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Gravity
How it works and its effect on Earth, the Moon, and the Sun by Mark Hughes Related Links Encyclopedia: Earth The Moon Sir Isaac Newton…Voyager (U.S.)
Destination: Jupiter and Saturn. Launched: Aug. 20 (Voyager 2) and Sept. 5 (Voyager 1), 1977. Mission: To explore Jupiter and the other outer planets. Launched in 1977, Voyager 1 and…Sun, Moon, and Stars: August 2001
Movement of the heavenly bodies: August 2001 August Calendar Moon Phase Day Phenomenon Hour (UT) Hour (EST) 3 Neptune is 3 degrees north of the Moon. 1900 3…Pluto - Quick Profile
News Flash (August 24, 2006)—Pluto Demoted! Read About It Here. Pluto, named after the Roman and Greek god of the underworld, is the coldest, smallest, and outermost planet in our solar…Brewer's: Jewels
in heraldry. The topaz represents “or” (gold), or the planet Sol. The pearl or crystal represents “argent” (silver), or the planet Luna. The ruby represents “gules” (red), or the planet…Roundup of Recent Science Milestones, 2008
From a new lab on the International Space Station to the Large Hadron Collider by Mark Hughes Related Links 2007 Year in Review New Planets and a…acceleration
(Encyclopedia) acceleration, change in the velocity of a body with respect to time. Since velocity is a vector quantity, involving both magnitude and direction, acceleration is also a vector. In…Lowell Observatory
(Encyclopedia) Lowell Observatory, astronomical observatory located in Flagstaff, Ariz.; it was founded in 1894 by Percival Lowell, the American astronomer who popularized the idea that Mars might…Rogers, Richard George, Baron Rogers of Riverside
(Encyclopedia) Rogers, Richard George, Baron Rogers of Riverside, 1933–2021, British architect, b. Florence, Italy, Architectural Association,…Protista
(Encyclopedia) ProtistaProtistaprōtĭsˈtə [key] or ProtoctistaProtoctistaprōˌtŏktĭsˈtə [key], in the five-kingdom system of classification, a kingdom comprising a variety of unicellular and some…Trending
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