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 the sun. The Church thought
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First of all‚ the movie was focused more about the mission of Apollo 13 than Jim Lovell’s life. However‚ he was still the main character of the movie. Some of the most important similarities were Jim Lovell was married to Marilyn Lovell and had four kids. Jim’s older kid was a girl named Barbara Gerlach‚ his second kids was a boy; James Gerlach.The second youngest was Jeffrey Gerlach and lastly Susan Gerlach.There was slight mention of his mother unlike the biography where his mother was mentioned
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“Early one morning words were missing.” When I first read Short Talks‚ I had difficulty understanding why Anne Carson wrote about what she did‚ and thought that some words must have been missing. I was confused as to how they all fit together and it was only after further consideration that I came to see how the sections unite into one cohesive piece. Anne Carson’s Short Talks is a series of short reflections on different subjects that at first do not seem to be related‚ but through her use of cyclical
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In the 1990’s‚ Mafic Mound was found on the south pole of the Moon. Although volcano-like‚ it was formed by a different process. Two different theories have been hypothesized. The first theory is that the South Pole-Aitken Impact caused “a cauldron of melted rock as much as 30 miles deep” (American Geophysical Union‚ Brown University) to form. This melted rock crystallized and shrunk; the middle portion of the rock (still molten) squeezed out onto the moon’s surface‚ creating a mound. Another possible
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My research paper is on Science‚ Health‚ and Environmental Issues‚ "With so many problems on planet Earth‚ should the United States continue to fund space exploration?" This paper is going to show you some of the advantages and disadvantages of Space Exploration. As one would think‚ there are a lot of ups and downs. We‚ the United States‚ continue to spend millions on millions of dollars to fund space exploration even though‚ we have problems here on Earth such as starvation‚ loss of jobs and poverty
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Chandrayaan-1 was India’s first unmanned lunar probe. It is Cuboid in shape of approximately 1.5 m . The main scientific objectives of the Chandrayaan was to design‚ develop‚ launch and orbit a spacecraft around the Moon using an Indian-made launch-vehicle and to conduct scientific experiments using instruments on the spacecraft It was launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation in October 2008‚ and operated until August 2009. India launched the spacecraft with a PSLV‚ on 22 October 2008
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eclipse of the Sun. During the eclipse‚ the Moon passed between the Sun and the Earth. It blocked out sunlight. (a) Amrik watched the eclipse. He knew that the Sun is much bigger than the Moon but they looked about the same size. Why did they look the same size? Tick the correct box. The Moon is nearer to the Earth than the Sun is. The Sun is nearer to the Earth than the Moon is. The Sun goes round the Earth faster than the Moon does. The Moon goes round the Sun faster than the Earth does
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In Shakespeare’s play A Midsummer Night’s Dream‚ metaphors concerning the moon‚ flowers‚ and Cupid are prevalent and have a significant impact on the play. The play focuses on a romantic situation between four Athenians: Hermia‚ Lysander‚ Helena‚ and Demetrius. As the story unravels‚ many comparisons are made to enhance the language and the messages that the characters try to convey. The moon is personified as a chaste woman who can be both gentle and fiery. Flowers are used as romantic symbols with
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someone convinces me there is life on the moon which I know there isnt‚ because some kind of an atmosphere is essential for life to exist which isnt present. NASA talks about finding seas on our moon‚ mars‚ and the moon of Jupiter‚ but is it still proven or a stationary cloud of dust close to the surface of the moon or mars looks like a sea to these man made picture taking satellites. Then this question arises of why is it all there? The space‚ the moon the sun‚ the planets‚ every thing out there
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about different aspects of the universe. Some of these discoveries and theories include planetary accretion‚ the differences between inner and outer planets‚ the formation of planetary rings‚ how the asteroid belt got there‚ the formation of Earth’s moon‚ and the unusual rotation of the planet Uranus. Proper understanding of each of these discoveries and theories is important when learning about our universe. Planetary Accretion Planetary accretion has two main theories on how the planets in our
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