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Estudios Atacameños, 2015 Se presentan los aspectos sociales vinculados al concepto de frontera, el ushnu y la observación lunar en el sitio inca de La Ciudacita, provincia de Tucumán, noroeste de Argentina.
Ricardo Fernando Moyano Vasconcellos +1 more
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On Astronomical Materials in Buddhist Scriptures
ReligionsThere are many foreign astronomical materials that were preserved in the Chinese translation of Buddhist canons. From the content, these astronomical materials include cosmology theories, lunar mansion systems, calendrical data, etc.
Weixing Niu
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Etudes Epistémè, 2005 The Man in the Moone by Francis Godwin and A Discovery of a New World in the Moone by John Wilkins both appeared in England in 1638. The former offers a fanciful tale of the lunar voyage of Domingo Gonsales; the latter systematically discusses the ...
Frédérique Aït-Touati
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Journal of Field Robotics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT As a crucial puzzle piece of deep space exploration, exploring small bodies can provide significant scientific insights and valuable mineral resources. Unlike missions to the Moon and Mars, small‐body missions pose distinct technical challenges, including communication delays, weak gravity, and uncertain environments. This paper reviews a full
Xin Zhang +3 more
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Scientific Knowledge of the Moon, 1609 to 1969
Geosciences, 2018 Discoveries stemming from the Apollo 11 mission solved many problems that had vexed scientists for hundreds of years. Research and discoveries over the preceding 360 years identified many critical questions and led to a variety of answers: How did the ...
Charles A. Wood
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Ibis, EarlyView.Anthropogenic factors such as artificial lighting at night (ALAN) and natural factors including temperature and moonlight can affect the dawn chorus pattern in birds. However, most studies are conducted in temperate regions. We investigated the effect of anthropogenic and natural factors on dawn chorus timing in eight species of bird across Hong Kong ...
Ann W. Y. To, Sarah A. Collins
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Remote SensingSpace-based observations of the total lunar eclipse on 21 January 2019 were conducted using the geostationary Earth-orbiting satellite Gaofen-4 (GF-4). This study represents a pioneering effort to address the observational gap in full-disk lunar eclipse ...
Min Shu +5 more
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Meteoritics &Planetary Science, EarlyView.Abstract Here we report on the microstructure and chemistry of sulfide minerals returned from asteroid (162173) Ryugu. We identify a unique sulfide population in particle A0016 composed of violarite (FeNi2S4), pyrite (FeS2), chalcopyrite (CuFeS2), pyrrhotite (Fe1‐xS), and pentlandite ([Fe,Ni]9S8).
M. C. Benner +3 more
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Description and terrestrial ages of the Calama Area Meteorite Collection (Atacama Desert, Chile)
Meteoritics &Planetary Science, EarlyView.Abstract We present a comprehensive study of a meteorite collection from the Atacama Desert (Chile), the driest and most climatically stable desert in the world. This collection includes meteorites from three adjacent Dense Collection Areas (DCAs) in the northern part of the Atacama Desert: Calama, Sierra Gorda, and Chug Chug, referred to as the ...
Carine Sadaka +9 more
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Evolution of Lunar Orbit under Climate Dynamics since the Last Glacial Cycle
The Astrophysical JournalUnderstanding the long-term evolution of lunar orbit is an essential task in astronomy and astrophysics because lunar and planetary ephemerides are indispensable in many important applications, such as spacecraft navigation and reference frame ...
M. Kiani Shahvandi
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