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2060 Chiron (IPA: [kaɪ ron]) is an object in the outer solar system with an orbit between those of Saturn and Uranus and a radius of 71±5 km [1]. Although it was initially classified as an asteroid, later dispute arose as to whether it was an asteroid or actually a comet. It was discovered in 1977 by Charles T. Kowal and named after Chiron of Greek legend. Chiron should not be confused with t ...

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Amalthea (IPA: /ˌæməlˈθiə/, am'-ul-thee'-a, Greek Αμάλθεια) is the third moon of Jupiter (in order of distance from the planet), and the fifth in order of discovery, hence its Roman numeral designation of Jupiter V. It was discovered on September 9, 1892 by Edward Emerson Barnard using the 36 inch (91 cm) refractor telescope at Lick Observatory. Amalthea was the last moon to be discovered by direct visual observation (as opposed to photograph ...

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Amalthea is the reddest object in the solar system, even redder than the planet Mars. The reddish color is apparently due to sulfur originating from Io. Bright patches of green appear on the major slopes of Amalthea, but the nature of this color is currently unknown. Amalthea is irregularly shaped, with dimensions of 270 × 168 × 150 km; the long axis is oriented toward Jupiter. It is also heavily scarred by craters, some of which are extremely large relative to the size of the moon. Pan, the largest crater, measures 100 kilometers a ...

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The indigenous population of Thrace were, and still are a Greek race called Thracians. Divided into separate tribes, the Thracians did not manage to form a lasting political organization until the Odrysian state was founded in the 4th century BC. The Thracians fell early under the cultural influence of the ancient Greeks, preserving till a much later time, however, their language and culture. It also appears from mythological accounts that the Thracians influenced Greek culture from a very early period, with some Thracians even appear ...

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Laz is one of the four South Caucasian languages, closely related to Megrelian and somewhat less closely to Georgian. The Laz and Megrelian communities were separated by politics and religion around 500 years ago, and the languages are no longer mutually intelligible. The Laz-Megrelian branch apparently split from Georgian in the 1st millennium BC. Laz language - Dialects. Laz has five major dialects: Hopan, spoken in Hopa; Vitse-Arkabian, spoken in Arhavi and Fındıklı; Chkhalan, spoken in Düzköy; Atinan, spoken in Pazar (forme ...

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Orestes mythology - Homer. According to the Homeric story Orestes was absent from Mycenae when his father returned from the Trojan War and was murdered by his wife's lover Aegisthus. Eight years later Orestes returned from Athens and avenged his father's death by slaying his mother's paramour. According to Pindar, he was saved by his nurse (Arsinoe) or his sister, Electra, who conveyed him out of the country when Clytemnestra wished to kill him. He escaped to Phanote on Mou ...

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Great Sphinx of Giza - Water erosion. In recent years professor Robert M. Schoch of Boston University, Colin Reader and other geologists have pointed out that the Sphinx displays evidence of prolonged water erosion. Egypt's last significant rainy period ended during the third millennium BC, and these geologists have posited that the amount of water erosion evident on the Sphinx indicates a construction date no later than the sixth or fifth millennia BC, at least two thousand years before the traditional construct ...

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Laz has no official status in either Turkey or Georgia, and no written standard. It is presently used only for familiar and casual interaction; for literary, business, and other purposes, Laz speakers use their country's official language (Turkish or Georgian). Occasional publications in Laz are written using the corresponding alphabets. Laz speakers seem to be decreasing in number because of rapid assimilation into the mainstream Tu ...

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Laz language - Familial features. Like many languages of the Caucasus, Laz has a rich consonantal system (in fact, the richest among the South Caucasian family) but only five vowels (a,e,i,o,u). The nouns are inflected with agglutinative suffixes to indicate grammatical function (4 to 7 cases, depending on the dialect) and number (singular or plural), but not by gender. The Laz verb is inflected with suffixes according to person and number, and also for tense, aspect, mood, and (in some dialects) evidentia ...

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The ancient kingdom of Colchis was located in the same region the Laz speakers are found in today, and its inhabitants probably spoke an ancestral version of the language. Colchis was the setting for the famous Greek legend of Jason and the Argonauts. Today most Laz speakers live in Northeast Turkey, in a strip of lang along the shore of the Black Sea: in the Pazar (Atina), Ardeşen and Fındıklı (Viče) districts of Rize, and in the Arhavi, Hopa and Borçka districts of Artvin (where many immigrants settled since the Russian-Turkis ...

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The Great Sphinx is an international symbol of mystery and controversy. It is the one of the world's largest and oldest statues, yet basic facts about it are unknown, such as the real-life model for the face, when exactly it was built, and by whom. These mysteries have collectively earned the title "Riddle of the Sphinx", a nod to its Greek namesake, although this phrase should not be confused with the original Greek legend. ...

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Jupiter would be an astonishing sight in Amalthea's night sky: 46 degrees across, it would appear roughly 92 times larger than than the full Moon. In spite of its swift orbit, the Sun would disappear behind the planet's bulk for an hour and a half each revolution. Though Jupiter would also appear 900 times brighter than the full Moon, because its light would be spread over an area some 8500 times greater, it wouldn't look as bright per square unit. From Jupiter's surface--or rather, from just above its cloudtops--Amalthea would be ver ...

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Thrace - Bulgarian. Plovdiv Stara Zagora Kazanlak Haskovo Burgas Pistiros Seuthopolis Thrace - Greek. Alexandroupolis Abdera Didymoteicho Komotini Lavara Pythio Orestiada Samothrace Sapes Xanthi Thrace - Turkish. Edirne ("Adrianople") refounded by Hadrian, site of numerous battles, notably in 378 and 1205 Kırklareli Tekirdağ İstanbul (European sid ...

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The Great Sphinx is a half-human statue with the face of a man and the body of a lion. Carved out of the surrounding limestone bedrock, it is 57 metres (260 feet) long, 6 m (20 ft) wide, and has a height of 20 m (65 ft), making it one of the largest single-stone statues in the world. It is located on the west bank of the Nile River within the confines of the Giza pyramid field. The Great Sphinx f ...

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