Have you ever gazed up and the night sky and thought "why is the moon so big tonight?". The answer is in the moon's orbit. Because the moon's orbit is not circular, it is sometimes closer than at other times. When the moon is closest to Earth — approximately 226,000 miles (363...
To add to its cachet, GM management decided early on that the Callisto/Allanté should be built in Italy by the prestigious design firm Pininfarina. This was not a wholly new idea — Pininfarina had previously built Cadillac’s limited-production 1959-1960 Eldorado Brougham — but the Eldorado...
A big lens gathers the light and directs it to a focal point and a small lens brings the image to your eye. © 2000 HowStuffWorks A telescope is an amazing device that has the ability to make faraway objects appear much closer. Telescopes come in all shapes and ...
A big lens gathers the light and directs it to a focal point and a small lens brings the image to your eye. © 2000 HowStuffWorks A telescope is an amazing device that has the ability to make faraway objects appear much closer. Telescopes come in all shapes and ...
I had finally willed into being — not daring really kiss her, I touched her hot, opening lips with the utmost piety, tiny sips, nothing salacious; but she, with an impatient wriggle, pressed her mouth to mine so hard that I felt her big front teeth and shared in the peppermint taste...
It is almost as big as Pluto's moon Charon (which is probably also a large KBO). An even bigger KBO about 800 miles across was found late in 2002. Dubbed 2002 LM 60 , or Quaoar, it lies about 51 AU from the Sun (or about 21 AU beyond Neptune). To date, more than five ...
The largest ofJupiter’s satellites are the four Galilean moons -- Io, Ganymede, Callisto, and Europa -- which are named for their discoverer, Italian astronomer Galileo Galilee. Galileo spotted them in 1610 after tweaking his telescope to reach a magnifying capability of 20x (20 times better ...
解读宇宙HowtheUniverseWorks第1季第8集:卫星Moons我们的太阳系只有8颗行星Inourownsolarsystem,therearejusteightplanets.但其中6颗都有卫星环绕运行Butorbitingsixofthoseplanetsaremoons.很多很多的卫星,总数超过300Lotsandlotsofmoons,morethan300ofthem.每一颗各有特色Eachoneisdifferent.每一颗自成一个世界Eachonea...
A big lens gathers the light and directs it to a focal point and a small lens brings the image to your eye. © 2000 HowStuffWorks A telescope is an amazing device that has the ability to make faraway objects appear much closer. Telescopes come in all shapes and ...