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- Constellation (3718 bytes)
3: ...is a remarkable constellation, visible from most places on the globe (but not always the whole year lo...
4: ...ation or asterism rarely have any astrophysical relationship to each other; they just happen to appear...
6: ...o recur frequently, e.g., [[Orion (constellation)|Orion]] and [[Scorpio]].
8: ...emisphere, these are mostly based upon the constellations of the ancient [[ancient Greece|Greek]] trad...
10: ==History of the Constellations== - Artemis (11271 bytes)
1: ...e.Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom ClipArt]]]
7: ...[Helios]] as the [[sun god]]. Artemis also assimilated [[Caryatis]] ([[Carya]]).
11: ...apua]] and in holy forests (such as [[Aricia]], [[Latium]]) Her high priest lived in Aricia; his posi...
15: ...curred shortly after puberty), they were asked to lay all the accoutrements of virginity (toys, dolls,...
19: ...lower-class citizens and slaves worshipped her. Slaves could ask for and receive asylum in her temple... - Hubble Space Telescope (50930 bytes)
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14: |'''Launch date'''||[[24 April]] [[1990]]
43: ...pe]]s in the history of [[astronomy]]. Since its launch in 1990 it has been responsible for many grou...
45: ...ame a vital research tool as well as a [[public relations]] boon for astronomy.
47: ... the [[James Webb Space Telescope]], is due to be launched in [[2012]]. - History of astronomy (13532 bytes)
2: ... early astronomy might involve a study of the [[relationships]] between the "[[height|apparent height]...
4: ...vely fixed over the [[century|centuries]], while planets will move an appreciable amount during a comp...
8: ...gy|god]]s and [[spiritual being|spirit]]s. They related these objects (and their movements) to phenome...
10: ...al]] societies, in which the harvest depended on planting at the correct time of year. The most common...
14: ...of the year and that of the [[vernal equinox]] in Orion; this was the case around 4500 BC. Fire altars, w... - Giza pyramid complex (7332 bytes)
1: ...nx]]. It is located some 8 km (5 mi) inland into the [[desert]] from the old town of [[Giza...
4: ...onuments are the tombs of high officials and much later burials and monuments (from the [[New Kingdom]...
6: ...n here was in the [[25th century BC]]. It was popularised in [[Hellenistic civilization|Hellenistic]] ...
8: ...u Ruwaysh]], and [[Abusir]], were collectively declared a [[World Heritage Site]] in 1979
11: The Giza pyramids have been recorded in the Giza Plateau Mapping Project run by [[Ancient Egypt Resear... - Genghis Khan (31537 bytes)
5: ...ul army that he used to create one of the world's largest [[Mongol Empire|empires]]. Though often outn...
7: ...nd, in the longer term, resulted in massive depopulation of much of Asia [http://users.erols.com/mwhit...
9: ...the unified empire dissolved a century and a half later, separate Khanates existed for centuries after...
11: ... [[Mongol]]s until the [[17th century]], when the last Khan of his house was conquered by the [[Manchu...
15: ...ur|Yes?], a tribal chief of the [[Kiyad]]. Yes?s clan was called Borjigin (''Бор
... - Min (god) (6198 bytes)
1: ...rt provided by <br> [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
2: ... of the raised arm'' (a reference to the shape of Orion), and usually depicted as such.
4: ... different aspects, Min was a popular god, but in later mythology was absorbed into the more significa...
8: ...ure of Min'', when they blessed the harvest, and played games naked in his honour -- the most importan...
10: ... when rubbed -- characteristics superficially similar to the [[penis]]. - History of science in early cultures (11033 bytes)
6: ...ized422BCE.jpg|left|thumb|200px|[[Mesopotamian]] clay tablet [[492 BC]], [[Field Museum of Natural His...
9: ...m/nt/Gilgamesh/achieve.html] but an abstract formulation of the Pythagorean theorem was not.
11: ...lets. [[Hipparchus]] was to use this data to calculate the [[precession]] of the [[Earth]]'s axis. Fi...
16: ...ere miniaturized into the [[diptych]]s and [[astrolabe]]s in use by the Greeks. These instruments, as ...
18: ...] was practiced in China, India, and Turkey. Inoculation was a precursor to vaccination for [[smallpox... - Star (12279 bytes)
1: [[Image:Pleiades large.jpg|thumb|right|350px|The [[Pleiades (star clu...
3: ...n outer space, just like the [[Sun]]. Unlike a [[planet]], a star generates energy through [[nuclear f...
7: ...globular cluster]]s, or much further apart in [[galactic halo]]s. Astronomers estimate that there are...
9: ...lation]], which have a diameter about 1,000 times larger than the Sun —about 1.6 [[terametre]]s....
11: ...er the Big Bang may have been larger, up to 300 solar masses or more, due to the complete absence of e... - Taurus (constellation) (2696 bytes)
1: ...|Orion]], and to the southeast [[Eridanus (constellation)|Eridanus]] and [[Cetus]].
5: ... [[Aldebaran]], sits in the middle of this constellation. The horns of the bull stretch off to the wes...
9: In the east of the constellation lies one of the best known [[open cluster]]s,...
13: ...ct, visible in a [[telescope]], is the [[Crab Nebula]] ([[Messier object|M1]]), a [[supernova]] remnan...
17: ... myth of the [[Cretan Bull]], one of [[The Twelve Labours]] of [[Herakles]]. - Scorpius (3888 bytes)
2: ...[[Sagittarius]] to the east. It is a large constellation located in the southern hemisphere near the c...
6: ...lta; Sco), [[Sargas]] (θ Sco), [[Shaula]] (λ Sco), [[Jabbah]] (ν Sco), [[Grafias]] (&x...
10: ... cluster]]s [[Globular Cluster M4|M4]] and [[Globular Cluster M80|M80]].
14: ...yth, the constellation of [[Orion (constellation)|Orion]] is almost opposite to Scorpius in the night sky...
16: ... there, and every time it appears on the horizon, Orion starts to sink into the other side of the sky, st... - Gemini (3325 bytes)
2: ...n)|Auriga]] and the near-invisible [[Lynx (constellation)|Lynx]] to the north and [[Monoceros]] and [[...
6: ... - only one, Alhena (γ) is ever seen from a large city - and trace out a rectangle to the southe...
8: ...to (planet)|Pluto]] was discovered in this constellation in [[1930]], near the star Wasat (δ Gem...
12: ...a; Geminorum, near the western edge of the constellation.
15: Since this constellation is easily viewable as two parallel stick figu... - Propeller (12179 bytes)
1: ...essure 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: ...at an inefficient angle, the inboard ends of the blade are subsumed into a streamlined spinner to redu...
9: Very high efficiency propellers are similar in aerofoil section to a low [[drag (physics)|dr...
11: ...proved airfields when aircraft tractors are unavailable. - Pomegranate (4637 bytes)
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4: {{Taxobox_regnum_entry | taxon = [[Plantae]]}}
5: {{Taxobox_divisio_entry | taxon = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]}}
6: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[Magnoliopsida]]}}
7: {{Taxobox_subclassis_entry | taxon = [[Rosidae]]}}
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