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101Surface forces apparatus — The surface force apparatus (SFA) is a scientific instrument and technique pioneered by D. Tabor, R.H.S. Winterton, J.N. Israelachvili in the early 1970s at Cambridge University. By the mid 70 s Israelachvili had adapted the original design to… …
10228P/Neujmin — Discovery Discovered by: Grigory Nikolaevich Neujmin Discovery date: September 3, 1913 Alternate designations: 1913 III; 1931 I; 1948 XIII; 1966 VI; 1984 XIX Orbital characteristics A Epoch …
103Jupiter — /jooh pi teuhr/, n. 1. Also called Jove. the supreme deity of the ancient Romans: the god of the heavens and of weather. Cf. Zeus. 2. Astron. the planet fifth in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 88,729 mi. (142,796 km), a mean …
10426P/Grigg–Skjellerup — Discovery Discovered by: John Grigg and John Francis Skjellerup Discovery date: 1902 and 1922 Alternate designations: 1808 C1; 1808 III; 1902 O1; 1902 II; 1902c; 1922 K1; 1922 I; 1922b; 1927 F1; 1927 V; 1927e; 1932 II; 1932d; 1937 III; 1937e;… …
105P/2006 T1 (Levy) — Discovery Discovered by: David H. Levy Discovery date: 2006 Oct 02[1] Orbital characteristics A Epoch: 2006 Oct 18 …
106Super Lune — Image de la pleine Lune prise le 19 mars 2011, lors de son périgée. Une super Lune est, en astrologie, une pleine ou nouvelle Lune qui coïncide avec l approche maximale du satellite de la Terre …
107Milankovitch cycles — Past and future Milankovitch cycles. VSOP allows prediction of past and future orbital parameters with great accuracy. ε is obliquity (axial tilt). e is eccentricity. ϖ is longitude of perihelion. esin(ϖ) is the precession index, which together… …
108Argument of periapsis — The argument of periapsis (or argument of perifocus) ( ω ) is the orbital element describing the angle of an orbiting body s periapsis (the point of closest approach to the central body), relative to its ascending node (the point where the body… …
109Hurricane Klaus — Infobox Hurricane Name=Hurricane Klaus Image location=Hurricane Klaus 05 oct 1990 1738Z.jpg Type=hurricane Year=1990 Basin=Atl Formed=October 3, 1990 Dissipated=October 9, 1990 1 min winds=70 Pressure=985 Da Damagespre=> Inflated=1 Fatalities=11… …
110Plasma parameters — define various characteristics of a plasma, an electrically conductive collection of charged particles that responds collectively to electromagnetic forces. Plasma typically takes the form of neutral gas like clouds or charged ion beams, but may… …
