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- Asteroid (24334 bytes)
30: ... shape]] was developed by [[Clark R. Chapman]], [[David Morrison]], and [[Ben Zellner]]. These propert...
67: ...t. Multiple pairs could be taken over a series of days. Second, the two [[film]]s of the same region w...
98: ...heir provisional designation, e.g. [[(29075) 1950 DA]].
103: ...such names started to run out, others were used —famous people, literary characters, the names o...
120: ...] by [[243 Ida]] and its moon [[Dactyl (asteroid)|Dactyl]], all of which were imaged by the [[Galileo ... - Mercury (planet) (22924 bytes)
1: ...riner 10]] ([[1974]]–[[1975|75]]); only 40–45% of the planet has been mapped.
8: (This Data comes from [http://www.answers.com/topic/mercur...
10: ...ure]] of Mercury is 452 K, but it ranges from 90–700 K; by comparison, the temperature on Earth ...
12: Surprisingly, radar observations taken in 1992 indicated that there ...
16: ...rrain. In addition, Mercury has "significant" [[tidal bulge]]s, raised by the [[Sun]] (the Sun's tides... - Cloud (9947 bytes)
101: ...nse red on their sunward side. In this case, the adage "red sky at night, sailor's delight" was clearl...
109: * [[Cloud albedo]] - Venus (planet) (31010 bytes)
3: ...the "[[Evening Star]]", and when it is visible in dark skies it is by far the brightest [[star]]-like ...
5: ...vilization (the Mayans developed a religious calendar based on Venus's motion) and must have been know...
14: ... the upper atmosphere circle the planet in only 4 days, helping to distribute the heat.
16: ...bedo]] is approximately 60%, and its visual light albedo is even greater. Thus, despite being closer to t...
18: ...ture, listed in the table, refers to cloud tops — the surface temperature is never below 400°... - Mars (27704 bytes)
8: ... land because Mars lacks [[ocean]]s). The [[solar day]] on Mars is almost the same length as it is on ...
27: ...Mare Sirenum]] and [[Aurorae Sinus]]. The largest dark feature seen from Earth is [[Syrtis Major]].
31: ...las impact basin at an altitude of 4 km below the datum). In comparison, the difference between Earth'...
39: ... [[mean gravity surface]] must be selected. The [[datum]] for Mars is defined by the fourth-degree and...
41: ...e line of Beer and M䤬er, was chosen by [[Merton Davies]] of the [[RAND Corporation]] to provide a mo... - Jupiter (24639 bytes)
94: ! align="left" | [[Albedo]]
175: ...ed by [[gas]]eous hydrogen. There is no clear boundary or surface between these different phases of hy...
201: The data showed that the magnetic field [[fluctuates]] r...
210: ...actly one year later. They provided important new data about Jupiter's magnetosphere, and took some lo...
225: ...through 150 km of the atmosphere, collecting data for 58 minutes, before being crushed by the ext... - Saturn (planet) (23300 bytes)
94: ! align="left" | [[Albedo]]
147: ...'' has a period of 10 h 14 min 00 s (844.3°/[[day|d]]) and encompasses the Equatorial Zone, which ...
165: ...rmed out of. This theory is not widely accepted today, since Saturn's rings are thought to be unstable...
169: ===The dark side of the rings===
175: ...1]], [[1979]]; Backlit rings, showing the overall darkness of the rings from this angle. The thickest... - Uranus (15207 bytes)
103: !align="left"| [[Albedo]]
172: ...II's Neptune'' and ''Great-Britain's Neptune''. [[Daniel Bernoulli|Bernoulli]], from [[Berlin]], sugge...
179: ... be seen with the naked eye as a faint star under dark sky conditions. It can be easily found with bin...
205: ...as a faint [[planetary ring]] system, composed of dark particulate matter up to 10 metres in diameter....
212: ...he five main satellites are [[Miranda (moon)|Miranda]], [[Ariel (moon)|Ariel]], [[Umbriel (moon)|Umbri... - Neptune (planet) (18545 bytes)
9: | [[Urbain Le Verrier]]<br> [[John Couch Adams]]<br> [[Johann Gottfried Galle|Johann Galle]]
102: ! align="left" | [[Albedo]]
148: ...enomena. The [[Great Dark Spot]], an Earth-sized dark marking resembling the [[Great Red Spot]] of Ju...
152: ...cause it had ''just'' turned retrograde that very day; because it was stationary in the sky and only b...
154: ...rge Airy]], who asked Adams for a clarification; Adams began to draft a reply but never sent it. - Pluto (planet) (26470 bytes)
97: !align="left"| [[Albedo]]
124: ...1930]]. The planet was later found on photographs dating back to [[March 19]], [[1915]]. Tombaugh was ...
126: ...ules]]'', ''[[Icarus (mythology)|Icarus]]'', ''[[Idana]]'', ''[[Odin]]'', ''[[Pax (mythology)|Pax]]'',...
128: ...anet in the [[Times]] newspaper. He asked his grandaughter what she thought would be good name for it....
136: ...s diameter is now known since telescopes using [[adaptive optics]] can resolve its disk. - Ice age (15810 bytes)
6: ... have been many glacial periods, occurring at 40–100,000 year frequencies. These are the best st...
22: ..., and North America in polar regions, the Earth today is considered to be prone to ice age glaciations...
39: ...e occurrence of glacial and interglacial phases — this was first explained by the theory of [[Mi...
43: ...redicted by Milankovic. During the period 3.0 — 0.8 million years ago the dominant pattern of ...
48: ... is consistent with the existing uncertainties in dating, but not widely accepted at present (Nature 4... - Climate change (15859 bytes)
3: ...#8221; for non-human caused change [http://www.grida.no/climate/ipcc_tar/wg1/518.htm]. Sometimes the t...
5: ...limate measurements over various periods, and the data sources available, see [[historical temperature...
22: ...0 years up to pre-industrial times [http://www.grida.no/climate/ipcc_tar/wg1/fig3-2.htm]. To see a gra...
28: ...ltural or other changes that affect the Earth's [[albedo]], the [[carbon cycle]], or methane production.
32: ...discusses feedbacks in more detail [http://www.grida.no/climate/ipcc_tar/wg1/260.htm]. - Moon (37975 bytes)
27: | 27.321 66155 [[day|d]]<br />(27 d 7 h 43.2 min)
83: | 27.321 661 [[day|d]]<br />([[synchronous rotation|synchronous]])
97: ! align="left" | [[Albedo]]
197: ...tion in its early history, a process known as [[tidal locking]].
199: ...s sometimes called the "dark side". In this case "dark" means "unknown and hidden" and not "lacking li... - Ice Age (15809 bytes)
5: ... have been many glacial periods, occurring at 40–100,000 year frequencies. These are the best st...
21: ..., and North America in polar regions, the Earth today is considered to be prone to ice age glaciations...
38: ...e occurrence of glacial and interglacial phases — this was first explained by the theory of [[Mi...
42: ...redicted by Milankovic. During the period 3.0 — 0.8 million years ago the dominant pattern of ...
47: ... is consistent with the existing uncertainties in dating, but not widely accepted at present (Nature 4... - Wind power (27669 bytes)
13: ...d night, the [[Coriolis effect]], the irregular [[albedo]] (reflectivity) of land and water, humidity, and...
19: ...an example, on a cool 15 degrees C (59 degrees F) day at sea level, air density is about 1.22 kilogram...
24: ...for three-dimensional vertical-axis turbines like Darrieus or Gorlov turbines (see below).
26: ...acility in Colorado. The histogram shows measured data, while the curve is the Raleigh model distribut...
28: ...s plotted to the right against an actual measured dataset. - Arctic Ocean (7316 bytes)
21: ...es; summers characterized by continuous daylight, damp and foggy weather, and weak cyclones with rain ...
36: ... western Greenland and extreme northeastern [[Canada]]; permafrost on islands; virtually ice locked fr...
39: ...to change and slow to recover from disruptions or damage; thinning polar icepack; seasonal hole in [[o...
41: ...tic sea ice will have an effect on the planet's [[albedo]], thus affecting [[global warming]]. Many scien...
44: [[Churchill, Manitoba]] (Canada), [[Murmansk]] (Russia), [[Arkhangelsk]] (Russia)... - Water (15217 bytes)
1: ...cle focuses on water as it is experienced in everyday life. See [[water (molecule)]] for information o...
5: Water is an abundant substance on [[Earth]]. It exists in many place...
36: ...on of Earth's various environments by life-forms adapted to those varying and often extreme conditions...
46: ...xist only as vapor. In the former case, the low [[albedo]] of [[ocean]]s would cause Earth to absorb more ...
48: ...on of greenhouse gases and surface or atmospheric albedo. See ''[[Gaia hypothesis]]''. - Contrail (4281 bytes)
26: ...he local diurnal temperature range (difference of day and night temperatures) was about 1 degree Celsi...
29: *[[Chemtrail theory]] — for a [[conspiracy theory]] alleging that some...
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