On February 20 2012‚ me and my daughter went to the Gates Planetarium in Denver to see the showing of the Wildest Weather in the Solar System. The first thing we did was to walk around the Space Odyssey and explore some of the exhibit they had. Then we went to see the show which I must say was far more thrilling then I or my daughter could have imagined. When you first walk into the Space Odyssey you are amazed it almost looks as thought your walking on to a spaceship or what I would imagine it
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James Cook was born on October 27‚ 1728 in Marton‚ (near modern Middlesborough)‚ Yorkshire‚ Britain. Cook commanded three voyages of discovery for Great Britain‚ and sailed around the world twice. He was the first British ship commander to circumnavigate the globe in a lone ship. Cook was also the first British commander to prevent the outbreak of scurvy by regulating his crew’s diet‚ serving them citrus fruit and sauerkraut to prevent the disease. He is considered one of the world’s greatest explorers
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The origin of the word meteorite came from the Greek word meteoreon which literally translates to “something high up” or “in the air”. It was used to describe a celestial phenomenon known as a meteor. In the late 19th century‚ astronomers derived the word meteorite to describe a meteor that hits earth. Meteorites hurl down our planet as streaks of light. Nowadays‚ people generally use the term “falling star” or “shooting star”. People who are lucky enough to witness a meteorite falling from the
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for the Chicago Bears for several seasons. Previous to his football career‚ Mr. Sayers participated in football and track at Omaha Central High School. Then‚ he moved on to University of Kansas football. Moreover‚ Gale Sayers was the “Kansas Comet.” “Kansas Comet” set many records and accomplished many goals. In a legendary game between the Bears and 49ers‚ he tied with a National Football League (NFL) record by gathering six touchdowns on Wrigley Field. The pinnacle of his career was in 1966 when
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already around about 624 to 546 years B.C.; they were discovered by the Greeks who referred to them as “humanoids on the moon”. There have been many alien sightings over the years people like Alexander the great‚ Edmund Halley (discoverer of Halley’s Comet)‚ Christopher Columbus have all supposedly spotted aliens in their lives at some point or another‚ but this does not prove that aliens actually exist! Appearance: People choose to describe aliens in all sorts of different ways‚ but the typical description
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of Long-Term Comets Have you ever wondered who and how things were discovered? Who named Mars‚ how the names for constellations for created‚ or how long-term or short-term comets were named and discovered? Long-Term comets are comets that have an orbital period greater than 200 years and are 50‚000-70‚000 AU (astronomical units) from the sun. In this paper‚ I will tell you briefly about how long-term comets are named and seen‚ and about two major long-term comets‚ Comet West and Comet Kohoutek.
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Asteroids vs. Comets Spacecrafts have retrieved extraordinarily valuable information that has furthered the human race’s knowledge of what exists in outer space. However‚ spacecrafts and shuttles are extremely expensive to build and launch into space so they should be well taken care of. Sending a spacecraft to an asteroid is far better and safer than sending a spacecraft to a comet for quite a few different reasons. First‚ an asteroid is made up of less materials than a comet. Next‚ comets produce
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Auguste Comte Isidore Auguste Marie François Xavier Comte (19 January 1798 – 5 September 1857)‚ better known as Auguste Comte‚ was a French philosopher. He was a founder of the discipline of sociology and of the doctrine of positivism. He is sometimes regarded as the first philosopher of science in the modern sense of the term. Comte’s father‚ Louis‚ a government tax official‚ and his mother‚ Rosalie (Boyer) Comte‚ were both monarchists and devout Roman Catholics. While attending the University
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Vega 1 Marcelo Vega Mrs. Chu-Morrison English 2D1 26 August 2011 Lord of the Flies Essay Some people believe that it is instinct to act peacefully and caring‚ but others think just the opposite. Often‚ there is a mislead of human nature and people act upon instinct. William Golding believes that human nature is lead towards evil and destruction. The boys in The Lord of the Flies acted on the first one to make a decision‚ in which this case was Jack. Golding’s fundamental belief about human
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Civil aviation came about after World War one when pioneers explored new uses for aircraft‚ before that aircraft were only used for war purposes. In 1908 the British army developed aircraft‚ a few years before in 1904 J. E. Cooper‚ from the British war office‚ visited the Wright Brothers. His aim was to bring back information and skills on aircraft. This did not happen because the Wright brothers asked for $100‚000 for the method of aircraft and a further $100‚000 for the formulae and theoretical
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