volvo B10L buses with Carrus City U bodies purchased between 1995 and 1999. 21 of these are gas-powered.
Pohjolan Liikenne has bought four Volvo B10L buses with Lahti 402 bodies in 1999.
Tampereen kaupunkiliikenne... | 129,125 | zeroshot-train |
Vägen till Gyllenblå! [SEP] start time | Vägen till Gyllenblå!
Vägen till Gyllenblå! is a Swedish science fiction TV miniseries that premiered on 29 December 1985.
Plot summary.
Two children are set to bring back laughter to the planet Gyllenblå.
Cast list.
- Maria Tornlund as Cecilie
- Erik Lindgren as Fredrik
- Liv Alsterlund as Galaxia
- Sven-Erik Vikström... | " (1998, UK)
- "Vägen till Gyllenblå!" a.k.a. "The Road to Gyllenblå" (1985, Sweden, miniseries)
- "Vega 4" (1968)
- "Vengeance Unlimited" (1998)
- "Venus on the Hard Drive"
- "" (2003)
- "Viper" (1994–1999)
- "Virtuality" (2009, pilot, film)
- "Visitor, The" (1997–1998)
- "Volta" (2008 | 129,126 | zeroshot-train |
WD-40 [SEP] start time | of the Atlas missile from rust and corrosion. This outer skin also functioned as the outer wall of the missile's paper-thin fuel balloon tanks, which were so fragile that, when empty, they had to be kept inflated with nitrogen to prevent them from collapsing. WD-40 was later found to have many household uses and was ma... | likely custom ordered from the factory. For large orders, any color scheme could be accommodated at the factory.
Although IHC's very first diesel-engine tractor was a "Standard" model WD-40 built from 1935–1940, the very first "Farmall" diesel tractor was the model MD released in 1941. Like many agricultural and constr... | 129,127 | zeroshot-train |
WDR Computerclub [SEP] start time | WDR Computerclub
WDR Computerclub was the first television broadcast in West Germany of the Westdeutscher Rundfunk Köln (WDR, West German Broadcasting Cologne) that dealt solely with the issues of computer and technology. It began its first broadcasting in 1981 under the name "eff-eff", was later renamed to "WDR Comput... | a wide selection of world music. It is not available over-the-air in every part of WDR's broadcasting area.
See also.
- German television
- Public broadcasting
- Rockpalast
- Studio for Electronic Music (WDR)
- WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne (WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln)
- WDR Rundfunkorchester Köln
- WDR Rundfunkchor K... | 129,128 | zeroshot-train |
War of Metz [SEP] start time | War of Metz
The War of Metz or Four Lords' War was a feudal conflict which devastated the region around Metz between 1324 and 1326. At the Siege of Metz, in 1324, cannons were used, perhaps for first time in Western Europe.
Following a series of quarrels with the city of Metz and mounting debts incurred by its bourgeoi... | Fort Lauvallieres
The , renamed Fort Lauvallière after 1919, is a military installation near Metz. It is part of the second fortified belt of forts of Metz.
Historical context.
While it was German territory, Metz' garrison grew from 15,000-20,000 men when after the Franco-Prussian War to more than 25,000 at the start o... | 129,129 | zeroshot-train |
War of the Cow [SEP] start time | War of the Cow
The War of the Cow (1272–78), in French "Guerre de la Vache", was a conflict in the Holy Roman Empire between the Prince-Bishopric of Liège under Bishop John of Enghien and the Marquisate of Namur under Marquis Guy of Dampierre. What began as a dispute over stolen property between a peasant from one juri... | five years from the start of the Revolutionary War, the settlements that would later become the Tarrytowns were in the middle of Neutral Ground, the –wide no man's land between British forces occupying New York City (at the time, what is today Lower Manhattan) and the Continental Army north of the Croton River. Gangs o... | 129,130 | zeroshot-train |
War of the Guelderian Succession [SEP] start time | First War of the Guelderian Succession
The First War of the Guelderian Succession was a battle for the throne of the Duchy of Guelders that raged between 1371 and 1379.
The war originated when Duke Rainald III died without issue in 1371. His brother, Edward, who had been killed in the Battle of Baesweiler earlier that ... | Thuringian Succession (1247–1264)
- Hook and Cod wars (1349–1490), after the death of count William IV of Holland
- Guelderian Fraternal Feud () (1350–1361), after the death of duke Reginald II of Guelders
- Castilian Civil War (1351–1369), after the death of king Alfonso XI of Castile
- War of the Two Peters (1356–137... | 129,131 | zeroshot-train |
Warlord Era [SEP] start time | Warlord Era
The Warlord Era (, 19161928) was a period in the history of the Republic of China when control of the country was divided among former military cliques of the Beiyang Army and other regional factions, which were spread across the mainland regions of Sichuan, Shanxi, Qinghai, Ningxia, Guangdong, Guangxi, Gan... | control of the Beijing government. Despite the fact that various warlords gained control of the government in Beijing during the warlord era, this did not constitute a new era of control or governance, because other warlords did not acknowledge the transitory governments in this period and were a law unto themselves. T... | 129,132 | zeroshot-train |
Washington Naval Conference [SEP] start time | Washington Naval Conference
The Washington Naval Conference, also named the Washington Arms Conference or the Washington Disarmament Conference, was a military conference called by U.S. President, Warren G. Harding, and held in Washington, D.C., from 12 November 1921 to 6 February 1922. Conducted outside the auspice of... | Yard Investigation." "Los Angeles Times". Los Angeles, Calif Sep 8, 1903. pg. 6, 1 pgs
- "Naval Board Conference." "Los Angeles Times". Los Angeles, Calif Dec 22, 1903. pg. 1, 1 pgs
- "Swift to Succeed Pillsbury." "The Washington Post". Washington, D.C Mar 21, 1905. pg. 13, 1 pgs
- "Typhoid on Warship Mild." "The Wa... | 129,133 | zeroshot-train |
Werner-Cravatte Ministry [SEP] start time | Werner-Cravatte Ministry
The Werner-Cravatte Ministry was the government of Luxembourg between 15 July 1964 and 6 February 1969. Throughout the ministry, the Deputy Prime Minister was Henry Cravatte, replacing Eugène Schaus, who had been Deputy Prime Minister in the first Werner-Schaus Ministry. It was a coalition betw... | Werner-Schaus Ministry II
The second Werner-Schaus Ministry was the government of Luxembourg between 6 February 1969 and 15 June 1974. Throughout the ministry, the Deputy Prime Minister was Eugène Schaus, replacing Henry Cravatte, who had been Deputy Prime Minister in the Werner-Cravatte Ministry.
It was a coalition be... | 129,134 | zeroshot-train |
Whitechapel murders [SEP] start time | Whitechapel murders
The Whitechapel murders were committed in or near the impoverished Whitechapel district in the East End of London between 3 April 1888 and 13 February 1891. At various points some or all of these eleven unsolved murders of women have been ascribed to the notorious unidentified serial killer known as... | to the United Kingdom sometime between 1887 and 1888, shortly before the start of the Whitechapel murders. Between 1893 and 1894 he assumed the name of Chapman. He successively poisoned three of his wives and became known as "the borough poisoner". He was hanged for his crimes in 1903. At the time of the Ripper murders... | 129,135 | zeroshot-train |
Wikipedian in residence [SEP] start time | Gallery and The New Art Gallery Walsall in the UK; the Palace of Versailles in France; the Museu Picasso in Spain; and the Children's Museum of Indianapolis, the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library, and the National Archives and Records Administration in the United States.
Developing interest.
In 2010, Australian Liam ... | Barera, a master's student at the University of Michigan.
In September 2013, the National Archives and Records Administration became the first organisation to employ a permanent full-time Wikipedian in residence when it hired Dominic McDevitt-Parks to join its Office of Innovation in that capacity.
In March 2014, Harva... | 129,136 | zeroshot-train |
Williams FW14 [SEP] start time | Williams FW14
The Williams FW14 was a Formula One car designed by Adrian Newey, used by the Williams team during the 1991 and 1992 Formula One seasons.
Overview.
The car was born out of necessity, as the 1989 and 1990 seasons had proven competitive for Williams, but they had underachieved in their own and Renault's eye... | June 2017, the Williams F1 team celebrated 40 years in Formula One with a media day at Silverstone race circuit. The FW14B was driven for the first time since 1992 for a number of laps by Karun Chandhok. The car did several laps on its own around the circuit; it then performed 3 laps accompanying the 2014 Williams FW36... | 129,137 | zeroshot-train |
Wrockstock [SEP] start time | Wrockstock
Wrockstock was a yearly music festival featuring wizard rock, music inspired by the world of Harry Potter. Its name is a play on the music festival Woodstock. Wrockstock was first held in 2007. Organized by Abby Hupp, it was the first large Wizard Rock gathering of its kind that was not part of a general Har... | to the United States with groups such as Time Crash, Legs Nose Robinson and singer Allegra Rosenberg.
Derivative forms Wizard rock.
Wizard rock (or wrock) developed from Harry Potter fandom in the United States with Harry and the Potters in the early 2000s. The subgenre has since expanded internationally with hundreds ... | 129,138 | zeroshot-train |
XIX Constitutional Government of Portugal [SEP] start time | XIX Constitutional Government of Portugal
The XIX Constitutional Government of Portugal () had Pedro Passos Coelho as the prime minister and lasted from 21 June 2011 to 30 October 2015. | Jorge Barreto Xavier
Jorge Barreto Xavier (born, 6 November 1965, Goa, India) is a Portuguese cultural manager, university professor and politician. He was, between October 2012 and October 2015, the Secretary of State for Culture of the XIX Constitutional Government of Portugal, under the authority of the Prime-Minist... | 129,139 | zeroshot-train |
Yahoo! Mash [SEP] start time | Yahoo! Mash
Yahoo! Mash was a social network service launched by Yahoo! during the early part of September 2007, to compete with other social networking sites by offering "mashups" of existing web services on a single-user interface. On August 28, 2008, Yahoo! announced via email to its subscribing members that Mash wo... | its global visits also saw a significant drop during the same time frame.
On October 16, 2007, Yahoo announced that they would no longer provide support for or perform bug fixes on Yahoo! 360° as they intend to abandon it in early 2008 in favor of a "universal profile" that will be similar to their Yahoo! Mash experime... | 129,140 | zeroshot-train |
Yalova Peninsula massacres [SEP] start time | Yalova Peninsula massacres
The Yalova Peninsula massacres were a series of massacres and ethnic cleansings during 1920–1921, the majority of which occurred during March – May 1921. They were committed by local Greek and Armenian gangs and the invading Greek army against the Turkish Muslim population of the Yalova Penin... | other state... There was not even an organized resistance at the time of the Greek occupation. Yet the Greeks are persisting in their oppression, and they have continued to burn villages, kill Turks and rape and kill women and young girls and throttle to death children.
During the Greek occupation, Greek troops and loc... | 129,141 | zeroshot-train |
Yo soy Bea [SEP] start time | Yo soy Bea
Yo soy Bea is a Spanish television comedy-drama series which aired on Telecinco from 10 July 2006 to 16 August 2009.
The series is an adaptation of the popular Colombian telenovela "Yo soy Betty, la fea" (""I am Betty, the ugly""). It stars Ruth Núñez in the title role of Beatriz "Bea" Pérez Pinzón and Aleja... | Beekhuyzen as the main character and Lars Oostveen as Vico Maesland.
Official international adaptations "Yo Soy Bea".
Despite the original Colombian production already being in Spanish, Telecinco launched an adaptation in Spain called "Yo soy Bea" in July 2006. The Spanish version title (which translates to "I am Bea")... | 129,142 | zeroshot-train |
Åndalsnes landings [SEP] start time | Åndalsnes landings
The Åndalsnes landings took place in Åndalsnes in Romsdal, Norway in 1940 during the Norwegian Campaign of World War II when, after the German invasion of Norway in April 1940, British troops landed in Åndalsnes as part of a pincer movement to take mid-Norwegian city Trondheim. The northern arm of th... | was when she took on board the British General Bernard Paget from the cruiser and brought him ashore at Åndalsnes on 24 April.
As her job included defending the Allied landings in southern Norway and the city of Molde "Sleipner" was a prime target for the "Luftwaffe"'s bombers.
Attacked by bombers in Romsdalsfjord on 2... | 129,143 | zeroshot-train |
1916 Boreas [SEP] time of discovery | 1916 Boreas
1916 Boreas, provisional designation , is an eccentric, stony asteroid and near-Earth object of the Amor group, approximately 3 kilometers in diameter. After its discovery in 1953, it became a lost asteroid until 1974. It was named after Boreas from Greek mythology.
Discovery.
"Boreas" was discovered on 1 S... | Boreas
Boreas may refer to:
- Boreas (god), Greek god of North Wind
- "Boreas" (film), 2006 Turkish short drama film
- "Boreas" (journal), academic journal that covers all branches of Quaternary research
- Boreas (restaurant), Dutch Michelin starred restaurant
- Boreas (storm), November 2013 storm
- Boreas (painting), ... | 129,144 | zeroshot-train |
258 Tyche [SEP] time of discovery | 258 Tyche
Tyche (minor planet designation: 258 Tyche) is a relatively large main belt asteroid discovered by Robert Luther at Düsseldorf-Bilk Observatory on 4 May 1886. The stony S-type asteroid measures about 65 kilometers in diameter and has a perihelion of 2.1 AU.
Tyche orbits very close to the Eunomia family of ast... | Tyche (disambiguation)
Tyche may refer to:
- Tyche, an ancient Greek goddess
- 258 Tyche, an asteroid
- Tyche (hypothetical planet), a gas giant planet in our outer Solar System, now disproven.
- Tyche, a suburb of the city of Syracuse, Sicily | 129,145 | zeroshot-train |
2984 Chaucer [SEP] time of discovery | 2984 Chaucer
2984 Chaucer, provisionally designated , is a main-belt asteroid, which was discovered by American astronomer Edward Bowell at Lowell's Anderson Mesa Station in Flagstaff, Arizona, on 30 December 1981.
It is named after Geoffrey Chaucer (1343–1400), the medieval English poet.
External links.
- Dictionary o... | Chaucer (disambiguation)
Geoffrey Chaucer was an English author, poet, philosopher, bureaucrat courtier, and diplomat.
Chaucer may also refer to:
- Chaucer (surname)
- Chaucer Elliott (1879–1913), Canadian sportsman
- 2984 Chaucer, a small main belt asteroid
- Chaucer (crater), a lunar crater
- A variety of rose
- Chau... | 129,146 | zeroshot-train |
2997 Cabrera [SEP] time of discovery | 2997 Cabrera
2997 Cabrera, provisional designation , is an asteroid from the central regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 8 kilometers in diameter.
It was discovered by the Felix Aguilar Observatory at Leoncito Astronomical Complex, Argentina, on 17 June 1974. It orbits the Sun in the central main-belt at a dist... | - "
- 2995 Taratuta
- 2997 Cabrera
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See also.
- List of minor planet discoverers
- List of observatory codes
External links.
- Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets, "Minor Planet Center" | 129,147 | zeroshot-train |
47 Tucanae [SEP] time of discovery | Africa.
47 Tucanae is the second brightest globular cluster after Omega Centauri, and telescopically reveals about ten thousand stars, many appearing within a small dense central core. The cluster may contain an intermediate-mass black hole.
Early history.
The cluster was given its Bayer designation ξ Tucanae in Johann... | a redshift z = 1.345, separated by 4.2 arcsec in projection, corresponding to a physical separation distance of 25 kpc.
- Discovery of a new gravitational lens candidate, associated with the quasar UM 425 = QSO 1120+019.
- Discovery of two high-velocity stars shot out of the core of the globular cluster 47 Tucanae.
- F... | 129,148 | zeroshot-train |
503 Evelyn [SEP] time of discovery | 503 Evelyn
Evelyn (minor planet designation: 503 Evelyn) is a main belt asteroid discovered by Raymond Smith Dugan on 19 January 1903. The asteroid was named after Evelyn Smith Dugan, mother of the discoverer. | NGC 503
NGC 503, also occasionally referred to as PGC 5086 or GC 5169, is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Pisces. It located approximately 265 million light-years from the Solar System and was discovered on 13 August 1863 by German astronomer Heinrich Louis d'Arrest.
Observation history.
Arrest discovered NGC... | 129,149 | zeroshot-train |
596 Scheila [SEP] time of discovery | 596 Scheila
Scheila (minor planet designation: 596 Scheila) is a main-belt asteroid and main-belt comet
orbiting the Sun. It was discovered on 21 February 1906 by August Kopff from Heidelberg. Kopff named the asteroid after a female English student with whom he was acquainted.
Overview.
On December 11.4 2010, Steve Lar... | 596) Scheila
- Project T3: Finding Comets in the Asteroid Population
- The Active Asteroids (Dave Jewitt : 22 Dec 2011: arXiv:1112.5220)
- Discovery of Main-Belt Comet P/2006 VW139 by Pan-STARRS1 (Henry H. Hsieh : 9 Feb 2012: arXiv:1202.2126)
- New Comet: P/2012 T1 (PANSTARRS) (Remanzacco Observatory : 16 Oct 2012)
- T... | 129,150 | zeroshot-train |
693 Zerbinetta [SEP] time of discovery | 693 Zerbinetta
693 Zerbinetta is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It was discovered on 21 September 1909 August Kopff in Heidelberg. It was named after a character in Richard Strauss' opera "Ariadne auf Naxos".
External links.
- ASTROMETRIC UPDATE: OCCULTATION BY (693) ZERBINETTA - 2014 APR 23
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- 531 Zerlina
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804 Hispania [SEP] time of discovery | 804 Hispania
804 Hispania is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It was discovered from Barcelona (Spain) on 20 March 1915 by Josep Comas Solá (1868–1937), the first asteroid to be discovered by a Spaniard.
"Hispania" is a carbonaceous C-type asteroid and has a diameter of 122 kilometers according to measurements made wit... | - Hispano-Suiza, a car manufacturer
- 804 Hispania, minor planet orbiting the Sun
- , a ferry operated by Swedish Lloyd 1969–1972
- , a number of steamship carried this name
- Hispania Racing F1 Team, a Formula One team that debuted in the 2010 Formula One season
Derivations.
- Hispanic, the linguistic group of Spanish... | 129,152 | zeroshot-train |
953 Painleva [SEP] time of discovery | 953 Painleva
953 Painleva is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It was discovered on 29 April 1921 by the Russian astronomer Benjamin Jekhowsky. The planet was named in honor of the French statesman and mathematician Paul Painlevé. | fall of the government in January 1933, his political career ended.
Painlevé died in Paris in October of the same year. On 4 November, after a eulogy by Prime Minister Albert Sarraut, he was interred in the Panthéon.
Honours.
- The aircraft carrier "Painlevé" was named in his honour.
- The asteroid 953 Painleva was nam... | 129,153 | zeroshot-train |
Aachen penny of Charlemagne [SEP] time of discovery | Aachen penny of Charlemagne
The Aachen penny of Charlemagne, a Carolingian silver coin, was found on 22 February 2008 in the foundations of the Palatine Chapel in Aachen, during archaeological work in the northeastern bay of the hexadecagon. This is the first discovery of coinage from the time of Charlemagne at Aachen.... | Under the reign of Charlemagne it was a mining centre and was, for a time, the home of the French mint: the Aachen penny of Charlemagne, the first coin of Charlemagne to be found at his capital of Aachen/Aix, was minted at "Metullo". The silver mines which supplied the mint continued to function off and on before being... | 129,154 | zeroshot-train |
Amcotts Moor Woman [SEP] time of discovery | Amcotts Moor Woman
Amcotts Moor Woman is the name given to bog body discovered in 1747 in a bog near Amcotts, Lincolnshire, England. Because little was known about preservation at the time, as well as over-sampling, only her left shoe has survived.
Discovery.
In the summer of 1747, a peat digger unearthed the body of a... | to Brookefield", on March 29, 1688; "The Grove Landing", on July 10, 1688; "The Forrest", on Sep. 5, 1694; "Dan" on September 6, 1694; "Brookes Discovery", on Dec. 10, 1695; and "The Prospect", on Dec. 11, 1695. At the time of his death on January 7, 1730 at "Brookefield", Thomas had amassed over 7,000 acres (28 km²) o... | 129,155 | zeroshot-train |
Andromeda I [SEP] time of discovery | Andromeda I
Andromeda I is a dwarf spheroidal galaxy(dSph) about 2.40 million light-years away in the constellation Andromeda. Andromeda I is part of the local group of galaxies and a satellite galaxy of the Andromeda Galaxy (M31). It is roughly 3.5 degrees south and slightly east of M31. As of 2005, it is the closest ... | II, he took advantage of wartime blackout conditions (which reduced light pollution), to resolve stars in the center of the Andromeda Galaxy for the first time. These observations led him to define distinct "populations" for stars (Population I and Population II). The same observations led him to discover that there ar... | 129,156 | zeroshot-train |
Andromeda II [SEP] time of discovery | Andromeda II
Andromeda II (And II) is a dwarf spheroidal galaxy about 2.22 Mly away in the constellation Andromeda. While part of the Local Group, it is not quite clear if it is a satellite of the Andromeda Galaxy or the Triangulum Galaxy.
It was discovered by Sidney Van den Bergh in a survey of photographic plates tak... | II, he took advantage of wartime blackout conditions (which reduced light pollution), to resolve stars in the center of the Andromeda Galaxy for the first time. These observations led him to define distinct "populations" for stars (Population I and Population II). The same observations led him to discover that there ar... | 129,157 | zeroshot-train |
Andromeda VIII [SEP] time of discovery | Andromeda VIII
Andromeda VIII (And VIII / 8) is a galaxy discovered in August 2003. It is a companion galaxy to the Andromeda Galaxy, M31, and evaded detection for so long due to its diffuse nature. The galaxy was finally discovered by measuring the redshifts of stars in front of Andromeda, which proved to have differe... | and Astronomy Club.
Research.
Observers using the Warner and Swasey Observatory have made important contributions to astronomical research. An early example is work carried out by the observatory's then director, Jason Nassau, on the classification of carbon stars and M-type stars in 1949; more recently, observations m... | 129,158 | zeroshot-train |
Andromeda XVIII [SEP] time of discovery | Andromeda XVIII
Andromeda XVIII, discovered in 2008, is a dwarf spheroidal galaxy (has no rings, low luminosity, much dark matter, little gas or dust), which is a satellite of the Andromeda Galaxy (M31). It is one of the 14 known dwarf galaxies orbiting M31. It was announced in 2010 that the orbiting galaxies lie close... | deg2 (camera) on the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT) had mapped the Andromeda Galaxy's stellar halo (one quarter) up to ~150 kpc. The survey, which had confirmed the clumpiness of Andromeda's stellar halo, had shown the existence of multiple other dwarf galaxies. They include: Andromeda XI, XII, XIII, XV, XVI, XV... | 129,159 | zeroshot-train |
Barium [SEP] time of discovery | sulfate, BaSO) and witherite (barium carbonate, BaCO), both insoluble in water. The name "barium" originates from the alchemical derivative "baryta", from Greek βαρύς ("barys"), meaning "heavy." "Baric" is the adjectival form of barium. Barium was identified as a new element in 1774, but not reduced to a metal until 18... | impetus for the foundation of the company was the discovery by Gabrielli of a new method for the production of getters, with nickel lids to protect barium plastics, in order to prevent the phenomenon of oxidation.
S.A.E.S. initially devoted itself to producing time clocks and a barium-magnesium-aluminium alloy. After a... | 129,160 | zeroshot-train |
Bir el Qutt inscriptions [SEP] time of discovery | Bir el Qutt inscriptions
The Bir el Qutt inscriptions () are the Old Georgian "Byzantine mosaic" inscriptions written in the Georgian "Asomtavruli" script which were excavated at a "St. Theodore" Georgian monastery in 1952 by Italian archaeologist Virgilio Canio Corbo near Bir el Qutt, in the Judaean Desert, 6 km south... | the Georgian and Caucasian Albanian alphabets around the same time. However, most scholars link the creation of the Georgian script to the process of Christianization of Iberia, a core Georgian kingdom of Kartli. The alphabet was therefore most probably created between the conversion of Iberia under Mirian III (326 or ... | 129,161 | zeroshot-train |
Butterfly Cluster [SEP] time of discovery | Butterfly Cluster's existence was Giovanni Battista Hodierna in 1654. However, Robert Burnham, Jr. has proposed that the 1st century astronomer Ptolemy may have seen it with the naked eye while observing its neighbor the Ptolemy Cluster (M7). Credit for the discovery is usually given to Jean-Philippe Loys de Chéseaux i... | M29 cluster bomb
The M29 cluster bomb was a cluster bomb used by the United States Air Force during World War II against troops, unarmoured vehicles and artillery. The weapon contained ninety M83 fragmentation submunitions - a direct copy of the earlier German Butterfly Bomb - in 9 ten-bomb "wafers". The M28 was a equi... | 129,162 | zeroshot-train |
C/1890 V1 [SEP] time of discovery | C/1890 V1
C/1890 V1 (Zona) is a non-periodic comet discovered on 15 November 1890 by the Italian astronomer Temistocle Zona with an equatorially mounted Merz telescope at the Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo. Whilst attempting to observe this comet, Spitaler discovered the eponymous 113P/Spitaler in 1890.
External l... | 614–615
- 1888: "Charlotte Bronte", (pm) St. Nicholas Magazine Dec 1888
- 1889: "A Coming Out" illustrated by Graves, Ladies Home Journal Sep 1889
- 1890: "unknown title", Story-Time for 1890, published by D. Lothrop Company, Boston. Copyright 1889, by D. Lothrop Company
- 1891: Poems in "Guests Of The Heart", Edited B... | 129,163 | zeroshot-train |
C/2011 J2 [SEP] time of discovery | C/2011 J2
C/2011 J2 (LINEAR) is an Oort cloud comet discovered on 4 May 2011 by LINEAR at an apparent magnitude of 19.7 using a Reflecting telescope. As of September 2014 the comet is around apparent magnitude 17.
C/2011 J2 came to perihelion (closest approach to the Sun) on 25 December 2013 at a distance of 3.4 AU fro... | an ejection trajectory.
External links.
- C/2011 J2 ( LINEAR ) – Seiichi Yoshida's Comet Catalog
- C/2011 J2 Linear: nucleus splitting (Virtual Telescope 19 September 2014)
- Comet C/2011 J2 in the process of fragmenting as seen on 2 September 2014
- Comet C/2011 J2 Linear splitting: a new image (24 Sept. 2014) (Virtua... | 129,164 | zeroshot-train |
C/2013 A1 [SEP] time of discovery | C/2013 A1
C/2013 A1 (Siding Spring) is an Oort cloud comet discovered on 3 January 2013 by Robert H. McNaught at Siding Spring Observatory using the Uppsala Southern Schmidt Telescope.
At the time of discovery it was 7.2 AU from the Sun and located in the constellation Lepus. Comet C/2013 A1 probably took millions of y... | - 1 Jul 1998 – 30 Jun 2000 (AMC GB-(DP)118)
- 1 Jul 2001 – 30 Jun 2002 (AMC GB-(DP)028)
- 1 Jul 2002 – 31 May 2004 (AMC GB-(A1)033)
- 1 Jun 2004 - 31 May 2006 (AMC GB-(A1)026)
- 1 Jun 2006 - 31 May 2007 (AMC GB-(A1)019)
- 1 Sep 2007 - 31 Aug 2009 (AMC GB-(A1)009)
- 1 Sep 2011 - 31 Aug 2012 (AMC GB-(A1)014)
- 1 Sep 2012... | 129,165 | zeroshot-train |
C/2013 R1 [SEP] time of discovery | C/2013 R1
C/2013 R1 (Lovejoy) is a long-period comet discovered on 7 September 2013 by Terry Lovejoy using a Schmidt–Cassegrain telescope. It is the fourth comet discovered by Terry Lovejoy. C/2013 R1 crossed the celestial equator on 14 October 2013, becoming a better Northern Hemisphere object.
History.
By 1 November ... | C/2009 R1
C/2009 R1, one of more than fifty comets known as Comet McNaught, is a non-periodic comet discovered by British-Australian astronomer Robert H. McNaught on September 9, 2009, using the Uppsala Southern Schmidt Telescope at Siding Spring Observatory in New South Wales, Australia. The discovery was confirmed th... | 129,166 | zeroshot-train |
C/2013 US10 [SEP] time of discovery | C/2013 US10
C/2013 US10 (Catalina) is an Oort cloud comet discovered on 31 October 2013 by the Catalina Sky Survey at an apparent magnitude of 19 using a Schmidt–Cassegrain telescope. the comet is around apparent magnitude 6.
Overview.
When discovered on 31 October 2013 observations from another object from 12 Septembe... | lost comet of 1783. Kowalski discovered the comet C/2013 US10 on Halloween morning, 2013.
On October 6, 2008, while observing with the CSS 1.5 meter (60") telescope at Mount Lemmon Observatory, he discovered . Approximately 20 hours after its discovery this asteroid entered the Earth's atmosphere over Sudan, becoming t... | 129,167 | zeroshot-train |
C/2014 G3 [SEP] time of discovery | C/2014 G3
C/2014 G3 is a faint comet discovered on 10 April 2014 by Pan-STARRS which will pass near Jupiter's gravitational field on 8 March 2016 at distance of . The comet had about a 405-year orbital period before entering the planetary region of the Solar System. The comet will only brighten to around apparent magni... | Gemini, and Apollo missions, was released in high definition on the Discovery Channel in June 2008 in the television series "".
When Grissom died he was in the process of writing a book about Gemini.
References.
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External links.
- Letter from Grissom thanking students for naming their... | 129,168 | zeroshot-train |
C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) [SEP] time of discovery | C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)
C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) is a long-period comet discovered on 17 August 2014 by Terry Lovejoy using a Schmidt–Cassegrain telescope. It was discovered at apparent magnitude 15 in the southern constellation of Puppis. It is the fifth comet discovered by Terry Lovejoy. Its blue-green glow is the result of o... | Comet Lovejoy
Comet Lovejoy may refer to:
- C/2007 K5 (Lovejoy), a comet discovered in May 2007
- C/2007 E2 (Lovejoy), a comet discovered in March 2007
- C/2011 W3 (Lovejoy), a comet discovered in 2011, noted for its pass through the Sun's corona
- C/2013 R1 (Lovejoy), a comet visible to the naked eye in 2013
- C/2014 ... | 129,169 | zeroshot-train |
Canterbury Astrolabe Quadrant [SEP] time of discovery | Canterbury Astrolabe Quadrant
The Canterbury Astrolabe Quadrant is a medieval astrolabe believed to date from 1388, and which was found in an archeological dig at the House of Agnes, a bed and breakfast hotel in Canterbury, Kent, England in 2005.
The Canterbury Astrolabe Quadrant is the only one of its kind known to de... | Astrolabe Quadrant probably belonged to a travelling scholar who may have lost it in Canterbury while on pilgrimage to that city.
It is also the first astrolabe to have been found during an archaeological dig. Scientific instruments such as this are usually handed down from generation to generation or found among famil... | 129,170 | zeroshot-train |
Casa de las Américas [SEP] time of discovery | Casa de las Américas
Casa de las Américas is an organization that was founded by the Cuban Government in April 1959, four months after the Cuban Revolution, for the purpose of developing and extending the socio-cultural relations with the countries of Latin America, the Caribbean and the rest of the world. Originally a... | of the United States' influence in Cuban culture. In this context, a very important role was played by the cultural institution Casa de las Américas and its then director Haydée Santamaría, the former a respected revolutionary who participated in the Moncada barracks assault of 1953 and sister of Abel Santamaría, who w... | 129,171 | zeroshot-train |
Cassiopeia Dwarf [SEP] time of discovery | Cassiopeia Dwarf
The Cassiopeia Dwarf (also known as Andromeda VII) is a dwarf spheroidal galaxy about 2.58 Mly away in the constellation Cassiopeia. The Cassiopeia Dwarf is part of the Local Group and a satellite galaxy of the Andromeda Galaxy (M31).
The Cassiopeia Dwarf was found in 1998, together with the Pegasus Dw... | David Dunlap Observatory Catalogue
David Dunlap Observatory Catalogue, known as the DDO or A Catalogue of Dwarf Galaxies, is a catalogue of dwarf galaxies that was compiled by Sidney van den Bergh and published by the David Dunlap Observatory in 1959 (and later expanded in 1966).
Examples.
Examples DDO 3.
DDO 3 (also k... | 129,172 | zeroshot-train |
Cha 110913-773444 [SEP] time of discovery | Cha 110913−773444
Cha 110913−773444 (sometimes abbreviated Cha 110913) is an astronomical object surrounded by what appears to be a protoplanetary disk. It lies at a distance of 529 light-years from Earth. There is no consensus yet among astronomers whether to classify the object as a sub-brown dwarf (with planets) or ... | The regular, periodic reversal of radio wave orientation may indicate that brown dwarf magnetic fields periodically reverse orientation. These reversals may be the result of a brown dwarf magnetic activity cycle, similar to the solar cycle.
Observations Recent developments.
The brown dwarf Cha 110913-773444, located 50... | 129,173 | zeroshot-train |
Comet ISON [SEP] time of discovery | Comet ISON
Comet ISON, formally known as C/2012 S1, was a sungrazing comet discovered on 21 September 2012 by Vitaly Nevsky (Виталий Невский, Vitebsk, Belarus) and Artyom Novichonok (Артём Новичонок, Kondopoga, Russia).
History.
The discovery was made using the reflector of the International Scientific Optical Network ... | generate a hyperbolic solution. On its closest approach, Comet ISON passed about from Mars on 1 October 2013, and the remnants of Comet ISON passed about from Earth on 26 December 2013.
Shortly after its discovery, similarities between the orbital elements of Comet ISON and the Great Comet of 1680 led to speculation th... | 129,174 | zeroshot-train |
Curium [SEP] time of discovery | Curium
Curium is a transuranic radioactive chemical element with the symbol Cm and atomic number 96. This element of the actinide series was named after Marie and Pierre Curie – both were known for their research on radioactivity. Curium was first intentionally produced and identified in July 1944 by the group of Glenn... | International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) initially established lawrencium as the official name for the element and gave the American team credit for the discovery, this was reevaluated in 1997, giving both teams shared credit for the discovery but not changing the element's name.
History.
In 1958, scie... | 129,175 | zeroshot-train |
Cyrus Cylinder [SEP] time of discovery | Rassam discovered the Cyrus Cylinder in March 1879 during a lengthy programme of excavations in Mesopotamia carried out for the British Museum. It had been placed as a foundation deposit in the foundations of the Ésagila, the city's main temple. Rassam's expedition followed on from an earlier dig carried out in 1850 by... | adopted as a national symbol of Iran by the Imperial State which put it on display in Tehran in 1971 to commemorate 2,500 year celebration of the Persian Empire. On October 14, the Mohammad Reza Shah's sister, Princess Ashraf Pahlavi, presented the United Nations Secretary General U Thant with a replica of the Cylinder... | 129,176 | zeroshot-train |
Daensen folding chair [SEP] time of discovery | Daensen folding chair
The Daensen folding chair consists of the metallic remains of a folding chair which were discovered in 1899 in sand from a Bronze Age tumulus near Daensen, a part of Buxtehude, Lower Saxony, Germany. The chair is the southernmost and most richly decorated example of the eighteen known folding chai... | 's leather. The remains of the chair have been typologically dated to 1400 BC.
Reconstruction.
Compared to earlier previous finds from grave mounds and tree coffin burials in Denmark, Sweden, Schleswig-Holstein and Mecklenburg the present metal objects were identified as fitting parts of a folding chair typically for t... | 129,177 | zeroshot-train |
Dagenham idol [SEP] time of discovery | Dagenham idol
The Dagenham idol is a wooden statue of a naked human figure, found in Dagenham in 1922. The statue has been carbon dated to around 2250 BC, during the late Neolithic period or early Bronze Age, making it one of the oldest human representations found in Europe.
The statue is made of Scots pine and stands ... | Rippleside, Barking & Dagenham, Hidden London
- Calls for 4,000-year-old idol to stay in Dagenham – its ‘rightful home’, Barking & Dagenham Post, 22 September 2011
- Early history of Barking and Dagenham, London Borough of Barking and Dagenham
- Early Celtic Art, p. 16
- Replica at the Museum of London | 129,178 | zeroshot-train |
Deuterium [SEP] time of discovery | %) of all the naturally occurring hydrogen in the oceans, while protium accounts for more than 99.98%. The abundance of deuterium changes slightly from one kind of natural water to another (see Vienna Standard Mean Ocean Water).
The deuterium isotope's name is formed from the Greek "deuteros", meaning "second", to deno... | , and Urey won the Nobel Prize in 1934 “for his discovery of heavy hydrogen”. Soon after deuterium's discovery, Urey and others produced samples of "heavy water" in which the deuterium content had been highly concentrated.
Deuterium is destroyed in the interiors of stars faster than it is produced. Other natural proces... | 129,179 | zeroshot-train |
Draco Dwarf [SEP] time of discovery | Draco Dwarf
The Draco Dwarf is a spheroidal galaxy which was discovered by Albert George Wilson of Lowell Observatory in 1954 on photographic plates of the National Geographic Society's Palomar Observatory Sky Survey (POSS). It is part of the Local Group and a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way galaxy. The Draco Dwarf i... | WISEPA J184124.74+700038.0
WISEPA J184124.74+700038.0 (designation is abbreviated to WISE 1841+7000) is a binary system of brown dwarfs of spectral classes T5 + T5, located in constellation Draco at approximately 131 light-years from Earth. It is notable for being one of the first known binary brown dwarf systems.
Disc... | 129,180 | zeroshot-train |
Dwingeloo 1 [SEP] time of discovery | Dwingeloo 1
Dwingeloo 1 is a barred spiral galaxy about 10 million light-years away from the Earth, in the constellation Cassiopeia. It lies in the Zone of Avoidance and is heavily obscured by the Milky Way. The size and mass of Dwingeloo 1 are comparable to those of Triangulum Galaxy.
Dwingeloo 1 has two smaller satel... | Dwingeloo 2
Dwingeloo 2 is a small irregular galaxy discovered in 1996 and located about 10 million light-years away from the Earth. Its discovery was a result of the Dwingeloo Obscured Galaxy Survey (DOGS) of the Zone of Avoidance using the Dwingeloo Radio Observatory. Dwingeloo 2 is a companion galaxy of Dwingeloo 1.... | 129,181 | zeroshot-train |
Eagle Nebula [SEP] time of discovery | Eagle Nebula
The Eagle Nebula (catalogued as Messier 16 or M16, and as NGC 6611, and also known as the Star Queen Nebula and The Spire) is a young open cluster of stars in the constellation Serpens, discovered by Jean-Philippe de Chéseaux in 1745–46. Both the "Eagle" and the "Star Queen" refer to visual impressions of ... | them creating H II regions. Many ultra-compact H II regions, the precursors to massive protostars, are associated with embedded clusters.
Over time, radiation pressure from the stellar objects will disperse the molecular cloud and give rise to the better known open cluster.
Several famous embedded clusters include the ... | 129,182 | zeroshot-train |
Einsteinium [SEP] time of discovery | Einsteinium
Einsteinium is a synthetic element with the symbol Es and atomic number 99. As a member of the actinide series, it is the seventh transuranic element.
Einsteinium was discovered as a component of the debris of the first hydrogen bomb explosion in 1952, and named after Albert Einstein. Its most common isotop... | was responsible for the initial discovery of neutron-rich almost stable isotopes of actinides like plutonium-244 and the new elements einsteinium and fermium (atomic numbers 99 and 100) in the 1950s. It has been suggested that multiple nuclear explosions would make it possible to reach the island of stability, as the a... | 129,183 | zeroshot-train |
Esquiline Treasure [SEP] time of discovery | Esquiline Treasure
The Esquiline Treasure is an ancient Roman silver treasure that was found in 1793 on the Esquiline Hill in Rome. The hoard is considered an important example of late antique silver work from the 4th century AD, probably about 380 for the major pieces. Since 1866, 57 objects, representing the great ma... | World War II, brought back to England and re-buried so as to stage a "discovery", though most scholars give little credit to that theory, and abide by the standard story that the objects were hidden by fleeing Romans who intended to return for them at a later date and never did.
See also.
- Berthouville Treasure
- Sevs... | 129,184 | zeroshot-train |
Far 3 kpc Arm [SEP] time of discovery | Far 3 kpc Arm
The Far 3 kpc Arm was discovered in 2008 by astronomer Tom Dame (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA), while preparing a talk on the Galaxy's spiral arms for a meeting of the 212th American Astronomical Society. It is one of Milky Way's spiral arms and it is located in the first galactic quadrant at a distance of 3 k... | Tom Dame
Thomas M. Dame is Director of the Radio Telescope Data Center at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, a Senior Radio Astronomer at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, and a Lecturer on Astronomy at Harvard University. He is best known for mapping the Milky Way galaxy in Carbon Monoxide and f... | 129,185 | zeroshot-train |
Fishpool Hoard [SEP] time of discovery | Fishpool Hoard
In 1966 the Fishpool Hoard of 1,237 15th century gold coins, four rings and four other pieces of jewellery, and two lengths of gold chain was discovered by workmen on a building site near present-day Cambourne Gardens, in Ravenshead, Nottinghamshire, England, an area that was then known as "Fishpool". It... | and archaeologists.
Hoards provide a useful method of providing dates for artifacts through association as they can usually be assumed to be contemporary (or at least assembled during a decade or two), and therefore used in creating chronologies. Hoards can also be considered an indicator of the relative degree of unre... | 129,186 | zeroshot-train |
Gliese 1214 b [SEP] time of discovery | Gliese 1214 b
Gliese 1214 b (often shortened to GJ 1214 b) is an exoplanet that orbits the star Gliese 1214, and was discovered in December 2009. Its parent star is 48 light-years from the Sun, in the constellation Ophiuchus. As of 2017, GJ 1214 b is the most likely known candidate for being an ocean planet. For that r... | Smithsonian astronomers announced the discovery of a companion extrasolar planet, Gliese 1214 b, potentially composed largely of water and having the mass and diameter of a super-Earth.
Discovered by the MEarth project and investigated further by the HARPS spectrograph on ESO’s 3.6-metre telescope at La Silla, GJ 1214 ... | 129,187 | zeroshot-train |
Golden Cone of Ezelsdorf-Buch [SEP] time of discovery | Golden Cone of Ezelsdorf-Buch
The Golden Cone of Ezelsdorf-Buch () is a Late Bronze Age artefact discovered in 1953 between the villages of Ezelsdorf (Middle Franconia) and Buch (Upper Palatinate) in Southern Germany. A tall (88 cm), cone-shaped object made of thin sheet gold, it is seen as belonging to a group of arti... | and 3 cylindrical stamps) were used.
See also.
- Golden hats
- Golden Cone of Ezelsdorf-Buch, "ca." 1000-800 BC
- Golden Hat of Schifferstadt, "ca." 1400-1300 BC
- Avanton Gold Cone, "circa" 1,000-900 BC
Bibliography.
- Peter Schauer: "Die Goldblechkegel der Bronzezeit – Ein Beitrag zur Kulturverbindung zwischen Orient... | 129,188 | zeroshot-train |
Gossard perspector [SEP] time of discovery | Gossard perspector
In geometry the Gossard perspector (also called the Zeeman–Gossard perspector) is a special point associated with a plane triangle. It is a triangle center and it is designated as X(402) in Clark Kimberling's Encyclopedia of Triangle Centers. The point was named "Gossard perspector" by John Conway in... | CDE", the vertex "A" being the intersection of the Euler lines of the triangles "BFD" and "CDE", and similarly for the other two vertices.
The triangle "ABC" is called the Gossard triangle of triangle "ABC".
Definition Gossard perspector.
Let "ABC" be any triangle and let "ABC" be its Gossard triangle. Then the lines... | 129,189 | zeroshot-train |
Grouville Hoard [SEP] time of discovery | Grouville Hoard
The Grouville Hoard is a hoard of an estimated 70,000 late Iron Age and Roman coins reported in June 2012. They were discovered by metal detectorists Reg Mead and Richard Miles in a field at an undisclosed location in the parish of Grouville on the east side of Jersey in the Channel Islands. It is the l... | Canna.
- May 22 - The Bedale Hoard, a hoard of forty-eight silver and gold items dating from the late 9th to early 10th century AD is discovered in a field near Bedale, North Yorkshire by metal detectorists.
- June 25 - In the Channel Island of Jersey, the discovery of the Grouville Hoard of an estimated 30,000 – 50,00... | 129,190 | zeroshot-train |
Hanner polytope [SEP] time of discovery | Hanner polytope
In geometry, a Hanner polytope is a convex polytope constructed recursively by Cartesian product and polar dual operations. Hanner polytopes are named after Olof Hanner, who introduced them in 1956.
Construction.
The Hanner polytopes are constructed recursively by the following rules:
- A line segment i... | that all centrally symmetric polytopes have at least 3 nonempty faces.
Properties Pairs of opposite facets and vertices.
In a Hanner polytope, every two opposite facets are disjoint, and together include all of the vertices of the polytope, so that the convex hull of the two facets is the whole polytope. As a simple co... | 129,191 | zeroshot-train |
IC 1613 [SEP] time of discovery | IC 1613
IC 1613 (also known as Caldwell 51) is an irregular dwarf galaxy, visible in the constellation Cetus near the star 26 Ceti. It was discovered in 1906 by Max Wolf, and is approaching Earth at 234 km/s.
IC 1613 is a member of the Local Group. It has played an important role in the calibration of the Cepheid varia... | 1999, Antonello et al. found five cepheids of Population II in IC 1613, giving self-evident support for the existence of a very old stellar population component of IC 1613. In 1999, King, Modjaz, & Li discovered the first nova ever detected in IC 1613.
IC 1613 contains a WO star known as DR1, the only one so far detect... | 129,192 | zeroshot-train |
Iodine [SEP] time of discovery | used in nutrition. Due to its high atomic number and ease of attachment to organic compounds, it has also found favour as a non-toxic radiocontrast material. Because of the specificity of its uptake by the human body, radioactive isotopes of iodine can also be used to treat thyroid cancer. Iodine is also used as a cata... | Casper and Pimentel discovered infrared pulses produced by photodissociation of iodine, the first chemical laser. In September 1964, they announced their discovery at the first conference on chemical lasers, by that time more than 100 possible chemical reactions and 60 photodissociation reactions were proposed capable ... | 129,193 | zeroshot-train |
I²C [SEP] time of discovery | I/O pins and software. Many other bus technologies used in similar applications, such as Serial Peripheral Interface Bus (SPI), require more pins and signals to connect multiple devices.
Revisions.
The history of I²C specification releases:
- In 1982, the original 100 kbit/s I²C system was created as a simple internal ... | C: Diseases potentially related to Flammer syndrome. EPMA J. 2017 Sep 13;8(4):327-332
- Peter Meyer [Article in German]: Geschichte der Universitäts-Augenklinik Basel.[History of the University Eye Clinic Basel] In: 100 Jahre SOG und die Entwicklung der Schweizer Augenheilkunde. Le Centenaire de la SSO et le développem... | 129,194 | zeroshot-train |
Kepler-421b [SEP] time of discovery | Kepler-421b
Kepler-421b is an exoplanet that, as of July 2014, has the longest known year of any transiting planet (704 days), although not as long as the planets that have been directly imaged, or many of the planets found by the radial-velocity method, or as long as some transiting planet candidates which are listed ... | the "most precise measurement" so far attained for the size of an exoplanet (Kepler-93b); the discovery of an exoplanet (Kepler-421b) that has the "longest known year" (704 days) of any transiting planet found so far; and, the finding of "very dry atmospheres" on three exoplanets (HD 189733b, HD 209458b, WASP-12b) orbi... | 129,195 | zeroshot-train |
Lion of Knidos [SEP] time of discovery | Lion of Knidos
The Lion of Knidos is the name for a colossal ancient Greek statue that was discovered in 1858 near the ancient port of Knidos, south-west Asia Minor (now near Datça in Turkey). Soon after its discovery, the statue was shipped to London where it became part of the British Museum's collection. Although th... | Richard Popplewell Pullan
Richard Popplewell Pullan was an architect and brother-in-law of William Burges. He is known for his work in archaeology including the discovery of the Lion of Knidos.
Life.
Pullan was born at Knaresborough on 27 March 1825. He was articled to Richard Lane in Manchester and in 1853 he worked w... | 129,196 | zeroshot-train |
Mendelevium [SEP] time of discovery | life of 51 days; nevertheless, the shorter-lived Md (half-life 1.17 hours) is most commonly used in chemistry because it can be produced on a larger scale.
Mendelevium was discovered by bombarding einsteinium with alpha particles in 1955, the same method still used to produce it today. It was named after Dmitri Mendele... | the University of California, Berkeley. The team produced Md (half-life of 77 minutes) when they bombarded an Es target consisting of only a billion (10) einsteinium atoms with alpha particles (helium nuclei) in the Berkeley Radiation Laboratory's 60-inch cyclotron, thus increasing the target's atomic number by two. Md... | 129,197 | zeroshot-train |
Messier 105 [SEP] time of discovery | Messier 105
Messier 105 or M105, also known as NGC 3379, is an elliptical galaxy located 36.6 million light years away in the equatorial constellation of Leo. It was discovered by Pierre Méchain on 24 March 1781, just a few days after he discovered the nearby galaxies Messier 95 and Messier 96. This galaxy is one of se... | comet of all time. Messier gave the comet a magnitude rating of 2.0, making it easily visible to the unaided eye. Messier also gave the comet an elongation angle of 140 degrees.
Messier came up against opposition from Navy astronomer Joseph Nicholas Delisle, who had employed Messier from October 1751, because Delisle w... | 129,198 | zeroshot-train |
Messier 109 [SEP] time of discovery | Messier 109
Messier 109 (also known as NGC 3992) is a barred spiral galaxy exhibiting a weak inner ring structure around the central bar approximately away in the constellation Ursa Major. M109 can be seen southeast of the star Phecda (γ UMa).
History.
Messier 109 was discovered by Pierre Méchain in 1781. In 1783 Charl... | was published in "Sky & Telescope" in December 1995.
Moore used his other surname – Caldwell – to name the list, since the initial of "Moore" is already used for the Messier catalogue. Entries in the catalogue are designated with a "C" and the catalogue number (1 to 109).
Unlike objects in the Messier catalogue, which ... | 129,199 | zeroshot-train |
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