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ACCURATELY CALCULATING THE SOLAR ORIENTATION OF THE TIANGONG-2 ULTRAVIOLET FORWARD SPECTROMETER [PDF]
The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2018 The Ultraviolet Forward Spectrometer is a new type of spectrometer for monitoring the vertical distribution of atmospheric trace gases in the global middle atmosphere. It is on the TianGong-2 space laboratory, which was launched on 15 September 2016. The
Z. Liu, S. Li
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Astronomical orientations of BORA ceremonial grounds in southeast Australia [PDF]
Australian Archaeology, 2013 Ethnographic evidence indicates that bora (initiation) ceremonial sites in southeast Australia, which typically comprise a pair of circles connected by a pathway, are symbolically reflected in the Milky Way as the 'Sky Bora'. This evidence also indicates that the position of the Sky Bora signifies the time of the year when initiation ceremonies are ...
Fuller, Robert S. (R20380) +2 more
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On the eve of the 100th anniversary of IAU Commission 19/A2 “Rotation of the Earth” [PDF]
, 2018 Dieser Beitrag ist mit Zustimmung des Rechteinhabers aufgrund einer (DFG geförderten) Allianz- bzw. Nationallizenz frei zugänglich.This publication is with permission of the rights owner freely accessible due to an Alliance licence and a national licence
Brzeziński, Aleksander +9 more
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Virtual Archaeology Review, 2019 This paper describes developments in virtual archaeology that started in a research project about the possible astronomical entrance orientation of Neolithic circular ditch systems (German Kreisgrabenanlagen, KGA) of Lower Austria.
Georg Zotti, Wolfgang Neubauer
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The influence of religious and cosmological beliefs on the solar architecture of the ancient world [PDF]
, 2014 In the earliest civilizations of the Ancient World, sun worship developed in parallel with an understanding of the movement of the stars. That was the origin of an architecture that expressed a number of religious and cosmological beliefs.
Fumadó Alsina, Joan Lluís +2 more
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Combined SAI-SHAO prediction of Earth Orientation Parameters since 2012 till 2017
Geodesy and Geodynamics, 2018 As the participants of Earth Orientation Parameters Combination of Prediction Pilot Project (EOPC PPP), Sternberg Astronomical Institute of Moscow State University (SAI) and Shanghai Astronomical Observatory (SHAO) have accumulated ∼1800 days of Earth ...
Leonid Zotov +3 more
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Applied Sciences, 2023 The analysis of the orientation of galaxies is one of the most widely used tools in the fields of extragalactic astronomy and cosmology, enabling the verification of structure formation scenarios in the universe.
Włodzimierz Godłowski +1 more
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SOME REMARKS ON THE ORIENTATION OF THE DEAD: EXAMPLES FROM TWO EAST LITHUANIAN BARROW CEMETERIES; pp. 38–56 [PDF]
Eesti Arheoloogiaajakiri, 2013 Two east Lithuanian barrow cemeteries, Baliuliai and PerÅ¡aukÅ¡tis KasÄiukai II, which date to the mid-5th century, are distinguished by a specific pattern of burial orientation.
Laurynas Kurila
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Orientation measurement with gyrotheodolite
Geodesy and Cartography, 2018 The article deals with the principle of using gyrotheodolite in connection and orientation measurements. It describes orientation measurements with gyrotheodolite, provides basic information about the device and explains how it works.
Vladimír Bezdíček +5 more
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Semiautomatic sun shots with the WIDIF DIflux [PDF]
Geoscientific Instrumentation, Methods and Data Systems, 2017 The determination of magnetic declination angle entails finding two directions: geographic north and magnetic north. This paper deals with the former.
J. L. Rasson, O. Hendrickx, J.-L. Marin
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