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    The Martian Telescope by Bayne MacGregor It is a condition of the publication of this text that all the named parties within will have passed on before it is released. I have chosen to do this to spare those involved the inevitable questions and distresses. It all began with a letter from my good friend Howard. An excitable chap filled with whimsy and boundless enthusiasm but nonetheless most dependable. A man I had known almost my whole life. I had not seen him in some 2 years and so I was

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    Astronomy was the first science that interested me. As a child I subscribed to Young People’s Records. Every month I received in the mail a 10-inch 78 RPM record‚ or sometimes a package of two records. One day I received a record called "By rocket to the moon". It contained a fictional story about a trip by space ship around the moon and back to Earth‚ some 19 years before that actually happened‚ as well as some facts about the planets‚ which in those days included Pluto. That sparked my interest

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    Statement of Comprehensive Income for the year ended 31 March 2011 | | Notes | RM’000 | | Turnover (600‚000 – error 5‚000) | 2 | 595‚000 | | Cost of sales (408‚000 + dep:LP 5‚000 + dep:PPE 19‚200) | | (432‚200) | | Gross Profit | | 162‚800 | | | | | | Distribution cost | | (29‚000) | W1 | Administrative expenses | | (43‚900) | W2 | Other operating expenses | | (15‚600) | | Profit from operations | | 74‚300 | | Finance cost | | (400) | | Loss on disposal of plant

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    Veronica Miranda Astronomy 101 Camarota Lawrence October 21‚ 2014 Lunar phases For this second outside activity that I choose was to see the moon for each clear night y write down what I saw. This activity was really interesting because it was my first time that I paid attention what and how the moon works and moves also I love the moon when it projects a lot of light. My observations started on September 20th and they end on October 20th. During this time that I was looking for the moon there

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    Rebecca McKenney Introduction to Astronomy Mrs. Alburg 12 April 2017 Chapter 7 Notes If all the mass of the satellites‚ asteroids‚ meteoroids‚ comets‚ and planets (besides Jupiter) in the solar system were combined and doubled two and half times‚ you will get the mass of Jupiter. Both Jupiter and Saturn have “colorful bands that extend around” it’s respected “equator.” (Slater) The dark reddish bands of Jupiter are called belts‚ while the lighter color bands are called zones. The spots

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    Astronomy: Discovery of Uranus by William Herschel in 1781 William Hershal was a telescope maker and with the invention of the telescope was the motivation that led to the discovery. Because the calculated orbit of Uranus did not compare accurately with the observed orbit‚ astronomers concluded that a disturbing influence was present. A study of this irregularity led to the discovery of Neptune in 1846. (Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia‚ 6th Edition. Q2 2016‚ p1-1. 1p.) At first it was thought

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    Claudius Ptolemy was an Egyptian astrologer in the 2nd century who’s theories of astronomy‚ known as the Almagest‚ which he based a model of the Universe which influenced Western and Arabic societies for the next 1‚500 years. The Ptolemaic system is a geocentric cosmology assuming that the Earth is stationary and the centre of the universe. Ptolemy’s model showed that planets revolved around a point and that point revolved around another point which was earth. In order to explain the motion of the

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    and noncurrent Troy Martinez ACC/400 September 25‚ 2010 Debra Latimore University of Phoenix Comparing and contrasting current and noncurrent What are current assets? Current assets are also known as liquid assets. The most common of current assets can be found in the Accounts Receivables department. They can be found in the form of invoices. Current assets are any assets that can be turned into cash in less than a year. Other forms of current assets are things

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    instrument. However Lippershey are known as the creator of the telescope‚ therefore Jensen are know within inventing a compound microscope. Couple weeks later‚ Jacob Metius‚ a Dutchman‚ practiced for a patent for a telescope. Yet the government of Netherlands rejected

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    Assignments from the Readings ACC/400 July 15‚ 2013 Assignments from the Readings Chapter 8‚ Question 3: What are essential features of the allowance method of accounting for bad debt? According to Kimmel‚ Weygandt‚ & Kieso‚2007: 1. Estimated uncollectible accounts receivable: These accounts match them against revenues in the same accounting period. 2. “Record estimated uncollectible as an increase (a debt) to bad debt expense and an increase ( a credit) to Allowance for Doubtful

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