Encyclopedia - Geology Of The Moon: Encyclopedia Ii - Geology Of The Moon - Composition
More than 4.5 billion years ago, the surface of the Moon was a liquid magma ocean. Scientists think that one component of lunar rocks, KR...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Moon Hee Jun: Encyclopedia Ii - Moon Hee Jun - His Recent Compositions
Written/Composed/Arranged/Sung by: Moon Hee Jun [A village called Memory] The song narrates HeeJun's feeling for departing his beloved f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Moon: Encyclopedia Ii - Moon - Physical Characteristics
Moon - Composition. More than 4.5 billion years ago, the surface of the Moon was a liquid magma ocean. Scientists think that one compon...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Moon: Encyclopedia - Moon
The Moon as seen from Earth Ammonia Carbon dioxide The Moon is the planet Earth's only natural satellite. It has no formal name other tha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2003 El61: Encyclopedia - 2003 El61
2003 EL61 (also written 2003 EL61), nicknamed "Santa" (non-official designation), is a very large and unusual Kuiper belt object recently...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jupiter: Encyclopedia - Jupiter
Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and by far the largest within our solar system. Some have described the solar system as consisti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cherokee Black Drink: Encyclopedia - Cherokee Black Drink
The Cherokee black drink was a ceremonial drink consumed during purification and renewal ceremonies under the ancient Ah-ni-ku-ta-ni moon...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Venus: Encyclopedia - Venus
Click image for description Venus, the second planet from the Sun, is named after the Roman goddess Venus. A terrestrial planet, it is so...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Allen Miller: Encyclopedia - William Allen Miller
William Allen Miller (December 17, 1817 – September 30, 1870) was a British chemist. Although he was a chemist, his major contribution ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ariel Moon: Encyclopedia - Ariel Moon
Ariel (air'-ee-ul, pronounced [ˈɛəɹiəl]) is a moon of Uranus discovered on 1851-10-24 by William Lassell. It was discovered at the s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Giant Impact Hypothesis: Encyclopedia - Giant Impact Hypothesis
The giant impact hypothesis (or Big Splash or Big Whack; cf. Big Bang) is the now dominant scientific theory for the formation of the Moo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vesto Slipher: Encyclopedia - Vesto Slipher
Vesto Melvin Slipher (November 11, 1875 – November 8, 1969) was an American astronomer. His brother Earl C. Slipher was also an astrono...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 243 Ida: Encyclopedia - 243 Ida
243 Ida is a Main belt asteroid that was imaged by the Galileo probe on August 28, 1993. It was the first binary asteroid to be discovere...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 87 Sylvia: Encyclopedia - 87 Sylvia
87 Sylvia (sil'-vee-a) is one of the largest main belt asteroids. It orbits beyond most of the main belt asteroids, so it is classed as o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hyperion Moon: Encyclopedia Ii - Hyperion Moon - Physical Characteristics
Hyperion moon - Shape. Hyperion is one of the largest highly irregular (non-spherical) bodies in the solar system (second to Proteus). ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geology Of The Moon: Encyclopedia Ii - Geology Of The Moon - Interior And Moonquakes
The Moon does not have tectonic plates, and as a result, its crust is not renewed constantly as Earth's surface is. Earthquakes on the Mo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geology Of The Moon: Encyclopedia Ii - Geology Of The Moon - Lunar Rocks
Geology of the Moon - Highlands and lunar magma. The first rocks brought back by Apollo 11 were basalts. In spite that the mission land...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hyperion Moon: Encyclopedia Ii - Hyperion Moon - Name
The moon is named after Hyperion, a Titan in Greek mythology. It is also designated Saturn VII. Hyperion's discovery came shortly af...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Moon Hee Jun: Encyclopedia Ii - Moon Hee Jun - Discography
Moon Hee Jun - Fans Club. 2001-2004: H.I.T (SM ENTERTAINMENT) 2005: Junist (PS ENTERTAINMENT) Moon Hee Jun - Albums. 2001 Alone 20...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geology Of The Moon: Encyclopedia Ii - Geology Of The Moon - Formation
For a long time, the fundamental question regarding the history of the moon was of its origin. The hypotheses that have been created rega...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geology Of The Moon: Encyclopedia Ii - Geology Of The Moon - Geologic History
The geological history of the Moon has been defined into six major epochs, called the lunar geologic timescale. Starting about 4,600 mill...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geology Of The Moon: Encyclopedia Ii - Geology Of The Moon - Lunar Landscape
The lunar landscape is characterized by impact craters, their ejecta, a few volcanoes, hills, lava flows and depressions filled by magma....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geology Of The Moon: Encyclopedia Ii - Geology Of The Moon - Study Of Lunar Rocks
Most of the rocks brought from the Moon are stored in the Lunar Curatorial Facility in the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. A smal...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jupiter: Encyclopedia Ii - Jupiter - Physical Characteristics
Jupiter - Planetary composition. Jupiter is composed of a relatively small rocky core, surrounded by metallic hydrogen, surrounded by l...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jupiter: Encyclopedia Ii - Jupiter - Physical Characteristics
Jupiter - Planetary composition. Jupiter is composed of a relatively small rocky core, surrounded by metallic hydrogen, surrounded by l...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2003 El61: Encyclopedia Ii - 2003 El61 - Size And Composition
The total mass of the 2003 EL61 system can be determined from the orbits of its satellites by Kepler's third law. It turns out to be 4.2�...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jupiter: Encyclopedia Ii - Jupiter - Overview
Jupiter has been known since ancient times and is visible to the naked eye in the night sky. In 1610, Galileo Galilei discovered the four...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jupiter: Encyclopedia Ii - Jupiter - Overview
Jupiter has been known since ancient times and is visible to the naked eye in the night sky. In 1610, Galileo Galilei discovered the four...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jupiter: Encyclopedia Ii - Jupiter - Natural Satellites
Jupiter has at least 63 moons. For a complete listing of these moons, please see Jupiter's natural satellites. For a timeline of their di...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jupiter: Encyclopedia Ii - Jupiter - Natural Satellites
Jupiter has at least 63 moons. For a complete listing of these moons, please see Jupiter's natural satellites. For a timeline of their di...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2003 El61: Encyclopedia Ii - 2003 El61 - Discovery Controversy
José Luis Ortiz Moreno, an astronomer at the Sierra Nevada Observatory in Spain, and colleagues Francisco José Aceituno Castro and Pabl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jupiter: Encyclopedia Ii - Jupiter - Exploration Of Jupiter
A number of probes have visited Jupiter. Jupiter - Pioneer flyby missions. Pioneer 10 flew past Jupiter in December of 1973, followed b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jupiter: Encyclopedia Ii - Jupiter - Exploration Of Jupiter
A number of probes have visited Jupiter. Jupiter - Pioneer flyby missions. Pioneer 10 flew past Jupiter in December of 1973, followed b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Triton Moon: Encyclopedia Ii - Triton Moon - Planetary Geology
Triton has a similar size, density, and chemical composition to that of Pluto, and upon verifying the eccentric orbit of Pluto that cross...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lunar Meteorite: Encyclopedia Ii - Lunar Meteorite - Scientific Relevance
For statistical reasons, the composition of lunar meteorites is closer to the average composition of the lunar surface material than the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dione Moon: Encyclopedia Ii - Dione Moon - Physical Characteristics
Dione is composed primarily of water ice, but as the densest of Saturn's moons (aside from Titan, whose density is increased by gravitati...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Io Moon: Encyclopedia Ii - Io Moon - Physical Characteristics
Unlike most moons in the outer solar system, Io may be somewhat similar in bulk composition to the terrestrial planets, primarily compose...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lunar Meteorite: Encyclopedia Ii - Lunar Meteorite - Discovery
The first lunar meteorite, Yamato 791197, was discovered in 1979 in Antarctica; but at that time its origins were unknown. The first mete...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ariel Moon: Encyclopedia Ii - Ariel Moon - Physical Characteristics
The first and so far only close-up observations of Ariel were made by the Voyager 2 probe during its January 1986 Uranus fly-by. Because ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jason Robert Brown: Encyclopedia Ii - Jason Robert Brown - Selected Recordings
Original cast recordings are in print for Songs for a New World, Parade, and The Last Five Years. "Stars and the Moon" has been recorded ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Revolutionary Girl Utena: Encyclopedia Ii - Revolutionary Girl Utena - Composition
The 39-episode Revolutionary Girl Utena TV series was created by some of the same production staff that made Sailor Moon, including write...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - T/space: Encyclopedia Ii - T/space - Cxv Proposal
t/Space is currently working on designs for an air-launched four-person capsule termed the Crew Transfer Vehicle, or CXV. In contrast to ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Clairaudience: Theosophy Occultism Mysticism Dictionary On Clairaudience
A Theosophical definition of Clairaudience :   Clairaudience In its largest sense Clairaudience means simply "clear-hearin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 4 Vesta: Encyclopedia Ii - 4 Vesta - Further Details
The V-type asteroid 1929 Kollaa was determined to have a composition akin to cumulate eucrite meteorites, indicating its origin deep with...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Neptune: Encyclopedia Ii - Neptune - Planetary Rings
Neptune has a faint planetary ring system of unknown composition. The rings have a peculiar "clumpy" structure, the cause of which is not...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Earth: Encyclopedia Ii - Earth - Physical Characteristics
See also: Geology The Earth consists of several atmospheric, hydrologic, and mainly geologic layers. Its components are the atmosphere, t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Earth: Encyclopedia Ii - Earth - Physical Characteristics
The Earth consists of several atmospheric, hydrologic, and mainly geologic layers. Its components are the atmosphere, the hydrosphere, th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan: Encyclopedia Ii - The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan - The Songs
In an interview taken in 2000, Van Morrison recalled The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan: "I think I heard it in a record shop in Smith Street. An...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Solar System In Astrology: Encyclopedia Ii - Solar System In Astrology - Venus
Main article:Venus (astrology) Since the Roman goddess Venus is the goddess of love, in Western astrology the planet Venus is also associ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Seven Sacred Planets: Theosophy Occultism Mysticism Dictionary On Seven Sacred Planets
A Theosophical definition of Seven Sacred Planets :   Seven Sacred Planets The ancients spoke of seven planets which they calle...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Seven Sacred Planets: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Seven Sacred Planets
Seven Sacred Planets The ancients spoke of seven planets which they named the seven sacred planets, and they were serialized as Saturn...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cassini-huygens: Encyclopedia Ii - Cassini-huygens - Overview
Cassini's principal objectives are to: Determine the three-dimensional structure and dynamic behavior of the rings Determine the composi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eclipse Song: Encyclopedia Ii - Eclipse Song - Spoken Parts
(At 1:36) “There's no dark side of the moon really—matter of fact, it's all dark.” —Gerry ... See also:Eclipse song, Eclipse s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Claude Debussy: Encyclopedia Ii - Claude Debussy - Debussy In Film And Pop Culture
Debussy's music has been used countless times in film and television. Clair de lune is especially popular. The piece was used in The Righ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Claude Debussy: Encyclopedia Ii - Claude Debussy - Debussy In Film And Pop Culture
Debussy's music has been used countless times in film and television. Clair de lune is especially popular. The piece was used in The Righ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Man: Theosophy Occultism Mysticism Dictionary On Man
A Theosophical definition of Man :   Man Man is in his essence a spark of the central kosmic spiritual fire. Man being an insep...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Uranus: Encyclopedia Ii - Uranus - Natural Satellites
Uranus has 27 known moons. The names for these moons are chosen from characters from the works of Shakespeare and Alexander Pope. The fiv...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Herbs: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Herbs
Herbs The very large number of plants used as remedial agents in medicine are the natural remedies in treating disease, divine instruc...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Heranasikha: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Heranasikha
Herbs The very large number of plants used as remedial agents in medicine are the natural remedies in treating disease, divine instruc...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Planetary Chain: Theosophy Occultism Mysticism Dictionary On Planetary Chain
A Theosophical definition of Planetary Chain :   Planetary Chain Every kosmic body or globe, be it sun or planet, nebula or com...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Interplanetary Medium: Encyclopedia Ii - Interplanetary Medium - Interaction With Planets
How the interplanetary medium interacts with planets depends on whether they have magnetic fields or not. Bodies such as the Moon have no...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Serpent: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Serpent
Serpent One of the most fundamental and prolific symbols of the mystery-language. Its most basic meaning is of the eternal, alternatin...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Nebular Theory: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Nebular Theory
Nebular Theory A theory of the origin of the solar system of Laplace, Herschel, and others, much in favor during the earlier part of t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mercury Planet: Encyclopedia Ii - Mercury Planet - Observing Mercury
Observation of Mercury is complicated by its proximity to the Sun, as it is lost in the Sun's glare for much of the time. At most other t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Triton Moon: Encyclopedia Ii - Triton Moon - Orbit
Triton is unique among all large moons in the solar system for its retrograde orbit around the planet (i.e., it orbits in a direction opp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Smart 1: Encyclopedia Ii - Smart 1 - Mission
As a part of "Small Missions for Advanced Research in Technology", SMART-1 will test new spacecraft technologies. The primary objective o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Objects At Lagrangian Points: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Objects At Lagrangian Points - Earth-moon Lagrangian Points
List of objects at Lagrangian points - L4. possible Kordylewski clouds List of objects at Lagrangian points - L5. possible Kordyle...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Symphony No. 7 Sibelius: Encyclopedia Ii - Symphony No. 7 Sibelius - Composition
The concept of a continuous, single-movement symphony was one Sibelius only reached after a long process of experimentation. His Third Sy...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Earth: Encyclopedia Ii - Earth - Earth In The Solar System
It takes the Earth 23 hours, 56 minutes and 4.091 seconds (1 sidereal day) to rotate around the axis connecting the north pole and the so...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Earth: Encyclopedia Ii - Earth - Earth In The Solar System
It takes the Earth 23 hours, 56 minutes and 4.091 seconds (1 sidereal day) to rotate around the axis connecting the north pole and the so...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Planet: Encyclopedia Ii - Planet - Definition And Classification Of Planets
Much like "continent", "planet" is a word without a precise definition, with history and culture playing as much of a role as geology and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tier One: Encyclopedia Ii - Tier One - Future
The program name "Tier One" raises the question of what Tier Two will be. In The Space Review on June 21, 2004 (the day of Tier One's fir...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Spaceshipone Flight 15p: Encyclopedia Ii - Spaceshipone Flight 15p - Spectacle
Scaled Composites, the makers of SpaceShipOne, announced the planned spaceflight on June 2, 2004, and invited the public to watch. An est...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Phobos Program: Encyclopedia Ii - Phobos Program - Systems And Sensors
Phobos 1 bore solar x-ray and ultraviolet telescopes, a neutron spectrometer, and the Grunt radar experiment designed to study the surfac...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lagrangian Point: Encyclopedia Ii - Lagrangian Point - Other Examples In The Solar System
In the Sun–Jupiter system several thousand asteroids, collectively referred to as Trojan asteroids, are in orbits around the Sun–Jupi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Spaceshipone Flight 15p: Encyclopedia Ii - Spaceshipone Flight 15p - Reactions
NASA administrator Sean O'Keefe issued a statement about the flight, saying: We applaud the remarkable achievement of Burt Rutan, Paul A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Trans-neptunian Object: Encyclopedia Ii - Trans-neptunian Object - Size And Composition
Most TNOs are lumps of ice with some organic (carbon-containing) material such as tholin, detected using spectroscopy. They are of the sa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Keiko Matsui: Encyclopedia Ii - Keiko Matsui - The Keiko Matsui Sound
Matsui's music is powerful and introspective, blending both western and eastern musical influences. She has a very spiritual view of comp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Moon: Encyclopedia Ii - Moon - Orbit
The Moon makes a complete orbit about the Earth approximately once every 28 days. Each hour the Moon moves relative to the stars by an am...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Moon: Encyclopedia Ii - Moon - Orbit
The Moon makes a complete orbit about once every 28 days. Each hour the Moon moves relative to the stars by an amount roughly equal to it...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Moon: Encyclopedia Ii - Moon - Origin And History
The inclination of the Moon's orbit makes it implausible that the Moon formed along with the Earth or was captured later; its origin is t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Moon: Encyclopedia Ii - Moon - Physical Characteristics
Moon - Composition. More than 4.5 billion years ago, the surface of the Moon was a liquid magma ocean. Scientists think that one compon...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Moon: Encyclopedia Ii - Moon - Origin And History
The inclination of the Moon's orbit makes it implausible that the Moon formed along with the Earth or was captured later; its origin is t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Moon: Encyclopedia Ii - Moon - Human Understanding Of The Moon
Moon - Myth and folk culture. Main article: Moon (mythology) Moon - The Moon as muse. Main article: Moon in art and literature Th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Moon: Encyclopedia Ii - Moon - Occultation Of Stars
During the year, the Moon occults - or passes over and hides for a period of time - stars and planets. Because the Moon is close to Earth...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Moon: Encyclopedia Ii - Moon - Earth & Moon
Moon - Tidal Effects. The tides on Earth are generated by the Moon's gravitation (see tide and tidal force for a more detailed discussi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Moon: Encyclopedia Ii - Moon - Exploration Of The Moon
The first leap in Lunar observation was caused by the invention of the telescope. Especially Galileo Galilei made good use of this new in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Moon: Encyclopedia Ii - Moon - The Two Sides Of The Moon
The far side is sometimes called the "dark side". In this case "dark" means "unknown and hidden" and not "lacking light" as implied by th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Moon: Encyclopedia Ii - Moon - Observation Of The Moon
During the brightest full moons, the Moon can have an apparent magnitude of about −12.6. For comparison, the Sun has an apparent magnit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Moon: Encyclopedia Ii - Moon - Human Understanding Of The Moon
Moon - Myth and folk culture. Moon - The Moon as muse. The Moon has been the subject of many works of art and literature and the insp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Moon: Encyclopedia Ii - Moon - Occultation Of Stars
During the year, the moon occults sometimes stars and planets. Because the moon is close to the earth, occultations of stars are not vis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Moon: Encyclopedia Ii - Moon - Legal Status
Though several flags of the Soviet Union and the United States have been symbolically planted on the moon, the Russian and U.S. governmen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Moon: Encyclopedia Ii - Moon - Earth & Moon
The tides on Earth are generated by the Moon's gravitation (see tide and tidal force for a more detailed discussion). There are two tidal...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Moon: Encyclopedia Ii - Moon - Exploration Of The Moon
The first leap in Lunar observation was caused by the invention of the telescope. Especially Galileo Galilei made good use of this new in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Moon: Encyclopedia Ii - Moon - The Two Sides
The far side is sometimes called the "dark side". In this case "dark" means "unknown and hidden" and not "lacking light" as implied by th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Moon: Encyclopedia Ii - Moon - Eclipses
The angular diameters of the Moon and the Sun as seen from Earth overlap in their variation, so that both total and annular solar eclipse...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Moon: Encyclopedia Ii - Moon - Observation Of The Moon
During the brightest full moons, the Moon can have an apparent magnitude of about −12.6. For comparison, the Sun has an apparent magnit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Moon: Encyclopedia Ii - Moon - Legal Status
Though several flags of the Soviet Union and the United States have been symbolically planted on the moon, the Russian and U.S. governmen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Moon: Encyclopedia Ii - Moon - Eclipses
The angular diameters of the Moon and the Sun as seen from Earth overlap in their variation, so that both total and annular solar eclipse...   » Read the article

Article - Popular Pages Sitemap V - M
This is a sitemap for Popular Pages V - M . Click on a link and you will find multiple definitions and articles related to the word. &...   » Read the article