On October 4‚ 1957‚ the Soviet Union ushered in the Space Age when it stunned the world by launching the first satellite into space orbit. Dubbed Sputnik‚ meaning "companion"‚ the tiny satellite orbited the earth every ninety-six minutes. Democratic Senator Lyndon Baines Johnson described the effect of the launch of Sputnik had on America as a "second Pearl Harbor"(Burns). Appearing akin to a small shooting star‚ Sputnik shot across the night sky to the astonishment of American onlookers. Sputnik
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Another definition is‚ Asteroids is a large‚ irregularly shaped‚ rocky object in space that revolve around the sun. Many of the celestial small bodies that comprise rocks and metal that revolve around the sun (mainly between the orbits of mars and Jupiter) are called as asteroids.
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fourth planet and the second smallest planet‚ named the Roman God War is often described as the Red planet. Jupiter the fifth and largest planet in the Solar System. It is a gas giant with mass one-thousandth that of the the Sun but its two and a half times the mass of all the other planets in the Solar System. Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second largest planet after Jupiter. Saturn is named after the Roman God‚ its astronomical symbol represents the God’s sickle. Uranus is the
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has a lot of action‚ and is romantic at the same time. As a matter of fact‚ Sailor Moon is very funny. Of all the characters in the series‚ I would say the Inner Senshi (including Sailor Moon‚ Sailor Chibi Moon‚ Sailor Mercury‚ Sailor Mars‚ Sailor Jupiter‚ and Sailor Venus) are the most hilarious ones‚ because they’re still teens and are “enjoying” youth at the maximum. With their unique personalities‚ they make a great combo all together. In fact‚ Sailor Moon deals with a lot of action. A girl named
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Cold War DBQ Directions: The following question is based on the accompanying Documents 1 -- 14. (Some of the documents have been edited for the purpose of this exercise.) This question is designed to test your ability to work with and understand historical documents. Write an essay that: • Provides an appropriate‚ explicitly stated thesis that directly addresses all parts of the question and does NOT simply restate the question. • Discusses a majority of documents individually
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Jupiter is considered one of the largest annoyance in Shady Hill since he does not conform to the local society standards. Jupiter just lives his life the way he wants to‚ and it bothers the people in the neighborhood. They do everything in their power to get rid of the dog from cursing all the way up to attempting
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beauty‚ but is she wrong? Artemis thinks she is the prettiest and bravest. “Fine let’s compete not talk‚ let’s make a competition. The judges will be Neptune‚ Pluto (if he is not gloomy today and wants to come up to Mount Olympus) and best of all Jupiter” said Diana. “I agree‚ but how are we going to get people known that we are competing” replied Venus. “Simple I will make a list and Vulcan can make advertisements” Minutes later Diana gave Vulcan the list. After 1 hour of arguing the competition
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The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan. Characters: Jason Grace is the brother of Thalia and son of Zeus/ Jupiter. Thalia Grace is the sister of Jason‚ daughter of Zeus/ Jupiter‚ and Hunter of Artemis. Piper McLean is the daughter of Aphrodite/Venus. Tristan McLean is the father of Piper‚ a famous actor and member of Cherokee tribe. Leo Valdez is the son of Hephaestus/ Vulcan.Dylan is a student from Camp Wilderness who is a venti (Roman version) or an anemoi thuellai (Greek version) which are storm spirits
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Gravity Lab Objective: The objective of this lab assignment is todetermine if objects with different mass fall at the same rate or vatying rate in the presence of ar and in a vacuum. Problem: Whateffect does Earth’s gravitational force have on objects of different masses? Hypothesis: If the sand paper falls at the same rate as the paper towel than it will end in the ground first. Objective: The objective of this lab assignment is to determine if objects with different masses fall at the same
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surface and saw that it was not as smooth as the naked eye saw it to be. The surface of the moon was actually uneven‚ rough‚ and full of cavities. He looked at Jupiter through his telescope and saw 3 stars aligned with the planet. The next night when he looked at them again‚ their positions had changed. He had discovered the moons of Jupiter. The scientist studied the heliocentric model and the planets movements for months. He saw that Venus had phases like the moon‚ so he thought it must go around
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