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Yarkovsky
Effect
The lob-sided emission of radiation from a rotating object
orbiting the Sun, due to uneven heating; named after the Russian
engineer I. O. Yarkovsky, who first proposed the idea around 1900.
Among other things, it has been used to explain why Earth is hit
surprisingly often by meteorites...
Aero-Linx: Europe Air
Sports
Europe Air Sports is an association of the European National
Aero Clubs, and European Air Sports Unions, with the objective to
co-ordinate regulatory matters in Europe. It is affiliated with the
FAI -the World's Airsports Federation...
"The LRO mission already has begun to give us new data
that will lead to a vastly improved atlas of the lunar south pole
and advance our capability for human exploration and scientific
benefit."
Source: Richard Vondrak, LRO project
scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt,
Md...
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