(Encyclopedia) IshtarIshtarĭshˈtär [key], ancient fertility deity, the most widely worshiped goddess in Babylonian and Assyrian religion. She was worshiped under various names and forms. Most…
(Encyclopedia) Wilson, J. Tuzo (John Tuzo Wilson), 1908–93, Canadian geologist and geophysicist, b. Ottawa, Ph.D. Princeton (1936), M.A. Cambridge (1940). He worked for the Geological Survey of…
(Encyclopedia) celestial pole, one of the two points at which the earth's axis of rotation intersects the celestial sphere. The celestial pole is important as a reference point in the equatorial…
Sun, Moon & Stars Movement of the heavenly bodies: June 2001
Celestial links · Visibility of the Planets · Sunrise/Sunset, Moonrise/Moonset · Equinoxes and…
Tales Of The TitanicClassical MythologyTales Of The TitanicA Titanic StruggleClash of the Titans No doubt about it, the Creation, was a monumental feat. One might have thought that Gaia, Mother…
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Worldwide pattern of earthquake activity: The dots indicate the epicenters of all earthquakes recorded during a recent 10-year period.
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earthquake, trembling or shaking…
(Encyclopedia) Mercury, in astronomy, nearest planet to the sun, at a mean distance of 36 million mi (58 million km); its period of revolution is 88 days. Mercury passes through phases similar to…
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Continental drift (arrows indicate the directions of motion of the landmasses)
A. Proposed reconstruction of the supercontinent Pangaea indicating the major present landmasses
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The trigonometric parallax of a star, expressed by the angle θ, is a measure of its apparent motion against the background of more distant stars as a result of the earth's…
