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- Venus (planet) (31010 bytes)
1: ...netary orbit|orbits]] are [[ellipse|elliptical]], Venus's orbit is the closest to [[circle|circular]], wi...
3: ...the "[[Evening Star]]", and when it is visible in dark skies it is by far the brightest [[star]]-like ...
5: ...ymbol is a stylized representation of the goddess Venus's hand mirror: a circle with a small cross undern...
7: The adjective ''Venusian'' is commonly used for Venus, but it is etymologically incorrect. The true ad...
14: ... the upper atmosphere circle the planet in only 4 days, helping to distribute the heat.
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- Jules Dumont d'Urville (2251 bytes)
1: ...ésar Dumont d'Urville''' ([[May 23]], [[1790]] – [[May 8]], [[1842]]) was a [[France|French]] [...
4: ...t valuable and famous statues in the world. The [[Venus de Milo]] now stands in the [[Louvre]] in [[Paris... - Elizabeth of Russia (14144 bytes)
3: ...f the [[University of Moscow]] and Shuvalov's foundation of the [[Imperial Academy of Arts|Academy of ...
7: Elizabeth, the youngest daughter of [[Peter the Great]] and [[Catherine I of...
9: ...e had a French governess, however, and at a later day picked up some Italian, German and Swedish, and ...
11: It was Peter's intention to marry his second daughter to the young French king [[Louis XV]], but ...
13: ... of Peter the Great, practically banished Peter's daughter from court. Elizabeth had inherited her fat... - Artemisia Gentileschi (23093 bytes)
3: ...ileschi''' ([[July 8]], [[1593]] - [[1653]]) is today considered one of the most accomplished Early [[...
10: ...elden]]. The picture shows how, under parental guidance, Artemisia assimilated the realism of [[Carava...
12: ..., so Orazio hired the Tuscan painter to tutor his daughter privately. The unfortunate effect was that ...
14: ...apped around the fingers and tighted by degrees — a particularly cruel torture to a painter. Bot...
18: ... Virgin Mary with Baby"''), currently in the [[Spada Gallery]], [[Rome]]. - Josephine Baker (5957 bytes)
3: ...actress and singer, sometimes known as "The Black Venus." She became a [[France|French]] [[citizen]] in [...
5: .... Louis, Missouri|St. Louis]], [[Missouri]], the daughter of Eddie Carson and Carrie McDonald, she en...
7: ...tarred at the [[Folies Berg貥]], setting the standard for her future acts. Already a star, she perfor...
17: ...ces helped to integrate shows in [[Las Vegas, Nevada|Las Vegas]]. Nevertheless, her career was on a do...
29: ... stage, I tried to be as civilized as possible in daily life.” —Josephine Baker - Tori Amos (27672 bytes)
3: ...s probably best known to the wider public for a [[dance]] [[remix]] of "[[Professional Widow]]", her s...
10: ...nd her difficulty with playing from sheet music – with Caton, [[Matt Sorum]] (later of [[the Cul...
13: ...se]], [[Will MacGregor]], [[Carlo Nuccio]], and [[Dan Nebenzal]], the record ended up full of raw, emo...
32: ===''To Venus And Back''===
33: ...rgirl Hotel'', but like that album featured overt dance music influences and a relatively subdued pian... - Ava Gardner (4142 bytes)
2: '''Ava Gardner''' ([[December 24]], [[1922]] – [[January 25]], [[1990]]) was an [[United Stat...
8: ... She lost to [[Audrey Hepburn]] in ''[[Roman Holiday]]''. Many thought Gardner's greatest performanc...
22: * [[Sunday Punch]] (1942)
46: * [[One Touch of Venus]] (1948)
66: * [[55 Days at Peking]] (1963) - Sophia Loren (9622 bytes)
5: ...ughter of aspiring actress and piano teacher Romilda Villani and married engineer Riccardo Scicolone a...
17: ...ard Burton]] and [[Ettore Scola]]'s ''[[A Special Day]]'' with Mastroianni.
19: ...ly on [[tax evasion]] charges, a fact that didn't damage her career or popularity.
51: *''[[Milano Miliardaria]]'' (1951)
60: *''[[Girls Marked Danger]]'' (1953) - Orchidaceae (20056 bytes)
6: ...x_classis_entry | taxon = [[Monocotyledon|Liliopsida]]}}
8: {{Taxobox_familia_entry | taxon = '''Orchidaceae'''}}
11: Over 800 <br/> See [[List of Orchidaceae genera]].
14: '''Orchids''' ('''Orchidaceae''' family) are among the largest and most div...
18: ...t, are considered by [[CITES]] as threatened or endangered. They are therefore protected. - Scientific revolution (17675 bytes)
1: ...ca]]'' in [[1687]] by [[Isaac Newton]]. These boundaries are not uncontroversial, with some claiming t...
7: ...es may arise from lack of recognition of these fundamental differences.
25: ...ies: moons of Jupiter, lunar mountains, phases of Venus, etc. (Galileo)
31: ...ar to fill fourteen centuries, and the other candidates are few:
36: ... extending to the early 17th century, are the raw data on which are built the theoretical studies of h... - Ceramics (15941 bytes)
1: Ceramics, a form of art and craftsmanship that dates back thousands of years, involves the creation...
34: ...e Grayson Perry and Ai Weiwei have pushed the boundaries of ceramics, using it to make political and s...
42: ...d in ancient traditions, continues to evolve and adapt, reflecting the changing times and cultural con...
48: The [[Venus of Dolni Vestonice]] is the oldest known ceramic ...
55: ...|data storage]] elements. [[crystallite|Grain boundary]] phenomena in these materials can give rise to... - Pottery (17136 bytes)
8: ... remains of non-literate cultures and help in the dating of some historic cultures as well.
21: ...y virtually identical plates, vases or bowls in a day. Because of its nature, wheel work can only be u...
50: ..., as the kiln must be stoked for as long as a few days, but the pieces which emerge often have charact...
52: The western adaptation of [[Raku]] firing, a traditional [[Japane...
68: ...nds has been dated, by uncalibrated [[radiocarbon dating]], to around the [[11th millennium BC]], in t... - History of sculpture (6101 bytes)
4: ...e been found mainly in central [[Europe]]. The [[Venus of Willendorf]] (30,000 - 25,000 BC), from the ar...
6: ...ing this time included basalt, diorite (a type of dark, coarse-grained stone), sandstone, and alabaste...
27: ...re found together in a single grave on [[Keros]], dating from 2700 - 2750 BC.
42: ...o Santi|Raphael]] also sculpted a statue called ''David''. Most sculptures during the Renaissance were... - Pre-historic art (9744 bytes)
5: [[Image:VenusWillendorf.jpg|thumb|130px|Venus of Willendorf]]
7: ...and its counterpart in [[Morocco]], the [[Tan-Tan Venus]], from 800,000 and 220,000 BC, may be the earlie...
15: ... [[Japan]] were the first to develop [[pottery]], dating to the [[11th millennium BC]]. The Jōmon...
17: ...G?li Tepe]] near [[Urfa]] in eastern [[Turkey]], dating to ca. [[10th millennium BC]].
18: ... at the [[Iron Gorge]], [[Serbia and Montenegro]] date to the [[7th millennium BC]] and represent eith... - Earth (30908 bytes)
21: ...n by mass [http://earthref.org/cgi-bin/er.cgi?s=erda.cgi?n=547] is:
86: ...[aluminium]] silicate rocks. The crust-mantle boundary occurs as two physically different events. Firs...
110: ...inexorable. This is one hypothesis explaining why Venus has no water. Without hydrogen, the oxygen intera...
120: ...utes and 4.091 seconds ([[sidereal day|1 sidereal day]]) to rotate around the axis connecting the [[no...
122: ...ith respect to the stars at a rate of ca. 1 °/day, i.e. a Sun or Moon diameter every 12 hours east... - Volcano (27295 bytes)
2: ...east, this phenomenon tends to occur near the boundaries of the [[plate tectonics|continental plates]]...
21: ...or global weather pattern changes. Potential candidates include [[Yellowstone National Park]] and [[La...
24: Volcanoes are usually situated either at the boundaries between [[tectonic plates]] or over [[hot spo...
84: ...ic forms of volcanism not present on Earth. Other Venusian phenomena, such as changes in the planet's atm...
96: ...anic object in the solar system, due to [[tides|tidal]] interaction with Jupiter. It is covered with v... - Mountain (4538 bytes)
3: ...g on how the rock reacts to the tectonic forces – block mountains or fold mountains.
20: ... have been left in their natural state, and are today primarily used for [[recreation]].
27: *[[List of mountains on Venus]] - Inca mythology (10365 bytes)
3: ...f recording [[phonological]] or [[logographic]] [[data]]. All information for what is known is based o...
5: == Inca foundation legends ==
8: ...ossibly an explanation for the need for three foundation legends rather than just the first.
14: ...Viracocha|Inca Viracocha]] of [[Pacari-Tampu]], today known as [[Pacaritambo]], which is 25 km (16 mi)...
21: ...ghtning]].the empire at this time was named hheu hdah - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
3: ...o a practical form. Where there is ambiguity, the date of the first practical, fielded version of the ...
14: * 26 KYA: [[Venus of Dolni Vestonice|Ceramics]] in [[Moravia]]
18: * 8700 BC: [[Metalworking]] ([[copper]] pendant in [[Iraq]])
133: * [[1714]]: [[Mercury thermometer]]: [[Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit]]
145: ...]: [[Submarine]] [[Turtle (submarine)|Turtle]]: [[David Bushnell]] - Solar system (21174 bytes)
10: **[[Venus (planet)|Venus]] (♀)
39: ...ing mass, then Uranus and Neptune, then Earth and Venus (see also below).
45: ...e parent star, perhaps orbiting it in a matter of days. It has been hypothesised that while the giant...
59: The first and most fundamental of these advances was the [[Nicolaus Copern...
61: ... reached, with probes landing on [[Venus (planet)|Venus]] in 1965, [[Mars]] in 1976, the asteroid [[433 E... - Planet (8450 bytes)
14: # [[Venus (planet)|Venus]] (♀)
28: ...ely composed of [[Rock (geology)|rock]]: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
43: ...factor of 2.8; S/1993 243 (1) [[Dactyl (asteroid)|Dactyl]] by a factor of 1.3; and, most remarkably, [...
48: ...]s (those outside our solar system) discovered to date have masses which are about the same or larger ...
56: ... solar system. No interstellar planet is known to date, but their existence is considered a plausible ...
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