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    Astronomy Homework

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    Q1) Last night you saw the star Betelgeuse exactly on your eastern horizon at 5:47 PM. Two students are discussing their answer to the question "At 5:47 PM tonight where will you see Betelgeuse?" Student #1: The Earth makes once complete rotation about its axis each day so Betelgeuse will rise at the same time every night. It will therefore be exactly on the eastern horizon. Student #2: No. The constellation Taurus rises earlier each month and so it must rise a little bit earlier each night. Betelgeuse

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    Types of Elliptic Geometry

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    through those points. On the sphere‚ such as the surface of the Earth‚ it is easy to give an example of a triangle that requires more than 180°: For two of the sides‚ take lines of longitude that differ by 90°. These form an angle of 90° at the North pole. For the third side‚ take the equator. The angle of any longitude line makes with the equator is again 90°. This gives us a triangle with an angle sum of 270°‚ which would be impossible in Euclidian geometry. Elliptic geometry is sometimes called

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    INDIA PHYSICAL FEATURES   Geographical Set Up: India takes its standard time from the meridian of 82 30 E‚ which is 5 ½  hours ahead of Greenwich Mean time ( 0 longitude).Pakistan time is 5 hours ahead of GMT and Bangladesh time is 6 hours ahead  of GMT. Significance of Location: Barring the plateau of Baluchistan (which form part of Pakistan)‚ the two great ranges of Sulaiman and Kirthar cut it off from the west. Along the north‚ the great mountain wall formed by the Hindukush‚ Karakoram and

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    GLG 220 Week 1 DQs

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    Complete University of Phoenix Material: Week Two Earthquakes Lab Report and University of Phoenix Material: Week Two Lab Report Worksheet by answering the following questions in Ch. 9 of Geoscience Laboratory : 9.1‚ 9.3‚ 9.5‚ 9.6‚ 9.10‚ 9.14‚ 9.17 (Longitude)‚ and 9.20. Note that additional lab book questions and answers appea... Find needed answers here - https://bitly.com/1oIyHKj If money is tight‚ and your choice

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    Table of Contents Aim of study To assess the coastal features and processes evident at Las Cuevas bay‚ Trinidad. Introduction Las Cuevas bay is derived from the Spanish word caves. It is located in the north coast of Trinidad‚ longitude 61.4 north and latitude 10.78 east. It is a sheltered bay a bit more than the nearby Maracas bay. It is considered a building or constructive beach which makes it an excellent beach for bathing and nesting by the turtles. For our school based assessment

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    History of Clocks and the Impact of Electricity on them. Introduction: In this poster we are going to show you the history and the development of the clock through time and how it has impacted society. We will also show how electricity has affected the development and effectiveness of clocks. Sun clock: One of the first clocks on record is the sun clock. Sun clocks basically work on the principle that the position of a stationary object’s shadow will be in the same place at a certain

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    This is a BS Paper full of random words to start your day. Rambler tardiness‚ Khalkha crowbar policeman‚ skeptic commonwealth. Aviate Eucharist‚ precisian millihenry‚ mallemuck tryout. Hemisphere prepotent‚ ermined Shiva genotype‚ superelevate. Thermal concubine‚ villagery holder languor‚ moisten upbringing. Orography offbeat‚ authorship penetrative‚ ballot ambrosia. Phlegmatic recoin‚ feirie forerun Osmanli‚ doorman healthiness. Baron adsorption‚

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    Compass and Gps

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    Compass vs. GPS Compass and GPS are navigation devices. The term navigation refers to the process of planning‚ reading‚ and controlling the movement of a craft or vehicle from one place to another. Apart from the similarity‚ there are several differences between compass and GPS‚ which are the history and function. The first difference is history of a compass and GPS. The compass was first invented in China during the Qin dynasty 221-206 B.C. by Chinese fortunetellers (The compass‚ 2008).

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    Alice In Wonderland

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    tries to adapt to her surroundings. Even when people aren’t around she tries to act proper and tries to talk sophisticated; for example‚ when she was falling down the rabbit hole‚ she made comments on what longitude and latitude she could be at (Carroll 20) though she had no clue what longitude or latitude meant. Also using direct characterization‚ Carroll shows Alice growing into an adult when she takes charge at the trial in chapter twelve. In this chapter‚ the Knave is on trial for stealing tarts

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    MEENACHIL RIVER VALLY PROJECT - DETAILS OF PROPOSED MINI DAMS NAME OF PROJECT | LATTITUDE/LONGITUDE | HEIGHT OF MINI DAM S PROPOSED | STORAGE CAPACITY EXCEPECTED IN MILLION m3 | REMARKS | MRVP- construction of Mini dam cum regulator across Meenachil river near Parampuzha timber depot in Kottayam Municipality | 9○ 36’ 17.30’’ N76○ 32’ 23.84’’ E | 2.50 m from low water level. | 0.400 | Site is linked with vebanattu kayal so prevention of saline water intrution also considered ‚bank height

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