History Venus was formed 4.6 billion years ago along with the Sun and the solar system. Large amounts of dust and gases accumulated over many years to form the planet. Venus is thought to be the result of a large collision. This is due to the fact that Venus rotates differently than the other planets in our solar system. Venus is commonly referred to as Earth's "sister planet" because of their similarity in size as well as a similar gravitational force. Although Venus and Earth share some similarities
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1. Why has NASA sent recent orbiters to Mars (such as Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter) on trajectories that required them to skim through Mars's atmosphere before settling into their final orbits? | | It saves money because the spacecraft uses atmospheric drag to slow down rather than needing to carry enough fuel to slow by firing rocket engines. | | | Each spacecraft also carried a lander, and the lander could only be dropped to the Martian surface when the spacecraft passed through the atmosphere
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Matching Of Charts: A New approach By Tej K. Zadoo, India Volunteer: Maurício Avila, Brazil W Dr. Tej K. Zadoo born on Deepawali day 1948 at Srinagar, Kashmir in a Brahmin family. Got introduced to astrology in 1966, mostly self study of classical texts, he has a Ph.D. degree in Physics, was working in the education dept. of J&K Govt. as a teacher and retired recently. Besides astrology he is interested in 'Ramal' shastra and paranormal subjects. He can read write Urdu, Hindi and Sanskrit
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Mercury is a very rocky planet. It is heavily cratered and is scattered with boulders and pulverized dust. Mercury has been geologically dead for a long time according astronomers. The planet has no signs of any type of weather such as clouds, rivers, and dust storms. The planet of Mercury closely resembles Earth's Moon. Mercury's surface shows intercrater plains, basins, smooth plains, craters, and tectonic features. Many of the smooth plains located on Mercury seem to be a result from flood volcanism
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endangered Active Gear’s growth. Mercury Athletic Footwear designs and distributes athletic and casual footwear dominantly to the youth market. Mercury competes in four main product lines: men’s and women’s athletic and casual footwear. Men’s athletic footwear is the leading product for Mercury Athletic. Women’s casual footwear is Mercury’s worst performing product and post-acquisition the line may be discontinued by Active Gear. The acquisition of the Mercury Athletic division has sources of potential
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Unilever claims that corporate social responsibility, including environmentalism, is at the heart of its business. However, the transition to a responsible and sustainable company is an ongoing process. Unilever has attracted some criticism from activists on not achieving the high aims and goals the company has communicated publically and internally. Despite the criticisms, Unilever has been at the forefront of its industry to initiate processes and create transparency in in its operations, especially
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Observing Surface Features of the Sun for Amateur Astronomers Nikhil Anand Mustafa Shahid B.Tech Aerospace Engineering, IV Sem Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology Email: nikhil.myindia@gmail.com B.Tech Avioncs, IV Sem Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology Email: mustafashahid4@googlemail.com Abstract—Viewing the sun through a telescope is a very underrated astronomical practice. This paper will focus in detail on the relevance and significance of observing
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the ______ planets have ______. Terrestrial; Jovian; many satellites Which planet group contains rings? Jovian Which planet group has a faster spin? Jovian Which of the following lists the planets in increasing order of distance from the Sun? Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, P;uto The 7th planet from the Sun is _____. Uranus Which solar system object is icy? Comet Astronomers estimate that the age of the solar system is about _______ years. 4.6 billion Which of
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Denmark gave him money and an island to continue working on his study. Brahe kept working in his castle on his island continuing his search of space, however never made any accurate calculations. Some people say that Brahe was poisoned; because the mercury found in his system which was said to be but there just before he died . Some people say it was his bladder that killed him when it exploded. Most commonly it has been said he over drank and died that way but it is not known for
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Socio-economic vulnerabilities and impacts The foregoing discussion of the indicators of environmental change and human driving forces has already alluded to some socioeconomic impacts of environmental changes. In fact, some of the second- or third-order changes in the status of environmental resources are manifestations of impacts of people's adjustment to environmental changes. For such reasons, at times it is difficult to separate precisely the impacts of environmental changes as causes of socio-economic
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