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- Earth (30908 bytes)
120: ...t motion of celestial bodies in the sky (except [[meteor]]s which are within the atmosphere and low orbiti...
206: ...l]] to [[subtropical]] climates. [[precipitation (meteorology)|Precipitation]] patterns vary widely, rangi... - South Carolina (11968 bytes)
95: ...inent theory suggests that they were created by a meteor shower. The bays tend to be oval, lining up in a ...
118: ...Governments of the American States, Univ. of Nebraska Press, 1994. - Anaxagoras (6622 bytes)
15: ..., to give a scientific account of [[eclipse]]s, [[meteor]]s, [[rainbow]]s and the [[sun]], which he descri... - Dinosaur (35313 bytes)
2: ...age = [[Image:Trex skull.gif|225px|]] | caption = Skull of ''[[Tyrannosaurus rex|T. Rex]]'' from the <...
16: ...]s, [[gastrolith]]s, [[feather]]s, impressions of skin and internal organs, and "soft tissues, includi...
18: ...recognized in the [[19th century]], their mounted skeletons have become a major attraction at [[museum...
30: <blockquote>"Ask your average paleontologist who is familiar with ...
42: ...issue like skin is very rare. So reconstructing a skeleton by comparing the size and morphology of the... - Astronomy (13970 bytes)
1: ...properties of objects that may be observed in the sky (and are beyond the atmosphere), as well as the ...
5: ...apparent positions of astronomical objects in the sky -- although the two fields share a common origin...
8: ..., measuring positions of stars and planets in the sky. Later, the work of [[Johannes Kepler|Kepler]] a...
10: ...oth into their research, because of the different skills involved, most professional astronomers tend ...
17: ...ry]]: the study of the position of objects in the sky and their changes of position. Defines the syste... - Asteroid (24334 bytes)
8: ...and strike Earth largely intact while the smaller meteoroids generally break up high in Earth's atmosphere...
10: ...id" for Solar System objects that are bigger than meteoroids, smaller than planets, and made out of rock, ...
56: ...pon limit of faintness. On subsequent nights, the sky would be charted again and any moving object wou...
64: ...not bother with them, calling them "vermin of the skies".
67: ...ed by a four-step process. First, a region of the sky was [[photograph]]ed by a wide-field [[telescope... - Comet (30542 bytes)
11: ...pe, comets seemed to appear out of nowhere in the sky and gradually vanish out of sight. They were usu...
43: ...anism responsible for not only comets, but also [[meteor]]s, the [[aurora borealis]], and even the [[Milky...
45: ...ike object could not move through any part of the sky, humanity's knowledge of celestial things being ...
57: ...emonstrated how to fit a comet's path through the sky to a [[parabola|parabolic]] orbit, using the com...
79: ...ramatically underscored when in [[1872]], a major meteor shower occurred from the orbit of [[Comet Biela]]... - List of reference tables (55289 bytes)
161: **[[Scattered disk object|List of scattered-disk objects]]
167: *[[List of meteor showers]]
253: *[[List of skyscrapers]]
1263: *[[List of ski areas]] - World War II (58065 bytes)
46: ...Royal Air Force]] fought for control of Britain's skies. The Luftwaffe initially targeted RAF Fighter ...
56: ...when the German army became bogged down on the outskirts of Moscow as a result of the Russian winter.
72: ===1943: Kursk===
73: ...were known by the Soviets, and the [[Battle of Kursk]] ended in a Soviet counteroffensive that threw t...
151: ...om the struggling Luftwaffe, which was now more tasked with defending Western European air space, and ... - Venus (planet) (31010 bytes)
3: ... by far the brightest [[star]]-like object in the sky.
5: ...iven that it is the third brightest object in the sky after the Sun and [[Moon]]. Its symbol is a styl...
25: ...e as they fall toward the surface, and even large meteors will strike the surface at too low a speed to fo...
27: ...) solidified [[basalt]]ic [[lava]], with very few meteorite craters. The oldest features present on Venus ...
36: ...onomical]] feature in Earth's morning and evening sky (other than the Sun and Moon), and has been know... - Jupiter (24639 bytes)
80: ...413 538 021 d (9 h 55 min 29.685 s) [http://www.hnsky.org/iau-iag.htm <sup>1</sup>]
149: ...ter is usually the fourth brightest object in the sky (after the [[Sun]], the [[Moon]] and [[Venus (pl...
191: ...oke-like dust particles knocked from its moons by meteor impacts. The main ring is made of dust from the s...
197: ...r five times as large as the [[full moon]] in the sky despite being so much farther away. This magneti...
205: ...imes and is visible to the naked eye in the night sky. In [[1610]], [[Galileo Galilei]] discovered the... - Extinction (15793 bytes)
63: ...ble of preventing, such as another [[impact event|meteor strike]].
84: ...essure) to account for corporate [[reputational risk]] from such environmental catastrophes.
96: ...e of the people most concerned about extinction risks. - Moon (37975 bytes)
286: ...ormed at about the same time from the accretion disk. This theory fails to explain the depletion of i...
309: ...ses the far side of the Moon to more asteroid and meteor impacts than the near, thereby allowing the maria...
317: Over time, comets and meteorites continuously bombard the Moon. Many of these ...
437: *[[Lunar meteorite]] - Nickel (13955 bytes)
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167: [[Image:Chemistry_flask.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Chemistry Clipart .Clipart p...
171: ... accompanied by [[cobalt]], both being found in [[meteor]]ic iron. It is chiefly valuable for the [[alloy]...
212: ...s located in an area with evidence of a massive [[meteorite]] [[impact event]] early in the [[geologic]] h...
222: ...]] may be present. Kamacite occurs in nickel-iron meteorites. - History of science in early cultures (11033 bytes)
3: ...ons]] to develop and more time to be devoted to tasks other than survival, such as the search for know...
61: ... medicine, and invaluable astronomical records of meteor showers, and eclipses particularly from 1500-1750... - Aquarius (4770 bytes)
14: meteorshowers =
42: *δ Aquarii, Skat or Scheat ("shin").
46: ... Aquarids (near June 28), both providing about 20 meteorites per hour.
48: == Notable deep sky objects ==
49: There are three [[deep sky object]]s that are on the [[Messier object|Messi... - Noctilucent cloud (1881 bytes)
3: ...nderstood, as under most understood [[meteorology|meteorological concepts]], clouds generally are not able...
5: ...y were composed of [[volcanic ash|volcanic]] or [[meteor]]ic dust, but they are now known to be primarily ...
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