Popular Astronomy, Volume 50Goodsell Observatory of Carleton College, 1942 |
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... Surface [ The writer of this note is in his ninety - fifth year , and has been a subscriber to POPULAR ASTRONOMY for many years . We congratulate him and commend him for his continuing interest in astronomy . He has brought this science ...
... Surface [ The writer of this note is in his ninety - fifth year , and has been a subscriber to POPULAR ASTRONOMY for many years . We congratulate him and commend him for his continuing interest in astronomy . He has brought this science ...
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... surface could never cool by radiation as does the ex- ternal surface . If the central sun supplied heat constantly , the internal temperature would rise to several hundred thousand degrees . Alter- natively , if the temperature is to ...
... surface could never cool by radiation as does the ex- ternal surface . If the central sun supplied heat constantly , the internal temperature would rise to several hundred thousand degrees . Alter- natively , if the temperature is to ...
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... surfaces of the lunar seas have the reflecting power of various lavas , while the bright parts of crater walls reflect as much light as volcanic ash . " Two more recent texts give the evidence for the lunar surface being covered with ...
... surfaces of the lunar seas have the reflecting power of various lavas , while the bright parts of crater walls reflect as much light as volcanic ash . " Two more recent texts give the evidence for the lunar surface being covered with ...
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Bolide observed A bright 451 | 114 |
STELLAR DISTANCES FREDERICK SLOCUM | 117 |
METEORITIC FOSSILS BEN HUR WILSON | 125 |
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