Natural Satellite Of Earth The Moon is the only natural satellite of Earth: orbit: 384,400 km from Earth diameter: 3476 km mass: 7.35e22 kg Called Luna […]
The International Astronomical Union Circular The International Astronomical Union Circular #6837 released by Brian Marsden on March 11 was published to report the findings Marsden’s group […]
Globular Star Clusters Globular clusters are gravitationally bound concentrations of approximately ten thousand to one million stars. They populate the halo or bulge of the […]
Astronomy In The News http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2003/05dec_dixieland.htm Summary: This article that I have found talks about Dixieland Auroras when the Coronal Mass Ejection reached earth. When the […]
The Dark Matter Two people have been credited for determining the need for dark matter. The first was astronomer Jan Oort, who back in 1932 measured […]
The Dark Matter Two people have been credited for determining the need for dark matter. The first was astronomer Jan Oort, who back in 1932 measured […]