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- Constellation (3718 bytes)
3: ...ation_map.png|thumb|300px|[[Orion (constellation)|Orion]] is a remarkable constellation, visible from mos...
4: ...ficial" constellation, that is, one that may be widely known but is not recognized by astronomers or t...
6: ...o recur frequently, e.g., [[Orion (constellation)|Orion]] and [[Scorpio]].
8: ...he [[International Astronomical Union]] (IAU) divides the sky into 88 official constellations with pre...
14: ... gaps between Ptolemy's patterns. The Greeks considered the sky as including both constellations and d... - Artemis (11271 bytes)
1: ...pg|thumb|right|200px|Artemis sculpture.Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom ClipAr...
3: ...[[Roman mythology]], she was known as [[Diana (goddess)|Diana]]. In [[Etruscan mythology]], she took ...
7: ...as the [[moon goddess]] to complement her twin's identification with and supplantation of [[Helios]] a...
11: ...preaching of the new faith, zealously riot in her defense, shouting "Great is Diana of the Ephesians!"...
13: Festivals in honor of Artemis include [[Brauronia]], held in [[Brauron]] and the festiv... - Hubble Space Telescope (50930 bytes)
16: |'''Deorbit date'''||circa 2010
38: |'''[[WFPC2]]'''||wide field camera
43: ...ons and has helped astronomers achieve a better understanding of many fundamental problems in astrophy...
45: ...e project to build a space telescope was beset by delays and budget problems. Immediately after its l...
49: ==Conception, design and aims== - History of astronomy (13532 bytes)
2: [[Astronomy]] is probably the oldest of the [[natural science]]s, dating back to [[a...
8: ...ers were [[priest]]s ([[Magi]]), and that their understanding of the "[[heaven]]s" was seen as "[[divi...
10: ...alendar is based on the Roman calendar, which divided the year into twelve months of alternating thirt...
14: ...ennium BC, but their contents appear to be much older.
20: ... that took the earth to spin on its axis and considered the motions of the planets with respect to the... - Giza pyramid complex (7332 bytes)
1: ... is the only remaining monument of the [[Seven Wonders of the Ancient World]].
3: ==Description==
4: ...th-west. The [[Great Sphinx]] lies on the east side of the complex, facing east. Current consensus am...
6: ...rld]]. Today it is the only one of the ancient Wonders still in existence.
8: ...[Abu Ruwaysh]], and [[Abusir]], were collectively declared a [[World Heritage Site]] in 1979 - Genghis Khan (31537 bytes)
1: ...a]] for his historical role in giving a common [[identity]] to [[Mongols]] after their centuries of in...
5: ...gence and the mobility of his mounted warriors to defeat opponents, rapidly conquering more territory ...
7: ...ths, and, in the longer term, resulted in massive depopulation of much of Asia [http://users.erols.com...
9: ...o rule the [[Mongol Empire]] he founded after his death, and, even after the unified empire dissolved ...
11: ...by his descendents, and he is regarded as the founder of [[Mongolia]] and an important figure in histo... - Min (god) (6198 bytes)
1: ...age:Ancient_eygpt-1.jpg|thumb||170px|Clipart provided by <br> [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom C...
2: ... (a reference to the shape of Orion), and usually depicted as such.
4: ...his mother''. As ''Amun-Min'', he was often found depicted on the walls of [[Karnak]].
6: ... Egyptian predynastic times up to Roman times - a deity whose temples were built and rebuilt through E...
8: ...nd brought to the fields in the ''festival of the departure of Min'', when they blessed the harvest, a... - History of science in early cultures (11033 bytes)
3: ...on|civilizations]] to develop and more time to be devoted to tasks other than survival, such as the se...
7: ...esources from which to draw are http://www.worldwideschool.org/library/books/sci/history/AHistoryofSci...
9: ... [[Pythagorean theorem|Pythagoras' law]] was recorded, as early as the [[18th century BC]]: the Mesopo...
11: ...] by priests. Indeed, rather than following the modern trend towards [[rational]] science, moving away...
16: ...nd in third millennium cities of [[India]]. Their design can be conservatively dated to the [[1st mill... - Star (12279 bytes)
1: ...mb|right|350px|The [[Pleiades (star cluster)|Pleiades]] star cluster]]
3: ...to Earth to appear as a disk instead, and to provide [[sunlight|daylight]].
7: Distances like this are typical inside galactic discs, where the Sun and Earth are locat...
9: ... [[terametre]]s. However, these have a much lower density than the Sun.
11: ...e Milky Way]], and found no stars over that limit despite a statistical expectation that there should ... - Taurus (constellation) (2696 bytes)
1: ...uriga]], to the southwest [[Orion (constellation)|Orion]], and to the southeast [[Eridanus (constellation...
5: ... magnitude]] stars in the sky, the bright red [[Aldebaran]], sits in the middle of this constellation....
7: ==Notable deep sky objects==
9: ...le to the eye, the [[Pleiades (star cluster)|Pleiades]].
11: ...hind Aldebaran lie the [[Hyades (star cluster)|Hyades]], the nearest distinct open [[star cluster]], t... - Scorpius (3888 bytes)
6: ...affias]] (β<sup>1</sup> Sco), [[Dschubba]] (δ Sco), [[Sargas]] (θ Sco), [[Shaula]] (&...
8: ==Notable deep sky objects==
10: ...the Milky Way, this constellation contains many [[deep sky object]]s such as the [[open cluster]]s [[O...
14: ...yth, the constellation of [[Orion (constellation)|Orion]] is almost opposite to Scorpius in the night sky...
16: ...he horizon, Orion starts to sink into the other side of the sky, still running from the attacker. - Gemini (3325 bytes)
6: Gemini includes two bright stars, named after the two twins, who...
8: ... constellation in [[1930]], near the star Wasat (δ Geminorum).
10: ==Notable deep sky objects==
12: ...t of Gemini is M35, an open cluster of 5th magnitude, 2 800 light-years from earth. It is northwest of...
15: ... was associated with the myth of [[Castor and Polydeuces]] (also known as the [[Dioscuri]]). The myth ... - Propeller (12179 bytes)
1: ...sure from the forward and rear surfaces of the blades.
2: ...mber four engine as part of preflight checks. The Orion is an [[Anti-submarine weapon|anti-submarine warf...
6: ... an inefficient angle, the inboard ends of the blade are subsumed into a streamlined spinner to reduce...
11: ...de the constant speed mechanism to reverse the blade pitch angle, and thus the thrust of the engine. ...
13: ...al to run an engine at an optimum constant independent of flight speed, setting separate requirements ... - Pomegranate (4637 bytes)
17: ... religious reasons. Its species name ''granatum'' derives from the [[Latin]] adjective ''granatus'', m...
26: ... ''Punica protopunica'', is [[endemic (ecology)|endemic]] on the island of [[Socotra]]. It differs in ...
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34: ...d is the part that is desired. The taste differs depending on the variety of pomegranate and its stat...
43: ... represented offering the pomegranate. See also [[Orion (mythology)]].
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