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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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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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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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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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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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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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Cahiers François Viète, 2016 The establishment of scientific education at the University of Coimbra was one of the most important features of the Pombal reform of the university (1772).
Fernando B. Figueiredo
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The Contribution of the Honey Bee to the Study of Time-Sense and Astronomical Orientation
Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology, 1960 exaly +3 more sources
School geographic polygon: A case study [PDF]
Zbornik radova Departmana za geografiju, turizam i hotelijerstvo, 2017 A geographic polygon is a type of geographic laboratory under the open sky. The basic goal of the school geographic polygon is to acquire practical skills and habits from geography.
Vujnić Andrej, Nišić Anja
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Sansepolcro and its astronomical orientation
, 2018 Here we discuss the layout of Sansepolcro in Tuscany. It seems that it is based on an orientation according to the sunrise on winter solstice. It is also interesting to observe that the Cathedral has a specific astronomical orientation too. It is aligned along the southernmost direction of the moonrise on a minor lunar standstill.
Sparavigna, Amelia Carolina +1 more
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