Ken Campbell Sep 2, 2008
Telegraph accessibility links. Tuesday 02 September 2008. (Telegraph.co.uk)
The Great Planet Debate Aug 17, 2008
Trying to divide them by other arbitrary means such as eccentricity of orbit doesn't work conclusively either. There is always going to be a point where a choice is necessary when the object span a continuous measure. (SkyAndTelescope.com)
Astrology Sun, Moon and Ascendant Jun 28, 2008
Uranus: progressiveness, change, originality, invention, technology, science, rebellion, revolution, sudden events and opportunities, awakenings, shocks, flashes of genius, eccentricity, unconventionality, unusual circumstances or events, independence, visionary ideas and occult interests. Neptune: imagination, intuition, mysticism, dream life, fantasies, compassion, psychic abilities, artistic visions, spirituality, strange events, the subconscious, repressed memories, glamour, mystery,... (Suite101.com)
Frigid future for ocean in Saturn moon Jun 20, 2008
" Tidal heating results from the elliptical orbit of Enceladus. As the moon's distance to Saturn varies, the tidal pull from the planet causes the moon to squeeze in and stretch out. The friction from this strain generates heat.The phenomenon is well-known on the moons Io and Europa. Io is one of the most volcanically active bodies in the solar system thanks to tidal heating from its orbit around Jupiter.However, significant tidal heating on Enceladus is only possible if there is an ocean... (MSNBC -- Technology)
Stewart Mott, at 70; was 'avant-garde philanthropist' Jun 15, 2008
But beneath the surface eccentricity was a determination to address what he called "the two problems confronting planet earth that dwarf and aggravate all conventional problems, namely the threat of nuclear war and the continuing worldwide population explosion.". Alarmed by the course of the Vietnam War, he criticized the General Motors board for failing to speak out. (Boston Globe)
AGU Journal Highlights -- June 11, 2008 Jun 12, 2008
The authors define two new parameters for mirror modes: the width across the field and the cross-sectional eccentricity. Further, they find that along the direction of the magnetic field, mirror mode structures are more elongated. (EurekAlert!)
Monsters in our midst May 17, 2008
With Uranus as his planet of destiny, this Aries also takes on a slew of other attributes eccentricity, rebelliousness and weirdness. It is a combination that makes Fritzl a dangerous and frightening person, someone you would not like to provoke. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Fast spinning, wildly orbiting pulsar puzzles astronomers May 17, 2008
Astronomers studying this strange pulsar are puzzled because its position within the galactic disk does not explain why it is spinning so fast and why it has such an elongated (high orbital eccentricity, of 0. 44) orbit. (iTWire)
Interior of Mars Is Colder May 16, 2008
Such climate changes are caused by variations in the tilt of the planet's rotational axis and in the eccentricity of its orbit around the sun. The observations support the idea that the north polar ice cap is geologically active and relatively young, at about 4 million years. (SkyAndTelescope.com)
Editor's Mailbag (May 14) May 16, 2008
" Illusions wrote on May 15, 2008 8:48 AM:" Bill, to answer your question, Mars is heating because of wind storms and its eccentricity which at least 5 time earths The eccentricity means the incoming solar radiation variation is substantial over its two year orbit which means Mars has a much greater seasonality. Mars has no oceans and not much atmosphere so its climate is much easier to perturb by such things as solar radiation. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
* Science council urges fast action on global warming May 9, 2008
Citing late Serbian scientist Milutin Milankovitchs (1879-1958) postulation, Huang said: The Earths temperature is affected by the interaction between the planets orbit and the sun X stages of Earth glaciations was actually a function of the globes precession, obliquity and eccentricity. . (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Will Mercury Hit Earth Someday? May 2, 2008
Says Laughlin, "The solar system isn't as stable as we'd thought." Both teams have found that Jupiter's gravity can increase Mercury's orbital eccentricity over time. Mercury's path around the Sun is already nearly as elliptical as Pluto's. (SkyAndTelescope.com)
Is Rekindling the Pluto Planet Debate a Good Idea? Apr 11, 2008
"When you look at a plot like that [of eccentricity], there's eight planets," Levison says. "It just jumps out and bites you in the butt.". (Scientific American)
You Promised That You’d Forget Me Not, but You Forgot to Remember Mar 28, 2008
And The Story of Forgetting does not confine its eccentricity to the distant past. Nothing about Mr. Block s narrative is predictable or even suitably bleak, given the nature of the illness he addresses. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Health)
Turkmen optimismLife is good a year after the infamous Turkmenbashi's death Dec 22, 2007
Blinded by Niyazov's eccentricity, the world seems to have ignored the normal side of Turkmenistan. And a year on since Niyazov's death, that is the side that seems to be thriving. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
Gliese 581 planets may be habitable Dec 15, 2007
The studies also suggest that the distances of planets c and d to the central star has strong variations due to the eccentricity of their orbits, and that their orbital periods are short as they are close to the star. The research shows that planet d might temporarily leave and re-enter the habitable zone during its journey. (India Times, India -- Health/Science)
Extrasolar Planet Appears To Be Habitable Dec 14, 2007
This image also illustrates that the distances of planets c and d to the central star has strong variations due to the eccentricity of their orbits ... The purple bars surrounding planets Gliese 581 c and d illustrate the variable distance to the star caused by the eccentricity of the orbits. (Science Daily)
Newly discovered comet named after Chinese astronomer Sep 23, 2007
The orbit of the new comet, named "P/2007S1(ZHAO)", was found to be an ellipse whose eccentricity is 0. 344, and the comet's period of revolution around the sun is 7. (Xinhuanet, China)
Concept for Diana Jun 30, 2007
The magnificent David Tennant explodes and simmers like a streaking firework across the screen, possessing exactly the amount of innate eccentricity and charisma the part requires. I'd wrestle any man, woman or child who reckons he isn't the best Doctor since Tom Baker. (Scotsman)
Connect the dots, and you'll get a sense of the bigger picture Jun 24, 2007
But the use of gold makes it harder to appreciate one of the defining qualities of Gonzalez's work of recent years: the handwriting-like eccentricity of their composition, which invites the viewer's body to recognize -- forgivingly -- its own less than perfect manual control. Charles Ross at Braunstein/Quay: Longtime denizens of the art world will remember Charles Ross as an artist of the late-'60s earthworks cohort. (San Francisco Chronicle)
First of Its Kind: A Transiting Hot Neptune Jun 5, 2007
Surprisingly, the orbit is mildly elongated (eccentricity 0. 16). (SkyAndTelescope.com)
Extrasolar planet the heavyweight champ May 3, 2007
Eccentricity explainedAstronomers believe that the odd eccentricity of the planet's orbit all previous extrasolar worlds found via the transit method have circular orbits may be due to another, outer world whose gravitational pull disturbs the path of HAT-P-2b. More space news. (MSNBC -- Technology)
England awarded four-year scholarship to UAH Apr 22, 2007
The purpose of my project was to prove that the orbital eccentricity of Mars has increased over time, England said of this year s project. Eccentricity measures how not round a circular object is (a circle has an eccentricity of zero) ... I plugged this data into several equations such as: Kepler s First and Third Laws, the eccentricity equation, and oblique triangle formulas. (Demopolis Times, AL)
> read more Apr 18, 2007
Certainly 6R10DB9, with a geocentric eccentricity less than 1, is currently orbiting the Earth , says Gareth V. Williams of the , although it will leave the Earth-Moon system after next Junes perigee. Williamss calculations show that prior to capture 6R10DB9 was in a low-inclination orbit around the Sun with a period of about 11 months. (SkyAndTelescope.com)
ESA Working To Build BepiColombo Mar 22, 2007
The inclination and the eccentricity of these orbits are optimised for the study of the planet and of its magnetosphere in the very-high-temperature environment around Mercury. (Credit: ESA: C.Carreau). (Science Daily)
Astronaut Farmer Feb 23, 2007
Friday, February 23, 2007. Astronaut' has its charms, but in the end, it fizzles. (San Jose Mercury News -- Entertainment)
