Popular Astronomy, Volume 50Goodsell Observatory of Carleton College, 1942 |
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... Material 1 Water 1 Water 1 Iron TABLE 1 Temp . in Pressure in Volume of gas degrees C. Atmosphere in cu . cm . 100 1 5,000 10,000 1 1 1,700 25,000 118,000 If the companion were of planetary density , when it sinks into a region of ...
... Material 1 Water 1 Water 1 Iron TABLE 1 Temp . in Pressure in Volume of gas degrees C. Atmosphere in cu . cm . 100 1 5,000 10,000 1 1 1,700 25,000 118,000 If the companion were of planetary density , when it sinks into a region of ...
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... material continuously , in quan- tities that increase with increasing photospheric temperature , in a man- ner suggestive of expulsion by radiation pressure . The material that leaves the star undergoes changes of excitation that ...
... material continuously , in quan- tities that increase with increasing photospheric temperature , in a man- ner suggestive of expulsion by radiation pressure . The material that leaves the star undergoes changes of excitation that ...
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... material also . The following is from page 168 . " Without an atmosphere , meteors would strike directly and explode , with a force many times that of the explosion of an equal weight of nitroglycerin . The millions of tiny meteors ...
... material also . The following is from page 168 . " Without an atmosphere , meteors would strike directly and explode , with a force many times that of the explosion of an equal weight of nitroglycerin . The millions of tiny meteors ...
Contents
Bolide observed A bright 451 | 114 |
STELLAR DISTANCES FREDERICK SLOCUM | 117 |
METEORITIC FOSSILS BEN HUR WILSON | 125 |
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