News tagged with orbital motion
Join STEREO and Explore Gravitational 'Parking Lots' That May Hold Secret of Moon's Origin
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Apr 09, 2009 |
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Two places on opposite sides of Earth may hold the secret to how the moon was born. NASA's twin Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO) spacecraft are about to enter these zones, known as the L4 and ...
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Moving Quarks Help Solve Proton Spin Puzzle
Sep 11, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- New theory work at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility has shown that more than half of the spin of the proton is the result of the movement of its building blocks: ...
Earth-Venus smash-up possible in 3.5 billion years: study
Jun 10, 2009 |
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A force known as orbital chaos may cause our Solar System to go haywire, leading to possible collision between Earth and Venus or Mars, according to a study released Wednesday.
'Tornadoes' are transferred from light to sodium atoms
Nov 09, 2006 |
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For the first time, tornado-like rotational motions have been transferred from light to atoms in a controlled way at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. The new quantum physics technique can ...
Magellanic Clouds May Be Just Passing Through
Jan 09, 2007 |
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The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) and Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) are two of the Milky Way's closest neighboring galaxies. Both are visible only in the southern hemisphere. By studying their orbits, astronomers ...
Spirit Rover: Rear Wheel Trouble Continues
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Dec 10, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Results of diagnostic tests on Spirit's right-rear wheel on Sol 2109 (Dec. 8, 2009) continue to indicate a troubled wheel, which may leave the rover with only four operable wheels.
German high-school students involved in an astronomical research project
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Nov 05, 2009 |
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This week, Astronomy & Astrophysics publishes a somewhat unusual research article because it is co-authored by German high-school students. Led by astronomer Klaus Beuermann (University of Göttingen, Germany), the team i ...
A trio of super-Earths
Jun 16, 2008 |
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Today, at an international conference, a team of European astronomers announced a remarkable breakthrough in the field of extra-solar planets. Using the HARPS instrument at the ESO La Silla Observatory, they ...
Researchers improve performance with robotic systems on the ISS
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Oct 12, 2007 |
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Researchers from NASA and Lockheed Martin have successfully tested software for a robotic extension device that has been shown to dramatically improve astronauts’ ability to perform remote tasks under adverse conditions on ...
Indium arsenide may provide clues to quantum information processing
Jul 23, 2007 |
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“We’re not saying we’ve built a quantum computer,” Andreas Fuhrer tells PhysOrg.com, “but this is an important first step towards spin manipulation via the spin-orbit interaction.”
Further Tests Designed for Rover's Right-Rear Wheel
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Dec 08, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A series of diagnostic tests on Spirit's right-rear wheel on sols 2104 and 2105 (Dec. 3 and 4) investigated stalls that occurred on Sol 2099 (Nov. 28) and earlier. The rover team cannot draw ...
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