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    The rings of Saturn and Uranus may seem similar‚ but they are actually very different. The 2 planets ring systems differ mainly in their composition‚ size‚ and number. Saturn has 7 main ring groups that are made up of many other smaller rings. The groups are generally thicker in diameter but can vary. The rings themselves are composed of mainly icy particles. On the other hand‚ Uranus’ rings are broken into 9 sections and are generally thinner in diameter. Uranus’ rings are composed of both icy particles

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    Italian-French astronomer Giovanni Domenico Cassini (1625-1712)‚ who discovered the Cassini division‚ which is the gap between the rings of Saturn. The little lander Huygens was named after the astronomer‚ physicist and mathematician Christian Huygens (1629 - 1695)‚ who in 1656 realized that‚ what Galileo thought to be satellites of Saturn‚ are actually a system of rings. Cassini-Huygens spacecraft was launched in October 1997. In July 2004

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    understand ‘rational courses of action’. Every single character in the movie is motivated by the temptation of the Ring in one way or another. Some fight this temptations‚ others deny it‚ try to prevent it from affecting others and/or encourage it; and all of their object-based actions affect not only each other but the Middle Earth as a whole. In other words‚ the interactions between the Ring (non-human‚ active subject) and the characters (human‚ active subjects) shape their actions and the course of

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    All have structures containing a four-membered β-lactam ring (4 membered cyclic amide) fused with a five-membered thiozolidine ring. The carbon atom of the amide on the β-lactam ring can be bonded to any substituent‚ called the ’R-group’. Penicillins as well as cephalosporins are called beta-lactam antibiotics and are characterized by three fundamental structural requirements: the fused beta-lactam structure (shown in the blue and red rings‚ a free carboxyl acid group (shown in red bottom right

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    self-doubt. Throughout his quest to take the Ring to Mordor and destroy it‚ Frodo faces an internal struggle with the Ring’s evil and his own self-doubt. The most crucial point of

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    about 1.3 billion km and its aphelion is about 1.5 billion km. The distance from earth is about 1.2 billion km. Slide 4 How was Saturn discovered? Saturn was first discovered by an Italian scientist Galileo Galilei. He first saw the Saturn’s rings in 1610 but was confused by its odd appearance. He described them as “handles” and later he thought of them as twin moons orbiting around Saturn. The image he was seeing wasn’t clear because he was using his

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    watch you got for Christmas. Maybe it’s a ring that your uncle stole from a deranged old hobbit‚ but probably not. The Fellowship of The Ring starts off with the story of Bilbo Baggins. Bilbo was a young hobbit who went on an incredible adventure. He was accompanied by many of friends‚ including Gandalf the Grey. Bilbo had obtained a ring of incredible power from a hobbit that had lives far past his time. This hobbit was named Gollum. Bilbo stole the ring from Gollum’s layer by winning a game‚ at

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    in the macrocosm‚ there were four ginormous rings rotating the moon and sun. Terrista‚ Pluvista‚ Ventusita‚ and Ignusita. Each ring consists the elements: solid‚ liquid‚ gas‚ and plasma. Terrista‚ the ring of solid was the race of man. Pluvista‚ ring of liquid was the race of Aquatic beings. Ventusita‚ ring of gas was the home of the heavens. Ignusita‚ the ring of plasma was the race of demons. All the rings separated from one another‚ keeping the rings in balance and lived in peace. Then one day

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    when astronomer Art Hoag chanced upon this unusual extragalactic object. On the outside is a ring dominated by bright blue stars‚ while near the center lies a ball of much redder stars that are likely much older. Between the two is a gap that appears almost completely dark. How Hoag’s Object formed remains unknown‚ although similar objects have now been identified and collectively labeled as a form of ring galaxy. Genesis hypotheses include a galaxy collision billions of years ago and the gravitational

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    Statement: Industrial Grinders‚ N.V. has decided to start manufacturing and selling plastic rings for use in their machines. Currently‚ they manufacture and sell steel rings‚ along with the machines they also manufacture and sell through another division of the company. They recently discovered that a competitor in France will now be selling plastic rings. These plastic rings will serve the same purpose as the steel rings Industrial Grinders manufactures. However‚ they cost less to manufacture and they

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