CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Computer simulation was developed hand-in-hand with the rapid growth of the computer‚ following its first large-scale deployment during the Manhattan Project in World War II to model the process of nuclear detonation. It was a simulation of 12 hard spheres using a Monte Carlo algorithm. Computer simulation is often used as an adjunct to‚ or substitution for‚ modeling systems for which simple closed form analytic solutions are not possible. There
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baseline mission design‚ the New Horizon spacecraft is expected to fly by Jupiter on February 28‚ 2007 to gain a needed speed boost and encounter Pluto on July 14‚ 2015 after a 9.5-year journey from launch‚ followed by extended mission to Kuiper Belt objects. In order to meet the New Horizons mission design objectives‚ requirements and
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socialistic bureaucracy that made private enterprise almost impossible or maybe it is because of profiteering capitalists that have hoarded most of it. The only way to freedom and liberty for the masses is to get off the planet and into space where the asteroid belt is still relatively untouched by human activity. But many people on both sides of the divide do not feel like dividing the Solar system into free and slave and want independence for all of it. Delta Pavonis the fourth novel is another excellent
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1. Describe the nuclear fusion reaction that occurs in stars. Page 294 Stars are made primarily of the almond hydrogen the most common material universe. As a star forms‚ gravity pulls the hydrogen into a dense ball that heats up. Electrons are torn from the hydrogen and other atoms‚ creating a plasma made up primarily of protons (the nucleus of the hydrogen atom) and electrons. Normally‚ protons would repel each other. As matter accumulates ending the new star however‚ the protons move
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itself to be a wealth of knowledge which even sometimes contradicted what they previously believed. It’s geological processes are fascinating‚ exhibiting behaviour never thought possible. Even after eighty-six years‚ there is still much this tiny Kuiper Belt object can teach us.
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FORCE OF DIPLOMACY The Fourth Expeditionary Fleet was on an important mission. It would turn out to be the most important mission they’d ever been on. They just didn’t know that yet. ******* Three months ago‚ a large number of Faster-Than-Light (FTL) jumps occurred in an uninhabited region of space. The probable cause of the arrest was criminal activity of some kind. After all‚ no government would set up any supposedly secret. testing in a place so obvious. Admiral Madera and his crew were prepared
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The first written records of comets date back to nearly 3‚000 years ago from China and Europe. The accounts of these comets were believed to be the causes of terrible events that occurred afterwards. In more recent times‚ however‚ astronomers have found out what they really are. A comet is basically a mixture of ices‚ from both water and frozen gases‚ and dust. They have also been given the names "dirty snowballs" or "icy mudballs." The typical comet is less that 10 kilometers across
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Lecture 13 Lunar Eclipse * An eclipse in which the moon passes into the shadow of the Earth * Umbra: the portion of the shadow that receives no direct sunlight from the light source * Penumbra: the portion of a shadow that receives direct light from only part of the light source * Eclipse season: the time of year during which a solar or lunar eclipse is possible Types of Lunar Eclipses * Penumbral Lunar Eclipse: an eclipse where the moon passes through the earth’s penumbra‚
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system instead of the outer. They were launched towards the sun to use the gravity of Venus and the Earth to gain enough velocity to be able to reach their destination of Jupiter. They also made it as far out into the solar system as to observe the asteroid belt. They were able to make all of these observations while on their way to their primary mission. That mission was to send
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was an asteroid strike which caused the explosion. According to the reading passage‚ the fact that no rocks or material from an asteroid have been found and nobody witnesses an asteroid streaking across the sky means that there is no evidence of an asteroid strike. However‚ the lecturer claims that people saw the bright in the sky which could have been an entering of asteroid into the atmosphere. Moreover‚ there were huge explosion and great wind which looked like an aftereffect of an asteroid strike
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