Earth is blessed with a day neither of extraordinary length nor of extreme brevity. Currently it is about twenty-four hours long.
SF authors have notice this and written books about planets/planetesimals with different day lengths. Consider these five vintage works.
61 Cygni's world Mesklin is sixteen times more massive than Jupiter. A day less than twenty minutes long means that the gravity at the equator is a measly three gravities.
Skywatch for August 22-28: Look for five planets in the sky on Tuesdsay | Local News |
Sunday : The full moon occurs at 7:01 am. The full moon of August is also known as the Sturgeon Moon. This moon was named by fishing tribes because a large number of sturgeons were caught at this time.
Monday : This morning the International Space Station makes a bright pass through the sky. The space station emerges from the Earth's shadow 13 degrees above the south-southwest horizon at 5:52 a.m.
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The August night skies are filled with bright stars, planets and even a blue moon — all visible even without a telescope.
Sky & Telescope senior editor Kelly Beatty describes some of the celestial sights to Here & Now Scott Tong.
Scientist's Animation Reveals Planets' Wildly Different Speeds
Two of his videos capture how fast each planet travels. The visualizations reveal that planets close to the sun are shooting through space at astonishing speeds. By comparison, the more distant planets seem to meander along at a leisurely pace.
"All objects that we see in stable orbits around the sun are there because they orbit fast enough to escape its gravitational pull. If they were not fast enough they wouldn't escape," O'Donoghue told Insider. "In short, the planets we see today are the survivors."
How To Spot Planets, The Milky Way And Blue Moon; A Refugee From The Fall Of Saigon : Here &
The August night skies are filled with bright stars, planets and even a blue moon — all visible even without a telescope. Sky & Telescope's Kelly Beatty describes some of the celestial sights.
And, Southeast Asian refugees from the largest resettlement effort in the history of the U.S. are thinking about the comparisons of the fall of Kabul to the fall of Saigon in 1975. Politically, they are very different situations. Visually, you may see why some find similarities.
How to photograph the Blue Moon, giant planets and Milky Way this weekend | TechRadar
Both astrophotography and night-scape photography have boomed in recent years as camera sensors have gotten more sensitive and better at producing noise-free long exposure images using high ISOs.
There's something interesting to photograph in the sky every night, but the weekend of August 21-22, in particular, will have photographers out in force if skies are clear.
Star Trek's Planet Classifications, Explained | CBR
The bright, optimistic future of Star Trek entailed regular scientific exploration, which was part of Starfleet's mantra. That included an entire lexicon of terms, to better sell the show's setting and to provide the sheen of rigor to its various dramatic plots.
Class D referred to a planet or planetoid completely devoid of atmosphere. The most prominent example in canon was Regula, the planetoid from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan . Spock described it as "a great rock in space," composed of unremarkable elements and of little note beyond that.
Weekly horoscopes: Find out what the planets have in store for you - Wales Online
Knowing the right people can be a direct route to getting help with a goal, career plan or other opportunity. This is the week to cultivate certain relationships as they could assist you just when you need it most.
Need someone reliable to help you get something done? The early Venus/Saturn tie can assist you in finding just the person for the job, enabling you to get a great result. Plus, you may be geared up for plenty of action at home.
What would happen if the Sun suddenly exploded and when will it die? - Mirror Online
We've gathered the facts and information to look further into what would happen should the solar system's only star die.
The Sun is our solar system's only star and is located in the centre of all of the planet's orbits.
The hot ball of glowing gas is the largest object in the solar system and makes up 99.8% of the solar system mass.
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Ever feel like there aren't enough — or perhaps too many — hours in an Earth-day? Try these alternate SF planets: https://t.co/jb7GS8mTmO tordotcom (from NYC) Mon Aug 23 14:06:31 +0000 2021
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