Yet but for the musician's chance encounter with it, his name might very well remain unknown to all but the most astute music historians. Instead, the name Gustav Holst is familiar to legions of music fans around the world thanks to the seven-part orchestral suite he wrote after reading the book, called simply, The Planets.
During the first two decades of his professional career, Gustav wrote several, mostly pedestrian, musical pieces. But in 1914, influenced by Leo's astrology claims, as well as the music of Austrian composer Arnold Schoenberg in his Five Pieces for Orchestra, he began composing a seven-movement orchestral piece he initially called Seven Pieces for Large Orchestra. He soon changed the name to The Planets.
While you're here, how about this:
Four Newborn Planets Get Cooked by Their Sun
Press Release From: Leibniz-Institut fuer Astrophysik Potsdam
Posted: Thursday, June 11, 2020
A 2nd Planet has been Confirmed for Proxima Centauri - Universe Today
Our closest stellar neighbour is Proxima Centauri, a small red dwarf star about 4.2 light years away from us. It’s the third member of the Alpha Centauri group, and even though it’s so close, it can’t be seen with the naked eye. In 2016 astronomers discovered a planet orbiting Proxima Centuari, named Proxima Centauri b. That planet was confirmed only a few days ago.
* * *
The presence of this second planet was reported in a paper back in April. That paper is titled “ A Preliminary Mass for Proxima Centauri C * .” It was published in Research Notes of the AAS. Fritz Benedict, lead author of the work, recently presented these results at the 236th meeting of the American Astronomical Society.
Astronomers Discover Star And Planet Strikingly Similar to The Sun And Earth
Scientists have found a potentially habitable exoplanet and its star that are more similar to the Earth and our Sun than any other known planet-star pair.
* * *
"It's the combination of this less-than-double the size of the Earth planet and its solar type host star that make it so special and familiar," René Heller, the lead author of the new study, said in a press release .
Her team at the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research described the planet and star in a paper published last week in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics .
Check out this next:
Saturn's moon Titan is rapidly migrating away from the planet - CNN
(CNN) Titan, Saturn's largest moon, is moving away from its planet a hundred times faster than previously established, according to a new study.
The Discovery of Star "cooking" Its Baby Planets Sheds Light on Finding Habitable Exoplanets in
Such a case is apparent with the star, V1298 Tau. A group of scientists has recently found out that the star was causing four of its young exoplanets to "shrink" due to its continuous "roasting" on the baby planets. Scientists believe that eventually, the tiny celestial bodies would be reduced into nothing but a core.
In the study, the authors wanted to figure out how much young stars disturb other planets' atmosphere over some time. Furthermore, when searching for habitability among exoplanets, scientists usually check on the atmosphere first as it needs to be thick enough for the transference of heat and providence of insulation.
Mercury is the Kelly Clarkson of planets. Here's why.
The names that we attribute to celestial objects originate from the names of famous figures from Ancient Greeks, Romans and Egyptians.
But perhaps it is time for an update. Rather than ancient gods and mythical warriors, we should consider renaming some of these cosmic beings after the icons of today. Inverse has put together a list of cosmos to pop culture comparisons that will keep you up to date with the latest of what's happening in our universe.
Hitching a ride with SpaceX, Planet poised to complete SkySat fleet – Spaceflight Now
Mike Safyan, Planet’s vice president of launch, said SpaceX’s small satellite rideshare service, which the launch provider announced last year , was “a very attractive offering” to launch the company’s last six SkySat satellites.
While Safyan would not disclose what Planet paid SpaceX to launch the six SkySats, SpaceX has published pricing for rideshare launch services on its website. The company lists a price as low as $1 million for a 440-pound payload on a rideshare to a polar sun-synchronous orbit.
No comments:
Post a Comment