Category Archives: Solar System

Man is Going to Sun: ESA’s Solar Orbiter

Posted on April 27, 2009 by Rashid Faridi

This is man’s innate nature to overstep his limits . This overstepping brings all the progress. We are again going to try to overstep over limits again. ESA’ Solar Orbiter will do it for us. To perform close-up, high-resolution studies … Continue reading →

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Zenith and Nadir

Posted on April 26, 2009 by Rashid Faridi

The zenith is the direction pointing directly above a particular location (perpendicular, orthogonal). Since the concept of being above is itself somewhat vague, scientists define the zenith in more rigorous terms. Specifically, in astronomy, geophysics and related sciences (e.g., meteorology), … Continue reading →

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Celestial coordinate system

Posted on April 26, 2009 by Rashid Faridi

Celestial coordinate system is a coordinate system for mapping positions on the celestial sphere. There are different celestial coordinate systems each using a system of spherical coordinates projected on the celestial sphere, in analogy to the geographic coordinate system used … Continue reading →

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Shuttle Dodges Space Junk Risk

Posted on April 18, 2009 by Rashid Faridi

Despite the recent rash of space-debris problems, the risk that the space shuttle mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope will have a catastrophic collision with space junk and micrometeoroids won’t exceed NASA guidelines. More precise observations of the orbital … Continue reading →

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