down and will do all that he can to loosen the stranglehold of the Russians on the lucrative ore industry of the solar system. But when he thinks he made himself some good profit by setting a mineral rich asteroid in orbit‚ he is shocked to learn that the Russians had commandeered the asteroid killing all his employees in cold blood driving him into a hot rage that can only be cooled by revenge. The tyrants have aimed the resulting cataclysm on a weak America in reply to the actions of the revenge
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Solar System The Solar System consists of the Sun Moon and Planets. It also consists of comets‚ meteoroids and asteroids. The Sun is the largest member of the Solar System. In order of distance from the Sun‚ the planets are Mercury‚ Venus‚ Earth‚ Mars‚ Jupiter‚ Saturn‚ Uranus‚ Neptune and Pluto; the dwarf planet. The Sun is at the centre of the Solar System and the planets‚ asteroids‚ comets and meteoroids revolve around it. 4. Mahabharata The Mahabharata is a story about a great battle between
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Tabulate the characteristics of water • Water appears in nature in all three common states of matter (solid‚ liquid‚ and gas) • Water is tasteless and odorless • Water is a good polar solvent and is widely referred to as universal solvent • Water covers 71% of the Earth’s surface • Water has a high specific heat • Water has a high heat of vaporization. • Water’s greatest density occurs at 4C 2. Construct a graph showing water distribution Earth’s Water
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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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published Armageddon in Retrospect (2008). Awards and honors: State Author of New York/Edith Wharton Citation of Merit (2001-2003); Purple Heart; American Academy of Arts and Letters Academy Award (1970)‚ Humanist of the Year (1992)‚ Asteroid Namesake (asteroid 25399 vonnegut). The Package is a short story by Kurt Vonnegut‚ first published on 26 July 1952 in Collier’s weekly‚ and later in Bagombo Snuff Box in 1999. “The Package” offers insight into the lives of Earl and Maude Fenton‚ who have
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formation of solar systems have been concluded that the universe has many different types of solar systems and noted that Our Solar system was formed 4.5 billion years ago. Our solar system consists of the Sun‚ 8 planets‚ and 5 dwarf planets and asteroids. Many planets have their own moons. However‚ not all planets have moons. Based upon what we learned in the astronomy course of how everything has a beginning and an ending. Our solar system got created from the cloud that was the Solar Nebula. All
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INTRODUCTION In twinkling of an eye… two men in the field‚ one was taken and the other left; two women grinding at the mills‚ one was taken and the other left; plane were crashed because the pilot was taken and the passengers left. One woke up looking for his mother but he find not‚ but his mother’s clothes on bed. Her classmates and teacher were gone but she left. Will you left behind? People of today‚ young or old are busy with their lives doing the same as usual work‚ jobs‚ stuff‚ activities;
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approximately 20 metres eastwards. But that is the most favourable scenario‚ for it has only recently been realised that we live in a dangerous universe. There were four major asteroid or comet impacts in the past century‚ luckily in uninhabited parts of the globe. In September‚ the Earth had a near-miss from an asteroid 500 metres wide; if the rock had hit‚ the explosion would have been millions of times as powerful as the atom bomb over Hiroshima. The scarred face of our next-door neighbour‚
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PHYSICAL SCIENCE physical change-changes affecting the form of a chemical substance‚Physical changes are used to separate mixtures into their component compounds Example:breaking glass Chemical changes- when a substance combines with another to form a new substance ‚called chemical synthesis. Example: burning wood Law of Conservation of Mass-The law of conservation of mass states that mass in an isolated system is neither created nor destroyed by chemical reactions or physical transformations
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perhaps when a nearby star exploded and caused a large cloud of dust and gas to collapse in on itself. The hot‚ central part of the cloud became the sun‚ while some smaller pieces formed around it and became the planets. Other fragments became asteroids and comets‚ which also orbit the sun. The early solar system was a turbulent mix of hot gas and rocky debris. In the solar system everything is affected by the sun ’s gravity. The planets and a variety of other objects‚ including comets‚ move
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