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New Uranian Moons Discovered
In Sept. 1999, Cornell University astronomers announced the discovery of three more satellites. The moons have been named Setebos, Stephano, and Prospero. The satellites are about 12 mi (20…Eclipses of the Sun and Moon, 2006
Note: The day of an eclipse is given in Universal Time (UT) and may start a day earlier or later depending on your time zone. (See Phenomena, 2006, to find time of eclipse.)March 15.…Eclipses of the Sun and Moon, 2005
Eclipses of the Sun and Moon, 2005 Note: The day of an eclipse is given in Universal Time (U.T.) and may start a day earlier or later depending on your time zone. Apr. 8. Annular-total…Eclipses of the Sun and Moon, 2007
Note: The day of an eclipse is given in Universal Time (UT) and may start a day earlier or later depending on your time zone. (See Phenomena, 2007, to find time of eclipse.) March 3-4. Total eclipse…Eclipses of the Sun and Moon, 2008
Note: The day of an eclipse is given in Universal Time (UT) and may start a day earlier or later depending on your time zone. (See Phenomena, 2008, to find time of eclipse.) February…Eclipses of the Sun and Moon, 2009
Note: The day of an eclipse is given in Universal Time (UT) and may start a day earlier or later depending on your time zone. 26 January. Annular eclipse of the Sun. Visible from a…Other Notable Saturnian Moons
The other four largest moons of Saturn are Tethys, Dione, Rhea, and Iapetus. Tethys is 650 mi (1,060 km) in diameter. Its surface is heavily cratered, and it has a huge, globe-girdling…The Koran/Sura LIV — The Moon
Sura LIV — The MoonMecca — 55 Verses In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful The hour hath approached and the MOON hath been cleft: But whenever they see a miracle they turn…precession of the equinoxes
(Encyclopedia) CE5 Precession of the equinoxes (the points at which the earth's celestial equator intersects its ecliptic) is due to the slow rotation of the earth's axis around a perpendicular to…Cleomedes
(Encyclopedia) CleomedesCleomedesklēˌōmēˈdēz, klēˌə– [key], fl. 2d cent., Greek astronomer. In a treatise on the circular theory of heavenly bodies, he recorded several hypotheses, e.g., the earth's…Trending
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