The Mysteries of Uranus Jeremy Colin Newell Hanover College Hanover‚ Indiana April 5‚ 2001 Astronomy 145 ¡V Stars‚ Galaxies‚ and the Universe 2‚870‚990‚000 km from the Sun‚ Uranus hangs on the wall of space as a mysterious blue green planet. With a mass of 8.683e25 kg and a diameter of 51‚118 km at the equator‚ Uranus is the third largest planet in our solar system. It has been described as a planet that was slugged a few billion years ago by a large onrushing object‚ knocked down (never
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Sending Pictures From Space July 19‚ 2013 Cassini Space Mission will be in its orbital position ready to collect images as Saturn eclipses the sun. North America and part of the Atlantic Ocean will be in the sunlight. Earth will be visible as a pale blue dot and our Moon will appear as a colorless star-like point of light. Cassini will be in the shadow of Saturn and the senitive detectors will not be damaged when the Imaging Science Subsystem (ISS) cameras are turned in the direction of the
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understanding of how our universe was formed‚ this question still remains. By sending Cassini to the f-ring of Saturn we can observe how planets form and interact with other matter in space‚ determine the definitive age of the rings and disprove pre-existing theories about Saturn as a whole. A subject of constant debate for scientists has always been the age of Saturn’s rings. Many say that the rings of Saturn are as old as the Universe itself topping at 4.6 billion years old and others have made the conjecture
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a one of the Saturn’s moons. Enceladus measures about 500 km (310 miles) in diameter. It has an orbit cycle of 33hrs around Saturn .It is the brightest of Saturn’s moons and currently the only known moon in our solar system to have a surface comprised of pure water ice. It also has many active regions that shoot plumes of water ice from its surface high above toward Saturn. This is important to note because this creates friction and friction creates heat. The average surface temperature near these
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The Sun (Star of the Family) Planet word comes from Greek ‚which means „wandering star“. Sun is the heaviest among Solar System. If we take total mass of whole Solar System‚ the Sun would be 99.86% of the total. Sun is a ball of hot‚burning gases. Sun is the nearest star to the Earth. Sun is the source of all energy for life on Earth. On the Sun’s surface‚ there are dark patches known as sunspots. These are patches of gas that looks dark since they are cooler than their surroundings. The light
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Saturn’s rings‚ originally observed by Galileo in the 1600s‚ have been marveled at for centuries as the mystery behind their formation increased. It was not until 1980 when Voyager 1 flew by Saturn that a well-developed and precise image of Saturn’s rings were collected. Saturn’s rings were discovered to be made up of billions of particles ranging from the size of a grain of sand to the size of boulders. The rings‚ consisting of remains from rocky asteroids and icy comets‚ are about one kilometer
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animals 1. What food makes up nearly all (around 99%) of a Giant Panda’s diet? 2. True or false? Mice live for up to 10 years. 3. What is the name of the phobia that involves an abnormal fear of spiders? 4. What is the largest type of ‘big cat’ in the world? 5. True or false? Crocodiles have no sweat glands so they use their mouths to release heat. 6. Are butterflies insects? 7. What are female elephants called? 8. True or false? Bats are mammals. 9. Bees are found on every continent of earth except
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Jovian Planets Ranging between 4.95 and 30.4 AU away from the Sun are the Jovian planets. Jovian means of or relating to either the planet or the mythological god‚ Jupiter. The Jovian planets‚ also referred to as gas giants‚ are Jupiter‚ Saturn‚ Uranus‚ and Neptune. These planets all fit the category of being a Jovian planet due to the mutual inclusiveness of a thick atmosphere composed of hydrogen and helium. These planets are not solid‚ they only become denser further towards the core
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Effect of mergers and acquisitions on performance of firms- case study of Lenovo and IBM PC Introduction Background of the Study As pointed out by Agrawal‚ Jaffe and Mandelker (1992)‚ decisions on mergers and acquisitions are highly critical in the success of companies‚ as well as their managers. Numerous corporations always find that one of the best means of getting ahead is expanding the ownership boundaries via the mergers‚ as well as acquisitions. Mergers and
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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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