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  1. A new determination of radii and limb parameters for Pluto and Charon from mutual event lightcurves

    ... OCCULTATION LEAST SQUARES METHOD SATELLITE ORBITS Publication:  Icarus Citation Reference:  ...

    Anonymous - 2013-04-15 11:14

  2. Trajectory analyses for material transfer from the moon to a space manufacturing facility

    ... LAGRANGIAN EQUILIBRIUM POINTS LIBRATION LUNAR ORBITS LUNAR ROCKS SPACE COMMERCIALIZATION SPACE STATIONS ...

    Anonymous - 2013-04-15 11:11

  3. Learning from hot Jupiters

    ... in our own solar system don’t. For instance, some have orbits that go in the opposite direction of the rotation of their host star. ... system), but many also have highly elliptical (oval-like) orbits, unlike the solar-system planets, which have circular orbits. The ...

    siteadmin - 2012-11-01 18:09

  4. Astrophysics Colloquium -- Origin of Retrograde Hot Jupiters

    ... Jupiters"(HJs). Even more surprising, many of these HJs have orbits that are eccentric or highly inclined with respect to the equator of the ... perturber in the system can easily produce retrograde HJ orbits. We show that in the frame of work of secular hierarchical triple system ...

    Anonymous - 2013-03-20 22:39

  5. First light from a super-Earth spotted

    ... , expand the physical profile of 55 Cancri e. The planet orbits the star 55 Cancri, part of the crablike constellation Cancer, which is ... “It’s like in the movie ‘Avatar,’ where Pandora orbits the gas giant Polyphemus. Seeing Polyphemus from Pandora gives an idea ...

    siteadmin - 2012-11-01 18:09

  6. Sanchis Ojeda, Roberto

    ... et al., 733, 127. “Alignment of the stellar spin with the orbits of a three-planet system“, Nature, R. Sanchis-Ojeda, D. C. Fabrycy, J. ...

    Anonymous - 2013-02-23 22:49

  7. Weinberg, Nevin

    ... the Milky Way's Central Supermassive Black Hole with Stellar Orbits", A. M. Ghez, S. Salim, N. Weinberg, J. Lu, et al., ApJ, 689, 1044 ...

    Anonymous - 2013-02-23 22:49

  8. Explained: the Doppler effect

    ... from our vantage point, Doppler shifts occur as the star orbits around its own center of mass and moves toward or away from Earth. These ...

    siteadmin - 2013-02-26 18:50

  9. Newfound exoplanet may turn to dust

    ... parent star every 15 hours — one of the shortest planet orbits ever observed. Such a short orbit must be very tight and implies that ...

    siteadmin - 2012-11-01 18:09

  10. Orientation-Dependent Effects in Oort's Theory of Comet Origin. II. Anisotropies in the Distribution of Long-Period Comet Orbits

    Journal Article Year:  1973 Authors:  Joss, P.C. Publication:  Icarus Citation Reference:  1973Icar...19..147J Link:  Provided by the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System...

    Anonymous - 2013-04-15 11:14